I read
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement
(That's the newest Bujold) and it really isn't what you'd expect. It's a fun, romance in a fantasy setting. I don't know if she's setting up for darkness in the second book but it's a popcorn read. If that's a thing.
I also read the last book in Elliott's
Crown of Stars
series and who was it who was worried about Alain? It's a very strange
thing but I think he's okay. I mean, he's not all happily ever after but it does seem that he is the founder of the family that winds up being that of Emperor Tailleffer and thus Liath and Blessing are his descendents. Not that he ever gets to explain this to them, but I think that he understands it in the end.
Overall, I think that the book lost something in the end because it seemed like we were getting the story told from too many ps.o.v. and when
Sanglant dies -- it just didn't seem real -- and I suppose
that was with good reason.
If the theatre were to play
The Good German
and
the Good Shepherd
as a double bill could they advertize it as
The Good German Shepherd
?
The Good German Shepherd: The Return of RinTinTin
who was it who was worried about Alain
That was me. Sounds like it did get weirder than I'm comfortable with in the end.
Well, they never actually said that was what happened. . . but how far into the series did you get?
I surmised that this is what happened based on
Alain getting sent back in time to the world pre-Cataclysm and marrying Adica and having that nice life and then after the second Cataclysm that put the world back together realizing who the heir to Count Lavastine really was. It kind of explains why the dogs accepted him even though he wasn't Lavastine's son but were perfectly willing to abandon him whenever an heir of Taillefer appeared (Anne, Mother Obligatia.)
I was actually kind of afraid that he would wind up as
Sorgatani's pura so
was happy that this wasn' t his fate.
I thought that the first two books of the series were the best.
I'm not a fan of
time travel and becoming the ancestor of someone important
as a plot point. But I was most impressed with the gender divisions of feudal life. It makes sense that women would be in charge of the nurturing parts of the world, ie, being Bishops and such. I didn't get past the third book, because I hit my personal wall of "What else is this poor person going to have to go through?" At some point a character I'm interested in has to have some real contentment or achievement, even if surrounded by angst. Even in the real world, miserable put-upon people get moments of joy.
Woot! Title of final Harry Potter book! [link]
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows"
Are they really "Deathly" or possibly just Sleepy?
Or possibly Dopey or Grumpy or Bashful or....
Signed,
Congested and full of cold medicine.
