The Idhún's Memories. Have you heard of it?
Hi there. It has been a while since I posted something here, I couldn't find the time to do anything more than a comment here and there.
But today i wanted to share with you some thoughts about a series that I'm not sure if you know anything about, The Idhún's Memories.
It's a trilogy of supposedly high fantasy that was published in the early 2000s,and it's sometimes called "The spanish version of Twilight".
Yeah, that is a GREAT start.
The books honestly don't have as many problems as Inheritance or Twilight, but when they do somehting bad, they do it REALLY bad.
Okay. I'll start with some good things to say.
The worldbulding is quite unique and interesting even if it has some flaws. (Example: Six inteligent species have the exact same religion, although that is explained in supplementary material. And all of them have the same lenguage, by the way) The author actually has skill at creating secondary characters with distinct personalities, even if they take a bit to appear. When she tries to be "deep" in the matter of religion, unlike Paolini, you have the feeling that she knows what she is talking about. And it doesn't come off as preachy, instead as part of the worldbuilding.
The prose is pretty average, and she knows how to write a fast paced fight scene, the beggining of the first book being a good example.
But then there are the reasons this is series got its nickname, and it's biggest problem: THE MARY SUE LOVE TRIANGLE.
The level of Mary Sueness that the three main characters adquire during the books is insane. They start ok, even promising, but around the second half of the first book, everything goes downhill really fast.
There is also some "Blue and orange morality" thrown into the mix, and add to the fact that the love triangle goes around in circles and an entire war seems to revolve about it. Although is a little more justified than in Eragon or in Twilight, it's telling that in the second book, the part of the "final battle" that is treated with the biggest tension is when the female lead has to choose between her two lovers.
And in the third book it just goes on, and on, and on, trying to desesperately have something new to say, while wasting away a very interesting plot about gods trying to destroy all the evil of the world at the cost of all the mortals.
And in the end, I shit you not, the female lead ends up with BOTH love interests, who by then they have been reduced to what the author seemed to think were both halves of the ideal man. One of them is quasi-relatable, even it it is a moron, and the other has almost all the characteristics/backstory of Edward Cullen, but up to eleven.
If you want I can make a "1 post review" of each book and give some details. Some things have to be seen to be believed.
Although I don't have much experience in rants, reviews, and sporks, I'll try my best. (Any suggestions/ thoughts are welcome)
But today i wanted to share with you some thoughts about a series that I'm not sure if you know anything about, The Idhún's Memories.
It's a trilogy of supposedly high fantasy that was published in the early 2000s,and it's sometimes called "The spanish version of Twilight".
Yeah, that is a GREAT start.
The books honestly don't have as many problems as Inheritance or Twilight, but when they do somehting bad, they do it REALLY bad.
Okay. I'll start with some good things to say.
The worldbulding is quite unique and interesting even if it has some flaws. (Example: Six inteligent species have the exact same religion, although that is explained in supplementary material. And all of them have the same lenguage, by the way) The author actually has skill at creating secondary characters with distinct personalities, even if they take a bit to appear. When she tries to be "deep" in the matter of religion, unlike Paolini, you have the feeling that she knows what she is talking about. And it doesn't come off as preachy, instead as part of the worldbuilding.
The prose is pretty average, and she knows how to write a fast paced fight scene, the beggining of the first book being a good example.
But then there are the reasons this is series got its nickname, and it's biggest problem: THE MARY SUE LOVE TRIANGLE.
The level of Mary Sueness that the three main characters adquire during the books is insane. They start ok, even promising, but around the second half of the first book, everything goes downhill really fast.
There is also some "Blue and orange morality" thrown into the mix, and add to the fact that the love triangle goes around in circles and an entire war seems to revolve about it. Although is a little more justified than in Eragon or in Twilight, it's telling that in the second book, the part of the "final battle" that is treated with the biggest tension is when the female lead has to choose between her two lovers.
And in the third book it just goes on, and on, and on, trying to desesperately have something new to say, while wasting away a very interesting plot about gods trying to destroy all the evil of the world at the cost of all the mortals.
And in the end, I shit you not, the female lead ends up with BOTH love interests, who by then they have been reduced to what the author seemed to think were both halves of the ideal man. One of them is quasi-relatable, even it it is a moron, and the other has almost all the characteristics/backstory of Edward Cullen, but up to eleven.
If you want I can make a "1 post review" of each book and give some details. Some things have to be seen to be believed.
Although I don't have much experience in rants, reviews, and sporks, I'll try my best. (Any suggestions/ thoughts are welcome)