A Conspiracy of, uh, Spoliers
You know, it's hard to talk about books sometimes without giving too much away. I mean, often the coolest stuff happens at the end. But I try to restrain myself because I know many people are much more uptight about spoilers than I am. (Usually I don't even remember them. If I haven't read the book, I don't know why it's shocking. And if it's not shocking, well, I still don't have my cell phone number memorized. I'm not about to start remembering stuff about a book I haven't read.) And I think it often doesn't even matter. You know going into a romantic comedy that they're going to get together. Even if they have no chemistry and don't seem to like each other at all. (Romantic comedy is perhaps not my favourite genre.)
Anyway, I want to tell you about A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner, but I can't even think of what to say without giving away the first three books. And for these books I think it does matter. If you want in you should start with The Thief. And probably not read the backs of the others.
I will say that we finally get to hear what happened to Sophos while he was kidnapped. And that I have a deep and abiding love for stories about a modestly awesome person who becomes more awesome. It gives hope to the rest of us. And this is another book that has a lot of its awesomeness concentrated at the end.
Anyway, I want to tell you about A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner, but I can't even think of what to say without giving away the first three books. And for these books I think it does matter. If you want in you should start with The Thief. And probably not read the backs of the others.
I will say that we finally get to hear what happened to Sophos while he was kidnapped. And that I have a deep and abiding love for stories about a modestly awesome person who becomes more awesome. It gives hope to the rest of us. And this is another book that has a lot of its awesomeness concentrated at the end.