Review: The Sharing Knife Volume Two: Legacy (Sharing Knife) by Lois McMaster Bujold

[brown_betty]

Comments

[tavella]

I found them a real disappointment too, which was very sad because I usually *love* Bujold. The third is *slightly* more interesting, if only because more stuff actually happens, but still very low grade Bujold.

[brown_betty]

I would rate it a decent book, but bad Bujold, but I'm not sure if I'm grading on a curve or not.

[petronelle]

I don't know you, but this comment makes me wish I did.

[droolfangrrl]

http://brown-betty.livejournal.com/search/search?q=The%20Sharing%20Knife%20Volume%20One:The%20Beguilement&t=title

gave me a 404

[brown_betty]

Oh dear, I didn't realize they used relative URLs. Feh.

[droolfangrrl]

Such is. Figured you would rather know than not know. I liked her vorkosigan books her other stuff... not as much, but still ok, haven't read this one yet.

verifier words are ominous! "shooting Conrad"

[brown_betty]

I believe they get their phrases from Project Gutenberg, so it's actually a fragment of a real text!

[marici]

Biggest issue was... pacing? Uniformity? The books just don't know if they're adventures or comedies of manners.

I know my parent's opinion makes a huge impact on me, but to see 'winning your in-laws approval' usurp 'saving the world from monsters' as a plot arc takes something extra.

[brown_betty]

Well, I guess if it's your life, they may seem of roughly equal importance, but they're not quite equally interesting to read about.

[rothesis]

I saw someone's comment on an LMB fansite about how the commentor had read the Vorkosigan books once each, read the Challion books twice, but kept rereading the Sharing Knife series. I was utterly boggled. My experience is the exact opposite. I'm just not willing to give Sharing Knife that much of my time & attention. The eminetly quotable romps of the Vorkosigan universe are always good for a pick-me-up. The philosophically/theologically dense Challion books are fantasy books I brag about when people tell me fantasy is childish. The Sharing Knife books hold a mildly interesting world in which a few vaguely interesting things occur. I don't regret the time I spent reading the books, but I do regret purchasing the first in hardcover.

[brown_betty]

I saw someone's comment on an LMB fansite about how the commentor had read the Vorkosigan books once each, read the Challion books twice, but kept rereading the Sharing Knife series.

…huh.

Well, I guess I'm glad someone is enjoying them?

And yeah, definitely not a book to buy in hardcover, for me.