Shards of Honor

mp3 cd, 1 pages

Published May 1, 2009 by Blackstone Audio, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks.

ISBN:
978-1-4332-3193-3
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4 stars (33 reviews)

9 editions

reviewed Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga (1))

Review of 'Shards of Honor' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Pros:
Middle-aged competent female protagonist. Moral and philosophical ambiguity. The great start to what I'm sure will be an above-average 20+ book space politics saga.

Cons:
I truly do not need any more rape or near-rape in my reading life, and this is a little (lol) dated.

The scenes that most struck me were those when Cordelia had returned home and was met with that slick, neo-liberal, 'we know what's good for you,' non-consensual medical care. I think it'd resonate with anyone who's come up against a dominant power structure and felt confined by their presumptions.

Review of 'Shards of Honor' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

2022 reread:

I've been fascinated by the Vorkosigan series for a long time, I think because it has all the elements of things I feel I should like, but I find all the books but this one irritating to the point of unreadability. Miles is not really someone I can stand in prose, and the female characters all feel toothless from his limited perspective. To a certain extent, I've heard this is subverted later in the series, this review isn't about those books. It's about this one.

When I first read Shards of Honor, after reading several Miles-focus books, I found it light and sharp in its perfection, at least in comparison to books I really disliked. It felt like this book questioned the premises I found so grating later in the series - the whole-sale veneration of monarchism and militarism, the refrains of 'necessary evil' and 'just …

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