betty reviewed Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
Review of 'Victory of Eagles' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I just got to this book, since I'm not planning to buy it in hardcover, since it wouldn't fit on my shelves that way. My mother read it before me and complained that it wasn't as good as the previous, since it consisted mainly of logistics; I however think logistics are pretty awesome, and have been known to give up on books which cannot explain to me how the foot-soldiers got from A to B, so this is perfectly all right with me.
This book is not, however, rolicking good fun, or not quite so much so as the previous in the series. Given how book four closed (being vague now, so as to avoid a spoiler) this is not precisely a surprise. However, this is the book in which the characters truly make themselves, betray themselves, save themselves, find themselves, and in the process, really get the alternate part …
I just got to this book, since I'm not planning to buy it in hardcover, since it wouldn't fit on my shelves that way. My mother read it before me and complained that it wasn't as good as the previous, since it consisted mainly of logistics; I however think logistics are pretty awesome, and have been known to give up on books which cannot explain to me how the foot-soldiers got from A to B, so this is perfectly all right with me.
This book is not, however, rolicking good fun, or not quite so much so as the previous in the series. Given how book four closed (being vague now, so as to avoid a spoiler) this is not precisely a surprise. However, this is the book in which the characters truly make themselves, betray themselves, save themselves, find themselves, and in the process, really get the alternate part of this alternate history going.
At a few points in this series I have felt that Novik was passing lightly over the more awkward and unsightly parts of history, and not fully exploring the consequences of dragons in war, but I do not think that can be said here. Like the rest of the series, recommended.
