Black Powder War
Ratings90
Average rating3.7
War, the sole province where the human race is at it's best, from the least reason, the beauty of Helen, to territory/land........
I have forgotten that the setting of this particular world, the Napoleonic Wars, wherein Britain was facing war in two fronts, the new world(America) and the French, against one of the greatest tactician ever known and unsurpassed in the whole world, according to their generation, I was so enamored with how the Chinese treat their Dragons, that I was reminded again, when they were flying out off China, a sad reality, during those times, wherein in boys are already allocated to the war front, those were the times, where hard labor was much needed, boys as young as 10, who should be idling away their time, are forced to shape up and become a man, even as I read through the novel, I would remember histories gone by, the British Empire, the Chinese Empire, the Spanish Armada, the conflict waged, for land and wealth, mirroring the novel, war, truly man's invention, the justifications of each empire, add to this the fantastical creature known as Dragons, their naiveness, the growing realization of being used and hoping for some reforms...........
A splendid, historical drama of the war fought by Man, entangling one of the most fearsome imaginative creature of all time, Man and Dragon, ware those who would combat them........
Found the journey through Prussia exceedingly tedious, this would have been only one star were it not for Iskierka who had me in stitches
I was disappointed in this book. Other than the introduction of Tharkay, I felt like this book was a huge trudge. I hope that future books are better.
Yawn!Yawn!Yawn! What a bore. Such a mammoth chore for such a short book. “Temeraire: Black Powder War”, maybe try “Temeraire: How to Feed Your Dragon”.
3.5. This one wasn't quite as good as the first 2, mostly just because it kind of drags and gets bogged down in the middle. Still very good and above average!
Maybe 2 1/2 stars...but I READ this a year ago and when I picked it off my shelf not only had I FORGOTTEN that I'd read it, but it took me till the end of chapter 2 to resurect any memory of having already read it! So, an action/adventure book that I forget in a year, despite characters I already cared about and epic settings and historically-researched contet? Maybe I'll stick at 2 stars.
I will also stick with Novik because I LOVED Uprooted, and I'm intrigued by the “dragons in the Napoleonic Wars” concept, but this book shouldn't have been called the Black Powder War, but “The Silk Road Journey/The Sojourn in Istanbul/The Black Powder War” since it is in 3 distinct episodes, and feels more like “and then lots of plot happened” rather than “and then more character development happened”.