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Title: A transistion book - don't expect much action
Review: Unlike the rest of the Honor Harrington series, War of Honor is decidedly lacking in action. Much time is spent filling in background stories, and developing the political situation into one that will allow continuation of the story in future books. What action there is comes late in the book and lacks much of the detail characteristic of Weber's previous Honor Harrington novels.One irritating point about the development of the political situation is the consistent lack of due diligence in montioring communications by leaders on both sides of the Manticoran / Havenite negotiations. I understand that David Weber needed to contrive some way setting up the conflict for future books, but the idea that NO ONE would have noticed blatant tampering streches reality a litte thin. As a result, the complex characters that David Weber spends so much time developing do not "feel" as real as they otherwise would have.
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