The Victorious Opposition (2004) - Plot & Excerpts
Part three of the "American Empire" trilogy show Jake Featherston and the Freedom Party taking control of the CSA, and the predictable reprocussions that happen as a result. It's clear that Turtledove knows his interwar history, and he brings all of that to bear here.There were two main problems I had with this book: first, Turtledove seems much more interested in using his characters to advance the plot, rather than having the plot happen as a result of the characters. I got the feeling I could have read a synopsis of the plot online and gotten just as much as I did out of reading the book. Even things like deaths of fairly major characters happen quickly, and then we're whisked off to some other part of the story, without time to really let it all sink in.The second problem was that, even though this was the final part of a trilogy, there was no real solid end to the book. The entire trilogy, in fact, reads a little like it's just chapters 5-7 in the 11-part serial "American Civil War" timeline that Turtledove has established. Call me old-fashioned, but I want closure in my books!
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