His Majesty’s DragonNaomi Novik I waited a bit too long to write this review to have a completely detailed memory of this book, but maybe I’ll reread it and fill out this brief sketch later. The thing that stands out most about this book is, of course, the style. It’s written with the dialect and rhythms of the period (beginning of the 19th century, the Napoleonic Wars), which is a bit off-putting (unless you read a lot of classical work, I suppose) until you get used to the flow. It’s very convincing, which helps – I can’t remember any anachronistic […]