Capture Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) Generated By Lois McMaster Bujold Available In EPub

always LMB has a great hand with characters, It is easy to root for them and get immersed in their struggles within and without,

The story itself was good but not great, it felt in parts too much like a soap opera to me, I was missing the emphasis on SF elements that was present in parts of the first book, Continuamos con las aventuras de Cordelia y Aral, Tejemanejes políticos dentro de un imperio: el musical, En cuanto a su tratamiento de la política, no tiene la profundidad de "Legend of the galactic heroes" lo cual no es extraño, pero está muy bien paraser una "space opera".
Hay que mantener un equilibrio entre el tono ligero, las aventuras y los obtusos mecanismos del poder,

Cordelia sigue cayandome bien, es un personaje con carisma, y las nuevas adiciones también me han parecido un acierto, Es ágil, entretenida y tiene todo lo que me espero en una "space opera",

Contras: caso todos los nombres que empiezan con "Vor" y que me liaron bastante y que la traducción, . . deja un poco que desear,

De todas formas, esos pequeños detalles no empañan una interesante eventura con intrigas políticas que se hace muy fácil de leer.
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In this book, newlypregnant Cordelia Naismith of the enlightened, progressive, touchyfeely Beta Colony settles in with her new husband and prior captor insert eyerolling emoji here Aral Vorkosigan on the barbaric, warmongering world of Barrayar where, tragically, no one talks about their feelings enough it's not too hard to see the Venus/Mars female/male analogy which is thickly applied.
Cordelia immediately sets about endearing herself to the locals and challenging gender stereotypes by:
a shopping
b obsessing over wardrobe details
c making prego talk with other expectant mommies
d dispensing relationship advice to everyone within earshot
e complaining constantly
f standing around while her husband does stuff
Cordelia is a woman of complicated feelings and impulses, and she apparently spends every waking moment in painstaking examination of same.
Fortunately, she shares them all with us, in excruciating detail, for page after page after page, You'll be happy to know that everyone else around Cordelia is a complete dolt, dunce, or idiot which gives her lots of opportunities to enlighten them or else they are scheming wouldbe usurpers to the recentlyvacated throne we figure out who these are early on because they are the people Cordelia doesn't like.
Don't worry about mixing up all the names, each of which starts with "Vor," because they aren't much different from each other anyway, If

there's anything you need to know, you can be sure that Cordelia will explain it to you at great length and with an air of bemused superiority.
It should be noted that Barrayar comprises thend half of the omnibus collection sitelinkCordelia's Honor, which should really be called Cordelia's Every Last Thought since that's what you'll be reading.
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Similar to previous book the first half is slower mainly focussing on family melodrama and politics with a few assassination attempts to spice things up, Half way though pacing changes dramatically and then we get all the action and suspense one could hope for from the book, Cordelia shines in it.

Whilst I loved second part of this book I also had few issues with this instalment, With all the time spent on Barrayar it becomes obvious that Barrayar is remarkably similar to Earth, The same green vegetation, the same types of landscape, even temperatures and seasons are the same, We also have imported horses and people burn wood in the fireplaces Normally I expect more imagination and variety from my scifi/space opera,
Secondly I couldnt help but notice that most of their issues Koudelkas physical and Sergant Bothari mental state, Cordelias disruptor damaged leg and worries about present state, birth and child could have been solved by hiring a doctor or two from more technologically advanced planet along with the better medical equipment.
Not beyond possibilities for Emperors Regent I should think,

Despite these issues I have enjoyed this read and even found it hard to put down halfway in, Whilst it is slightly weaker than the previous book it truly feels,and I would happily recommend to space opera fans, This review is for my reread of the Vorkosigan Saga with sitelinkSpecFic Buddy Reads during/, I read this for the first time sometime during thes directly after sitelinkShards of Honour and as a followup after reading much later books in the series sitelinkMemory and onwards.


Masterful introduction to the planet of Barrayar and the foundations of the Miles Vorkosigan books with a strong theme of parenting, responsibility and legacy,

Cordelia is now Lady Vorkosigan and Lord Aral is the Regent of Barrayar, This comes with a huge set of responsibilities, risks and enemies, but also with new family, friends and allies, Cordelia will need all of those as Barrayar falls into civil war and her child comes under threat,

The bulk of this novel was written long after the first volume and it really shows, The story is masterful and Cordelia has become such a strong character, both in terms of her voice and her actions, She was great in Shards she's awesome here, There are many laugh out loud moments in the story, but there are also some great reflections on what living in this society is like as well as thoughts on parenting that are universal, regardless of whether you're living in a space colony in a far future, or our present.


I'm very glad that a return to this book was rewarded and I still hold it in very high regard, 'Barrayar' is the sequel to sitelinkShards of Honor, the first novel in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan science fiction series, Neither book is about the main character Miles Vorkosigan with whom most fans are familiar, Instead, we are treated to exciting wars of succession in which the two characters most responsible for raising Miles his parents! become unavoidably involved, In following novels or preceding, depending on the order the reader chooses to read the series, because 'Barrayar' is actually the seventh novel by publishing date, most of the stories follow Miles, the snarky aristocrat/military adventurer.


I recommend reading 'Shards of Honor' first, as it is about how the two noble swashbucklers Captain Cordelia Naismith and Admiral Lord Aral Vorkosigan, unintentional as their swashbuckling is, meet.
'Barrayar' picks up the story a few months after where 'Shards of Honor' ends, This book explains how and why Miles was disabled by his bone diseases, although, as fans know, Miles has always maintained a lifestyle very similar to that any Jedi Knight would love or perhaps, a comparison to the Star Wars Hans Solo character is closer to the mark.


In any case, Aral and Cordelia, especially Cordelia, are amazingly brave, noble and smart, They find themselves in the middle of a vicious struggle by various Barrayarian Counts who want to take over as Emperor of Barrayar, As the planet Barrayar has a culture similar to that ofthcentury patriarchal Russia, only with space ships and blasters, Cordelia particularly finds herself needing to think two steps ahead of everybody else because she is not from Barrayar but is from a culturally more liberal and technologically advanced world.


I liked Cordelia so much I wish Bujold had continued to include her adventures in the following books, but Cordelia, as well as Aral, are noble and upright characters who regret having to sometimes use ugly tactics to help in the political survival of their planet.
Miles is not quite able to resist having a bit of fun on the side and he purposefully seems to court danger, throwing into every legitimate assignment or adventure some sideways convoluted scheme of his own an adorable rascal, in other words, and perhaps a tad bit more of a popular personality.
I also adored poor Sergeant Bothari,

Lois McMaster Bujold is a great writer of science fiction, and her books never disappoint, She specializes in characterdriven tales, so gentle reader, be prepared to fall in love with most of the people she introduces to you, None of them are without flaws, and many have physical, mental or social disabilities, But usually they capture your heart, gentle reader, because they are good people despite being damaged, .