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Originally Posted by rhadin
Interesting take because I'm just the opposite. I have read each of the previous volumes in Weber's series and I don't find the infodumps overly annoying. I do agree, however, that he could use a much better editor than he has -- or perhaps his editor is excellent but Weber is not following the editor's advice, a not uncommon phenomenon, especially with established successful authors. (James Patterson is notorious among editors for throwing tantrums if anything more than a spelling error is suggested as a correction.) Anyway, I've had on preorder for months the new volume in the series and am looking forward to receiving it in a few weeks.
In contrast, I've read most of Novik's Temeraire series and while I found the first few books good -- not great, just mediocre good -- I found I rapidly grew tired of her writing style. Where Weber may go too much into detail, Novik's writing is superficial and simplistic. I find I care about some of Weber's characters but about none of Novik's. I haven't bothered with the last couple of her books as I find they lack "personality."
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Supposedly the last couple of Novik's Temeraire series have been pretty good. I went ahead purchased the rest of the series, but haven't gotten around to reading them yet.