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Chargement... Komarr (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures) (original 1998; édition 1999)par Lois McMaster Bujold (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreKomarr par Lois McMaster Bujold (1998)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The book has two protagonists with two storylines that intertwine: an official of the space empire investigating damage to a government satellite who gradually uncovers a conspiracy, and a housewife suffering in a bad marriage who eventually grows into her own person. On my first read-through I was focused on the space detective (hero of the previous books) and thought the other plot line was a distraction, but on this read through (years later and with a different perspective) the woman's story grabbed me and seemed much stronger, exploring her damaged relationship and how she changed from being a passive person to a more active one. Eventually the protagonists develop feelings for each other which I thought was a bit awkward, but was OK. The conspirators being (ostensibly) non-violent and deciding things by voting was also an interesting change from the usual type of unredeemable villains. 4.5* April 2021 reread via audiobook. Such fun! The works that make up the omnibus "Miles in Love" are my favorite part of this series. ---------------------- August 2019 reread: I reread this in the omnibus "Miles in Love" rather than listening to the audiobook edition this time. I think it was even better this time around! --------------------- 4.5 stars. What a marvelously fun and exciting entry in the Vorkosigan series! I couldn't stop listening to Grover Gardner's excellent narration but did read along a fair amount. So glad to see Miles happily Ekaterin is great, although Tien feels set up too neatly as a heel -- I don't mean that he's too bad to be true, men really do treat their wives like that, it happens every day, I just mean that I can see so clearly the role he's designed to play in the book's structure, and the character never feels like more than that function. as with Brothers in Arms the thing that really stops me from loving this is: the villains are literally anti-imperialist freedom fighters(/"terrorists"), lol, lmao. Unconditional solidarity with the people of Komarr against their Barrayaran oppressors, sorry! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Fiction.
Science Fiction & Fantasy.
HTML: Komarr could be a garden with a thousand more yearsâ?? work, or an uninhabitable wasteland if the terraforming fails. Now, the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest imperial auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why. The choice is not a popular one on Komarr, where a betrayal a generation before drenched the name of Vorkosigan in blood. Thus, the Komarrans surrounding Miles could be loyal subjects, potential hostages, innocent victims, or rebels ready for revenge. Lies within lies, treachery within treachery, Miles is caught in a race against time to stop a plot that could exile him from Barrayar forever. His burning hope lies in an unexpected ally, one with wounds as deep and honor as beleaguered as his own. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Like with the previous book, this new role for Miles is as an investigator. That means he reacts to events and finds out what happened, and while there is enough action and the story is good, this is a less dynamic setup than his crazy adventures as an ImpSec agent in his Admiral Naismith persona.
To complement this, Miles falls in love. Only there can be no real courtship in this book, because of circumstances, but that's why we have the next book (A Civil Campaign).
All in all, another good read. I don't begrudge that Miles is more settled-down (well, settled-down is a relative term when we are talking about this hyperactive character). It was the way for this series to go forward and avoid telling always the same story. ( )