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David,
I'm sorry to say this, but if you don't do better on the next book, I'm breaking up with this series.
Honestly, who CARES about any of this story line? I'm not going to spoil it for everyone, but I found this to be the most frustrating book I've read in ages. It's almost like you decided to write a crapload of stuff without ever getting to the meat of the issue ON PURPOSE! Seriously. The book should START with the last paragraph. That's what you've been building up to the last 9 books. Why muck around with the Marshall plan and the rest of the crap? Have you been hanging around George RR Martin and decided to torment your fan base? Please tell me you will publish the next book in just a week. Your editor should have spanked you!!! This is the fluff between the story.

Sigh.


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Through Fiery Trials Safehold David Weber 9780765325594 Books Reviews

This was beyond bad. Endless chatter —and the repetitive banter between characters got old several books ago. Too many flat characters that seemed like clones of prior characters. The book just meandered aimlessly. The early books were good to brilliant. This one, I just started skimming after first 100 pages.
I've read and loved most of David Weber's books, especially Safehold series which is why I was so disappointed after reading this one. The plot is twisting all over the place, with side episodes that aim to provide adrenaline boost but have little to do with main plot. Instead of developing the main plotline further it gets even further diluted. The impression for the whole Safehold series feels like starting as superb wine which then got diluted by abundance of water and vinegar.
I keep thinking that I'm a glutton for punishment because I've found the last several Safehold books to be overstuffed with characters and plots I don't care about, and yet I keep reading because I'm invested in the core group.

I'm pleased to say that I found myself skimming less of this book, though there's still some extensive sections in Harchong and Siddarmark that I didn't care as much about -- the Siddarmark sections, in particular, contain what felt like Economics 101 material.

This book also spans the years 901 to 916, which means that a good deal more time is covered than in previous books (At The Sign Of Triumph takes place from 897 to 899), so of course Weber needs to remind you how old the various children are so that you can keep track of these things.

Did I mention the children? There are multiple pregnancies and births during this book, and several marriages, proving Weber's (recent?) fascination with Babies Ever After. To go into more detail would be too spoileriffic for this review, but if you hated Honor Harrington's pregnancy, you'll probably hate at least one of the pregnancies in this book too.

It's ambiguous as to whether Weber has another book planned in this series. The ending here could be a decent one for the series; it certainly provides more of a sense of resolution than many of the others. The religious schism, which came to a conclusion in the previous book, is wrapped up tidily here, but there are still politics and innovations yet to explore on Safehold. We certainly didn't get answers to some of the long-term questions posted, so count me among those tentatively hoping for more.

As an aside, either the version was poorly edited or Weber's editor is truly asleep at the wheel. A character that appears in two different sections (and two sections only) has his name spelled differently in each section; there's another notable misspelling that stood out at me as I was reading it.
Nothing. Happens.

Seriously, you could just skip to the last chapter and be ready for the next book. There were several weddings, a few funerals, some political machinations and upheavals, but in the end nothing happened. The final chapter in the book is the only one that couldn’t have been glossed over in a preface to the next tome.

See, there needed to be some big enemy or evil plot that was fighting the good guys, but there wasn’t. It was just...people being people.

Another criticism is that I got a bit tired of having noblewomen explain how they aren’t shocked by coarse language. It got boring. Or the overused metaphor that is an understatement that has to be thoroughly explained to be an understatement. It got repetitive.

There was no plot. No driving force, except waiting for something to maybe happen that might not actually happen for another 80yrs if someone counted wrong.

David Weber writes some great scenes. The emotions he can evoke with his words are deep. Some parts of this book have those moments.

But it shouldn’t have been published like this. This was boring and pointless. The stories may have needed to be written, but they shouldn’t have been presented to us the way they were.

If you are a long time fan, read it. The voice is there.

If you like your reading to have a point? Your time is better spent elsewhere.
David,
I'm sorry to say this, but if you don't do better on the next book, I'm breaking up with this series.
Honestly, who CARES about any of this story line? I'm not going to spoil it for everyone, but I found this to be the most frustrating book I've read in ages. It's almost like you decided to write a crapload of stuff without ever getting to the meat of the issue ON PURPOSE! Seriously. The book should START with the last paragraph. That's what you've been building up to the last 9 books. Why muck around with the Marshall plan and the rest of the crap? Have you been hanging around George RR Martin and decided to torment your fan base? Please tell me you will publish the next book in just a week. Your editor should have spanked you!!! This is the fluff between the story.

Sigh.