- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Earthlight
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743468023
- ISBN-13: 978-0743468022
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,985,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Bujold at her worst is still better than 90% of the stuff on the shelf,
By Greg Slade "Grga" (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diplomatic Immunity (Hardcover)
This is one of Bujold's weaker efforts, or maybe it only seems so after the triumphs of Komarr and A Civil Campaign. In it, we follow Miles on an assignment as Imperial Auditor, from the time he first gets the assignment to the time he wraps it up. In it, we see Miles playing detective (a role he has played before, most notably in The Vor Game and Cetaganda.) We also see a few loose strings left over from previous books neatly tied up. In fact, this is so much of a "tidying up" book that it makes me worry that Bujold might be getting tired of Miles.The major disappointments are that it's so short, that we don't get to see any of the story from Ekaterin's perspective, and that, uncharacteristically for Miles, he doesn't manage to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. (Survival, yes, but I wouldn't exactly call it a victory.) There are also some subtle indications here and there that Bujold was paying less attention than usual to canonicity. In particular, she has Miles and another character reminiscing about their "dim and distant past", which was, I'll grant you, four books back, but only about two years ago in internal chronology. Still, this is Bujold, and Bujold at her worst is still better than 90% of the stuff on the shelf.
5.0 out of 5 stars
For Vorkosigan addicts,
By Byrle Arnold (Round Rock, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diplomatic Immunity (Mass Market Paperback)
If you aren't already a fan of Miles Vorkosigan, please, please, do yourself a favor and start earlier in the series. While I don't doubt any book in the series is self-contained enough to be read independently of the rest, you are risking losing so much by jumping into the latter part of a multiple-novel story.That being said, for the Barrayarra-philes, you already know the background - recent marriage after a memorable courtship now on a galactic honeymoon. As always, Bujold embellishes her universe with familiarity amongst the novel and surprising. You won't be disappointed. Oh, and if you're like me and each book only whets your appetite for more, you're in luck. A novella, Winterfair Gifts, that describes the Vorbarra Sultana wedding of Miles and Ekaterin is amongst the collected stories of Irresistable Forces. Check it out.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great - as always,
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This review is from: Diplomatic Immunity (Mass Market Paperback)
I have been reading this "series" for years. Ms. Bujold writes in great depth on multiple complex levels - politics, leadership, relationships, diplomacy, and of course great thrills. In re-reading her novels, I always discover something new - like hearing a great song time and again. You wonder "How does she do that?"
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