John Leighton

Would have given it 3 stars, but the Beasts in Velvet story brought it up to 4 (the one with the least Genevieve involvement). The short stories in Silver Nails (the 4th book in this omnibus) were nothing special.

Three stars for my first ever Hamilton. “Crap on that!” (Read the book and you'll understand).

Yawn!Yawn!Yawn! What a bore. Such a mammoth chore for such a short book. “Temeraire: Black Powder War”, maybe try “Temeraire: How to Feed Your Dragon”.

Big fan of the movie but never read the book, until now. Some give it negative reviews due to the vast differences between the two, the fact that the book concentrates mainly on the troops training and character development, whereas the movie more on the fighting. I liked those differences. In this way, the two complement each other and you can go from one to the other and see a journey.
Others say it is not really science fiction but of course it is, with its battle suits and arachnid beings, just subtly done.
As for Heinlein displaying too much of his political views? Don't a lot of writers? Aren't a writers opinions the basis of many books?

Dragged on far too long. I'd had enough of Jimmy “The Hand” by the end of the second book, enough to have to tolerate with him more. The only thing that kept my interest and gained it a 3 star was the Pug storyline.