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A review by bingley
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
slow-paced
4.0
(240417) I didn't read Miles' other books bc I'm not as interested in the political intrigue and drama of Barrayar, so the only other Author's books I've read is "Shards of Honor," about Miles' parents. And my favorite part of that book was the end when there was an inkling of romance lol.
TLDR: slice of life, a tad verbose but those parts are easily skippable. Plenty of political intrigue but this time romance gets to drive the car sometimes too.
It was a tad whirlwind-ish: the entire cast of characters' names (of which there are purposefully several similar "Vor-" names), esp since I haven't read the other books. Thankfully Author does a good job at reintroducing ppl and giving context subtly.
I enjoyed the trainwreck humor of watching ppl just put their foot in their mouths XD, the social humor of tiptoeing around social dynamics and niceties, and the family push-and-pull humor of the exasperation that often accompanies family interactions.
Miles and Ekaterin were fun to read. Mark and Kareen I highly enjoyed as well, v entertaining. Ivan was more of a foil? And the cameos from Aral and Cordelia were terrific, given I read them first.
Def LOL-ed more than a few times.
Also def skimmed some passages, but if you like the political warfare of a planet, then you'll be in luck.
this technically is trans representation, but... IDK how Dono would identify, transman or transwoman. Or maybe it's not trans rep, and it's only genital reassignment surgery, without the gender bc Donna wasn't feeling gender dysmorphia (not that you have to to be trans) nor was she questioning before she transitioned. So this is curious indeed bc technically he's trans but he can also technically not be... lol
POV: multi, third person
DISABILITY REP: technically this is also disability representation... I'm curious whether the Author purposefully knew that?
TLDR: slice of life, a tad verbose but those parts are easily skippable. Plenty of political intrigue but this time romance gets to drive the car sometimes too.
It was a tad whirlwind-ish: the entire cast of characters' names (of which there are purposefully several similar "Vor-" names), esp since I haven't read the other books. Thankfully Author does a good job at reintroducing ppl and giving context subtly.
I enjoyed the trainwreck humor of watching ppl just put their foot in their mouths XD, the social humor of tiptoeing around social dynamics and niceties, and the family push-and-pull humor of the exasperation that often accompanies family interactions.
Miles and Ekaterin were fun to read. Mark and Kareen I highly enjoyed as well, v entertaining. Ivan was more of a foil? And the cameos from Aral and Cordelia were terrific, given I read them first.
Def LOL-ed more than a few times.
Also def skimmed some passages, but if you like the political warfare of a planet, then you'll be in luck.
POV: multi, third person
DISABILITY REP: technically this is also disability representation... I'm curious whether the Author purposefully knew that?