I'm Lechery a Luscious Hore
I really need to get some work done, but in my lunch hour I finished The Ringed Castle. asdgfdfdfaskfjlasdkfas
In no particular order and not exhaustive:
* POOR. LUDO.
* Please tell me Checkmate contains a Lymond/Philippa sex scene where she does, in fact, wriggle up from the bottom of the bed
* GUZEL, YOU STONE COLD BITCH. And also, wow re: Gabriel's mummified corpse; that was intense
* Wow, Lymond is making progress. He acknowledged that Kuzum is Gabriel's son and is actually making his peace with that. Dude.
* It would be nice, now, for him to accept that he is exceptionally lucky to have friends such as he has, and to stop being such a bitch to them. If he can also stop breaking his mother's heart and calling her a whore. I don't feel like that's so much to ask.
* Hey Richard Crawford, come here and be punched. Do we really need to have this conversation about being patient with your younger siblings? And not returning the super nice present they may give to your firstborn? Yes, yes, he started it, I know. I'll punch him too.
* The scene where Lymond fights off the St. Mary's men with a knife. AMAZING. My heart was in my throat. His desperation just killed me, and the way they wouldn't let him destroy himself any longer? GOD.
* I didn't think I would enjoy the Lymond/Philippa romance and at this point I could still take it or leave it, but I did find the scene where he realizes he loves her really touching. Speaking of which, is this the first book where Lymond has been the POV character in any of the scenes?
* The progression of my opinion of Philippa in the course of this book: 1) Oh great, now she's a Mary Sue; 2) Fine, I still like her.
* I must've missed the part where Lymond was sleeping with Venceslas. *rubs subtext glasses*
* My impressions of the Russia parts can't seem to coalesce into actual Thoughts. Oops. I mean. I don't really like how it's presented as this cold horrible country of awful music and rude incomprehensible men, whose only worth is in its exotic natural resources, this Faraway Land where Lymond goes to bury his soul, but from the perspective of these characters, it's not really farfetched that they would have these opinions.
* OR LANGUISH LOCKED IN L!!! I swear, if I were not reading this at work I would be laughing my head off, wiping tears from my eyes. That and the bit with the mechanical owl ("Lymond, on his feet, slid a table out of its way" ahahahaha) and that bit in Queens' Play where Lymond tries to cure his hiccups by drinking a glass of water upside down is some of my favorite of Dunnett's writing. She does light, joyful, wry, slightly absurdist humor so well that I do wonder in those moments why she writes so much tragedy. Then again, the shipwreck scene and Lymond's wild fight with Guthrie & Co are also some of her best writing. I just. sdkjsdjklaklak
* Lymond's migraines D:
* I think I've been clear that I do not approve of Diccon Chancellor's entirely non-fictional death.
I thought I wanted to dive into Checkmate immediately, but I need a unicorn chaser first; then I can start the last book on Saturday. What can I read in two-four hours?
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In no particular order and not exhaustive:
* POOR. LUDO.
* Please tell me Checkmate contains a Lymond/Philippa sex scene where she does, in fact, wriggle up from the bottom of the bed
* GUZEL, YOU STONE COLD BITCH. And also, wow re: Gabriel's mummified corpse; that was intense
* Wow, Lymond is making progress. He acknowledged that Kuzum is Gabriel's son and is actually making his peace with that. Dude.
* It would be nice, now, for him to accept that he is exceptionally lucky to have friends such as he has, and to stop being such a bitch to them. If he can also stop breaking his mother's heart and calling her a whore. I don't feel like that's so much to ask.
* Hey Richard Crawford, come here and be punched. Do we really need to have this conversation about being patient with your younger siblings? And not returning the super nice present they may give to your firstborn? Yes, yes, he started it, I know. I'll punch him too.
* The scene where Lymond fights off the St. Mary's men with a knife. AMAZING. My heart was in my throat. His desperation just killed me, and the way they wouldn't let him destroy himself any longer? GOD.
* I didn't think I would enjoy the Lymond/Philippa romance and at this point I could still take it or leave it, but I did find the scene where he realizes he loves her really touching. Speaking of which, is this the first book where Lymond has been the POV character in any of the scenes?
* The progression of my opinion of Philippa in the course of this book: 1) Oh great, now she's a Mary Sue; 2) Fine, I still like her.
* I must've missed the part where Lymond was sleeping with Venceslas. *rubs subtext glasses*
* My impressions of the Russia parts can't seem to coalesce into actual Thoughts. Oops. I mean. I don't really like how it's presented as this cold horrible country of awful music and rude incomprehensible men, whose only worth is in its exotic natural resources, this Faraway Land where Lymond goes to bury his soul, but from the perspective of these characters, it's not really farfetched that they would have these opinions.
* OR LANGUISH LOCKED IN L!!! I swear, if I were not reading this at work I would be laughing my head off, wiping tears from my eyes. That and the bit with the mechanical owl ("Lymond, on his feet, slid a table out of its way" ahahahaha) and that bit in Queens' Play where Lymond tries to cure his hiccups by drinking a glass of water upside down is some of my favorite of Dunnett's writing. She does light, joyful, wry, slightly absurdist humor so well that I do wonder in those moments why she writes so much tragedy. Then again, the shipwreck scene and Lymond's wild fight with Guthrie & Co are also some of her best writing. I just. sdkjsdjklaklak
* Lymond's migraines D:
* I think I've been clear that I do not approve of Diccon Chancellor's entirely non-fictional death.
I thought I wanted to dive into Checkmate immediately, but I need a unicorn chaser first; then I can start the last book on Saturday. What can I read in two-four hours?
Read this entry on Dreamwidth. (
comments.)