So. This is the book where everything becomes darker and more serious. It's not a series overly filled with comic scenes to begin with, but there are even fewer of them here. On the flipside, though, there are several scenes of really touching emotion - Caolle's end, Jieret and Arithon, the Naming of little Jeynsa. Wurts' touch has become more deft over the time she has been writing these books, and there is less of the Big Dramatic stuff that was in the previous books.
What I really don't like, however, is how the Koriathain are written as such meddling, interfering women, while the Fellowship Sorcerors (all men) are such powerful and well-meaning chaps. Surely there could have been more nuance with this. Why did both groups have to be single sex? It annoys me a little. I hate stereotypes.
What I really don't like, however, is how the Koriathain are written as such meddling, interfering women, while the Fellowship Sorcerors (all men) are such powerful and well-meaning chaps. Surely there could have been more nuance with this. Why did both groups have to be single sex? It annoys me a little. I hate stereotypes.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Janny Wurts: The Wars of Light and Shadow. Rebekah's reread.
25/04/2010 10:11:41 AM
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Book One: The Curse of the Mistwraith.
25/04/2010 10:22:03 AM
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Eh it didn't really capture my interest. Her prose is difficult to read
25/04/2010 04:29:08 PM
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My brother found that initially but soon got used to it.
25/04/2010 04:30:13 PM
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See, I like these books, but looking back at it, the first book seems... underdeveloped.
25/04/2010 08:45:27 PM
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About that flying below the radar of most readers...
25/04/2010 05:10:40 PM
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That's interesting.
25/04/2010 08:27:40 PM
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That seems unlikely, she is American after all...
25/04/2010 08:56:53 PM
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It is possible for an American not to sell well in her own country. *NM*
25/04/2010 09:12:36 PM
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Just finished reading Stormed Fortress, after waiting YEARS for it to come out in the US
05/05/2010 06:17:58 PM
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I bought that a couple of weeks ago, hence the reread. I hope it's better than Traitor's Knot *NM*
18/05/2010 01:12:08 PM
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Book Two: The Ships of Merior.
18/05/2010 01:13:43 PM
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Finished this today.
21/05/2010 12:44:58 AM
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This doesn't have anything to do with the Ships of Merior, but...
21/05/2010 01:36:54 AM
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Book 4: Fugitive Prince. (Or: Book 1 of the Alliance of the Light)
07/06/2010 08:13:08 PM
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Hm. More.
08/06/2010 03:16:53 PM
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Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
24/06/2010 07:56:36 PM
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Re: Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
26/06/2010 11:27:57 AM
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Re: Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
27/06/2010 10:59:17 PM
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Re: Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
30/06/2010 08:06:37 AM
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Also: is it just me, or is Wurts really rubbish at writing about sex?
24/06/2010 08:03:46 PM
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She writes about sex??
24/06/2010 10:50:20 PM
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Occasionally.
24/06/2010 11:00:27 PM
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Book 7: Traitor's Knot - The crappiest near ending in the world. Perhaps.
18/08/2010 06:43:04 PM
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