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PKFFW · 10-02-2012, 02:49 AM

I took a break from the Honor Harrington series after book 9 because I was getting a little tired of Webers' frequent and long winded info dump scenes. The kind where 3 or 4 characters sit around and discuss the political or military situation and nothing happens for 20-30 pages.

Finally decided to get back into it and I'm reading War of Honor right now. Firstly, after searching about the best reading order on MR I think I need to stop and read the anthologies before proceeding.

However, I'm wondering if it is really worth it. I'm 130 pages into War of Honor and frankly the entire book so far has been nothing but scene after scene of info dump. The whole 130 pages seems like nothing more than the most long winded introduction I've ever read. The closest the book has come to action is the aftermath of some ship dealing with pirates. The book is only 821 pages long and I'm wondering if anything is going to happen at all!

So, is it worth reading the anthologies and sticking with WoH? Does it get better? Does anything happen? What about the rest of the series?

10-02-2012, 02:49 AM	#1
PKFFW Wizard Posts: 3,791 Karma: 33500000 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: BeBook, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo H2O	Does War of Honor get better? I took a break from the Honor Harrington series after book 9 because I was getting a little tired of Webers' frequent and long winded info dump scenes. The kind where 3 or 4 characters sit around and discuss the political or military situation and nothing happens for 20-30 pages. Finally decided to get back into it and I'm reading War of Honor right now. Firstly, after searching about the best reading order on MR I think I need to stop and read the anthologies before proceeding. However, I'm wondering if it is really worth it. I'm 130 pages into War of Honor and frankly the entire book so far has been nothing but scene after scene of info dump. The whole 130 pages seems like nothing more than the most long winded introduction I've ever read. The closest the book has come to action is the aftermath of some ship dealing with pirates. The book is only 821 pages long and I'm wondering if anything is going to happen at all! So, is it worth reading the anthologies and sticking with WoH? Does it get better? Does anything happen? What about the rest of the series?