Search Results for "Naomi Novik": 8 results
Novik, Naomi: (01) His Majesty's Dragon: Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon is being talked of as "Patrick O'Brian with dragons," which may, combined with the first chapter, give a slightly inaccurate impression. It's not a naval story, but is instead somewhere between "if Patrick O'Brian were...
Novik, Naomi: (01) His Majesty's Dragon (spoilers): This post contains SPOILERS for His Majesty's Dragon. Here's the non-spoiler post if you got here by mistake. [Originally posted at my LiveJournal while this booklog was down; there are comments there.]...
Novik, Naomi: (02) Throne of Jade: Naomi Novik's Throne of Jade is the second book in the Temeraire series, begun with His Majesty's Dragon. It is not a direct sequel, but addresses the conflict raised by the end of the first book: Temeraire is from a...
Novik, Naomi: (03) Black Powder War: Objectively speaking, the plot of Black Powder War, by Naomi Novik, is probably just as good as its predecessor, Throne of Jade; it just happens to spend more time on something that doesn't interest me as much. It's also another...
Novik, Naomi: (04) Empire of Ivory: Empire of Ivory is the fourth book in Naomi Novik's Temeraire series and pretty much like the first three in its strengths and weaknesses. I enjoyed it greatly and can't wait to see what happens in the fifth book, due...
Novik, Naomi: (04) Empire of Ivory (spoilers): This post contains book-destroying SPOILERS for Empire of Ivory. The non-spoiler post is here....
Novik, Naomi: (05) Victory of Eagles: In Naomi Novik's Victory of Eagles, the fifth Temeraire book, Napoleon has finally invaded England. While I was thrilled with the wider view of the world that Empire of Ivory provided, and was initially unenthused about a return to a...
Novik, Naomi: (05) Victory of Eagles (spoilers): By request, a spoiler post to discuss Naomi Novik's Victory of Eagles. The non-spoiler post is here....