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Summary: Best book ever
Review: This book does what few others can, enthrall you with an amazing and engaging tale while at the same time developing characters that you could cry with or laugh with. I've read it 10 times and it's always amazing what Feintuch has done
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Summary: Don't listen to the guy with the 10 reasons
Review: Look, whoever wrote that other review is reading far too much into this. This book deals perfectly with the mating of futuristic SF and the traditions of the 18th century British Navy. It's a wonderful setting, and so different to anything else I've read in that respect, that I'd be forced to recommend it purely on that basis. But it's more than that. This book isn't just SF - it's a compelling "people story", that I felt I just couldn't put down. You can't help but sympathise with the anguish of the protagonist, the writing is so good, and the excellence of this book is continued through the next three. Having not read his latest - Voices Of Hope, I can't comment - but if it's anything as good as these, I'm gonna buy it. A must-read
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Summary: It was the worst book i have ever read!!!
Review: If you are just wondering if you should give this book a try do your self a favor ...Don't do it!!!!! this book is not only a waste of time it is an insult to your imagination....
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Summary: One of the best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read
Review: Midshipman's Hope was a great book. The way Feintuch wrote just made you want to keep reading so that you couldn't put the book down, and the characters, action, and suspense were top-notch. I've now read all of his books up to date, including his latest which was a Fantasy (The Still) and this man can write. He has worked the same magic with The Still that he has used here on Midshipman's Hope.
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Summary: Epic science fiction and intimate human drama.
Review: I LOVED this book. It's seamless interpretation of life aboard a starship is truly impressive. Most of the other reviews here describe the book with the appreciation it deserves. I simply thought that someone needed to provide a counterpoint to the "top ten things I didn't like about this book." From another reviewer. My interpretation of the book makes these ten points seem petty, closed-minded, and a tad homophobic. Humiliating physical punishment has been a part of military discipline for hundreds of years and even today caning is considered an effective deterrent in some modern countries. I don't believe in any way that Mr. Feintuch's descriptions of this punishment should be interpreted as some form of perverted sex act. Strict discipline is required on a ship so far from contact with it's chain of command. In summary, I believe that the book portays the ordeals of it's characters in a sensitive but exciting manner. Definitely worth reading as well as the other books in the series. I own all of them and have not one regret.
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Summary: A pretentious homoerotic space opera .
Review: Top Ten Reasons...why I really didn"t care for this book.#10.The book revolves around 13 to 18 year old boys who are officers in the Space Navy. Because kids don't get some space disease caused by the engines power wave. Unnhuh. #9. All the line officers die,tragicaly of course, and at all the places they stop there are no officers to assume command of a starhip full of colonists. Young Captain Nick must go it alone in spite of his massive insecurity and inexperience. #8.The Officers spank each other for minor infractions. They do this on a regular basis, while disrobed and bent over a barrel. Seriously they spank each other and it is described in great detail. The author seems to really enjoy the spanking sessions the re are a lot of them. #7.For anyone to touch the Captain for any reason is an automatic death sentince. But the Captain who is 18 likes to make frequent exceptions for the exuberant young midshipmen. #6.The Captain executes quite a few enlisted men by hanging them in a cargo bay. Yup that's the future get drunk act up and get hung by the neck till dead. The way it is presented is would be silly in a high seas pirate tale, in a sci fi novel it is a trainwreck. #5.The Captain is haunted in his dreams by the ghosts of the men he executed. As corny as that is it is better than reading about yet another spanking. #4.The tactical mistakes and errors in judgement defy belief, while propelling the plot on and on and on. #3.I lost track of all the actual mutinies that young Captain Nick had to quell. I'm afraid that all the the conspiracies to mutiny really accomplished was, to leave me hoping that someone would suceed. #2.I never did figure out the weird deep space animal that could shoot power bolts out of it's power bolt orifice. Yeah I know it sounds pretty hokey but, gee whilikers that thing could knock out a Naval Starship. Fortunately young Captain Nick escapes alive. And the #1. reason I didn't like this book can be illustrated by Captain Nicks description of a 16 year old boy, a Naval officer just assigned to his ship. " I turned to him and fell silent. He wasn"t handsome he was beautiful. Smooth unblemished skin, wavy blond hair, blue eyes, a finely chiseled intelligent face. He could have been lifted from a recruiting poster. " snip Well it goes without saying this kid is gonna get a spanking sooner or later. Actualy young Captain Nick finds out that this guy is a sadist, so of course he has to utterly break him. That was a subplot that would leave any heterosexual male confused about what was going on in young Captain Nicks mind. This book was a very mild but obvious gay fantasy. I am not opposed to that, if you like that sort of thing then this one is for you. However,I wish I had chosen a different novel for the weekend. I finished it so I could review it with a clear conscience. Midshipman's Hope is very very Lame.
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Summary: Fairly entertaining but a bit excessive on the S&M
Review: Fast paced, good characterization, and lots of action. The story is marred by the homoeroticism and the excessive sado masochistic scenes. They just seemed too out of place and barbaric in such a technologically advanced setting. Otherwise, the story was pretty entertaining.
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Summary: Very good account of how military discipline works.
Review: I was surprised by this, apparantly a first time novelist. Lots on how a futeristic space navy works and operates and how military discipline makes or breaks a person/ship/situation. Good writing, this book was un-pu-downable for me. I would even let my kids (and will -11 and 13 yo) read this book.
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Summary: A great series shame about the final book.....
Review: What can I say all the books in the series are fantastic, except for voices of hope which is not set in space and is more about his family. Read the rest of the series it is science fiction at its best, avoid voices of hope which is soap opera at its worst!!!
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Summary: Something for everyone!
Review: An excellent read, Feintuch combines the many different categories of science fiction in one series. These books have it all: hard-core action(ie. Independence Day), sci-fi prophecy(ie. 1984), epic heroism(ie. the Star Wars trilogy), and a story about how people are all essentially alike, despite differences in society due to time or location; and we get all this in a very believable story about a man who becomes a beloved hero in spite of himself. I came upon it in the library and picked it up at random; a few days later I was back for the second book. A must-read..... but only when you don't have any important work to do that you can't blow off.
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