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32/50 Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
After getting the hurdle of a "beautiful" "sixteen year old" searching for her "true love," I settled into this fairy tale and liked it well enough. Short and definitely for teenagers.
33/50 Treason's Shore by Sherwood Smith
The fourth and final part of Inda series, I suspect this book would bore (and confuse) people who had not read the first three (gargantuan) books and weren't thoroughly invested in the characters at this point. Much of Part I sort of wanders around the Smith's well-constructed world, peeking in at various characters going about their lives. Everyone (and their goings on) is interesting enough, although the writing jumps so much (one chapter will be about characters 1,2,3&4; then the next will be about A,B&C; then in the same chapter there might be a few paragraphs about x&z.) that there's always some sort of acclimation period to really get into the swing of character V's arc. Then just when you've developed a proper thirst to know what's next, Smith whisks you off to character 34.
It won't matter too much if you like the characters (the more of them the better!) and I can see how that might have ultimately been the best decision (omniscient third) since there is just SO MUCH.
And I'm unbelievably grateful for SO MUCH since I did like all the characters, enjoyed the intricacy of the world, the intricacies of all the interactions, political and otherwise... and ultimately the story (the epic) is better for it. As it is, I have watched the characters go through some 30 years of life-- I'm still reeling from the fact that it's over.
Part II feels a bit more like it has a goal in line with that of the jacket summary and sets up well for a fairly emotionally-satisfying conclusion. (Still rather desperate to know what happened to a few characters though, XD).
Treason's Shore is incapable of standing on its own at all (I'd go so far as to say the novel/series of novels structure really doesn't suit the story, but that's the popular mode of telling, what can she do?) and a must read for those who have come this far with Inda. Of course. :)
Next: Lies my Teacher Told Me?
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After getting the hurdle of a "beautiful" "sixteen year old" searching for her "true love," I settled into this fairy tale and liked it well enough. Short and definitely for teenagers.
33/50 Treason's Shore by Sherwood Smith
The fourth and final part of Inda series, I suspect this book would bore (and confuse) people who had not read the first three (gargantuan) books and weren't thoroughly invested in the characters at this point. Much of Part I sort of wanders around the Smith's well-constructed world, peeking in at various characters going about their lives. Everyone (and their goings on) is interesting enough, although the writing jumps so much (one chapter will be about characters 1,2,3&4; then the next will be about A,B&C; then in the same chapter there might be a few paragraphs about x&z.) that there's always some sort of acclimation period to really get into the swing of character V's arc. Then just when you've developed a proper thirst to know what's next, Smith whisks you off to character 34.
It won't matter too much if you like the characters (the more of them the better!) and I can see how that might have ultimately been the best decision (omniscient third) since there is just SO MUCH.
And I'm unbelievably grateful for SO MUCH since I did like all the characters, enjoyed the intricacy of the world, the intricacies of all the interactions, political and otherwise... and ultimately the story (the epic) is better for it. As it is, I have watched the characters go through some 30 years of life-- I'm still reeling from the fact that it's over.
Part II feels a bit more like it has a goal in line with that of the jacket summary and sets up well for a fairly emotionally-satisfying conclusion. (Still rather desperate to know what happened to a few characters though, XD).
Treason's Shore is incapable of standing on its own at all (I'd go so far as to say the novel/series of novels structure really doesn't suit the story, but that's the popular mode of telling, what can she do?) and a must read for those who have come this far with Inda. Of course. :)
Next: Lies my Teacher Told Me?
( Rest of the Reading List)