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The Short Victorious War - Honor Harrington 3 - David Weber Book Review

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Review Summaries
"Book 3 of the Honor Harrington series. Honor is assigned a new ship and goes into the field for training not realizing that the enemy plans to attack. She is right in the middle of all the action and falls in love. She has to protect her love and defeat the enemy with a small force."
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Training/Apprent. Yes
Working up the ranks of... - armed forces
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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