By Schism Rent Asunder (Safehold 2)
by David Weber
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Author: David WeberEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-02
ISBN: 0765353989
Number of pages: 723
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Book Reviews of By Schism Rent Asunder (Safehold 2)
Book Review: A breezy quick read, as long as you skip the Melville portions...
Summary: 3 Stars
I was at the library and saw all the Weber books. Thinking of trying a new author, I saw the Honor series. However, they didn't have the first one, so I looked for a book that seemed to be standalone. I picked up By Schism Rent Asunder. It was a simple story with a good writing style -- except for the idiotic naming conventions. That only names are treated that way makes it even more annoying.
The biggest problem is that, in writing as if it's the beginning of the industrial revolution, he picks up a 19th Century writing style. He goes off into wandering of way too detailed depictions of science, technology and politics that ruin the flow of the story. I have no problems skimming those pages, you shouldn't either.
The exposition of how the colony was created was straightforward and the book seemed like a simple starting point. It wasn't until I came on to Amazon to look for the sequel that I realized it wasn't the first book. From what I've read about the first, skip it; the book's not only not needed it's truly dumb in how the Gbaba war was fought. Starting the series with this book skips that but gives you the context.
However, as with too many modern authors, Weber doesn't seem to realize that series books should be a tad more self-contained. The ending was so poor as to be laughable. It wasn't even good as a cliff-hanger. It was truly annoying.
Weber has a nice writing style when he sticks to the plot, which is the only thing saving this book and giving it three stars. The naming conventions take away from the flow of reading, as do the in depth tangents.
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