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Pros

Lois mcmaster bujold won the hugo award for best novel in 1992. The story centers on a strong matriarchal character who successfully leads her royal household. Mcmaster-bujold's characters have depth and dimension.

Captain cordelia naismith is an empathetic but tough, brilliant but self-effacing, loving mother and coldblooded soldier. It fills in the drama that takes place during cordelia’s pregnancy with miles that was alluded to in the warrior's apprentice. Wh...  Read More

Lord aral vorkosigan is appointed regent for the heir to the barrayaran imperial throne. His wife cordelia must transfer her unborn son's fetus to a uterine replicator for the remainder of his gestation. The tale essentially becomes one of survival as...  Read More

The scope of the books is so sweeping and grand that i really am left almost speechless about them. The characters are great and the story is riveting. Great ride with terrific characters. Beam piper, and philip e.



Cons

There has to be a heroine and a strong hero, and the other male characters weak. Miles mother, is the obvious heroine and is like god herself. It's like comparing a * poster to a van gogh.

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Quality


If you like space opera with lots of tactics and strategy youll find them the best series ever with the best characters


Spoiler alert the story concludes with the emotionallypowerful artificial birth of her son miles who i understand later serves ...  Read More


As one could expect not everyone is happy with the decision


Saga of lifepain accepted with the joy of living

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This continuation of cordelias story from shards of honor is fast paced and harrowing as she is plunged into barrayars politics...  Read More

Competitiveness


Ive liked this story more than most sci fis


Politics honor love genetics biology warcraft spycraft sociologyher work touches on all of itand wraps around memorable characters

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  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 833 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 5 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Bujolds vorkosigan series is awardwinning and can be read outoforder though your understanding of the characters will be better if you read them in sequence


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If not start with barrayar then read memory and then a civil affair


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This continuation of cordelias story from shards of honor is fast paced and harrowing as she is plunged into barrayars politics against her will


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This series is way better than average with good varied characters having interesting adventures solving problems


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The story starts right where book 1 shards of honour finished


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Most of the leaders the socalled vors resist change and consider arals leadership as revolutionary and endangering their very existence


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    As for cordelia she get baffled by her new home planet and its people but wont let herself be manipulated or frightened for a second by political enemies


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The two books together are an interesting and intense mix of interstellar sf renaissancestyle political intrigue and romantic drama centered on a capable female protagonist

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