RE: Chapter One, v1drollittleOctober 6 2020, 15:30:02 UTC
I want to hug him.
Some authors would have made this chapter a lot more emo than it is. Pheris just states the facts. Tragic as they are, he (like Kamet) seems to take the way he is treated for granted.
(Here I am, leaving comments on the first chapters because Amazon is still shipping my book. It’s close though! Drive, driver! You carry the fate of nations in a little brown paper package.)
Re: Chapter One, v1ninedaysaqueenOctober 6 2020, 16:53:57 UTC
I think Pigeon has one of the darkest backstories so far... His family? Yikes! He is looking back on this as an adult, so maybe he's come to terms with it?
You also want to low-key uncomfortable laugh when he said, it was no longer socially acceptable to leave babies like me out for the foxes. o_0
Re: Chapter One, v1ninedaysaqueenOctober 6 2020, 17:07:00 UTC
Was anyhow surprised by Marin being evil? I've assumed all these years that she would be a good character, since she wasn't aligned with Erondites...however... If Dite is the good one and Sejanus is the not-quite evil one, it only makes sense that at least one of Erondites's kids would be just like him.
Also, Pigeon and Costis are from the same barony! Just throwing that out there.
Re: Chapter One, v1kitsune_rainsOctober 10 2020, 15:39:43 UTC
I, too, was surprised by Marin! I had to read that a couple of times before readjusting the (apparently) totally unfounded impression I'd had that she must be better than her relatives. Too bad for poor Pigeon!
And, I think you're right to note they share a barony.... can't imagine that's a coincidence.
Re: Chapter One, v1beth_shulmanOctober 7 2020, 14:36:41 UTC
Just need to indicate my appreciation for all the wording like this, especially “my grandfather who is Susa” - “my grandfather who is Eddis” - there’s something poetic about it which has always appealed to me.
Re: Chapter One, v1kitsune_rainsOctober 16 2020, 23:14:04 UTC
Agreed! It sounds lovely and also I love that this sometimes makes things clearer and sometimes makes them more ambiguous.
In the very line that starts this chapter he says that he is Erondites and, of course, when I first read it and since we're following bb!Pheris in this chapter, I thought he only meant that he belonged to the Erondites family.
Re: Chapter One, v1brandy_painterOctober 9 2020, 00:07:43 UTC
I have not loved having a narrator's voice in my head so much since the first time I read The Thief. I had to pause and just breathe after PAGE THREE because I knew this was suddenly going to be more intense an experience than I thought AND I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE.
(Also yay for me remembering my password on the third try.)
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Some authors would have made this chapter a lot more emo than it is. Pheris just states the facts. Tragic as they are, he (like Kamet) seems to take the way he is treated for granted.
(Here I am, leaving comments on the first chapters because Amazon is still shipping my book. It’s close though! Drive, driver! You carry the fate of nations in a little brown paper package.)
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You also want to low-key uncomfortable laugh when he said, it was no longer socially acceptable to leave babies like me out for the foxes. o_0
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Also, Pigeon and Costis are from the same barony! Just throwing that out there.
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And, I think you're right to note they share a barony.... can't imagine that's a coincidence.
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In the very line that starts this chapter he says that he is Erondites and, of course, when I first read it and since we're following bb!Pheris in this chapter, I thought he only meant that he belonged to the Erondites family.
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(Also yay for me remembering my password on the third try.)
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