Only choose one favorite character? That's a challenge.
I think I have to say Rudolfo. He's a delightfully complex character, a good man regardless of how Vlad Li Tam manipulated his family so that Rudolfo would rise to the throne. I must say, as I read Canticle I couldn't help but wonder what would happen regarding his son. Then I reached the ending. Wow. Such a difficult read, but as a parent the choice of Rudolfo and Jin Li Tam really resonated with me.
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It's impossible to choose a favorite character (they're all fascinating), but if I gotta, I'll say "Isaak" because the series is, after all, named for him.
More than that, of course, he's a tragic figure who may have done something truly unforgivable, and he's clearly the apprentice sort of figure. He's wise, but not worldly. He's naive, but not really foolish.
Favorite CharacterinkedfleshSeptember 14 2010, 18:15:48 UTC
My vote is for Hanric. He was the epitome of badassary. He is this big huge menacing leader of the barbarian type tribe yet he proves his loyalty to his people and to winters by stepping up to be the figure head she was to small to be. It's crap that he had to die so quick!
Favorite Characterext_257117September 14 2010, 18:39:57 UTC
I'd have to say Isaak because never has a metal man touched people more. He's become like a human in the minds of the characters and the reader. He's developed gradually and in interesting ways into someone with a lot more to him than you would have thought when he made his first appearance in Lamentation.
My other favorite is Petronus, the former pope who faked his death to escape the pressures of leadership and now finds himself drawn back in not only by circumstances but by his own convictions and values. He can't not be involved. He sees how much depends on it and he cares too much.
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I think I have to say Rudolfo. He's a delightfully complex character, a good man regardless of how Vlad Li Tam manipulated his family so that Rudolfo would rise to the throne. I must say, as I read Canticle I couldn't help but wonder what would happen regarding his son. Then I reached the ending. Wow. Such a difficult read, but as a parent the choice of Rudolfo and Jin Li Tam really resonated with me.
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More than that, of course, he's a tragic figure who may have done something truly unforgivable, and he's clearly the apprentice sort of figure. He's wise, but not worldly. He's naive, but not really foolish.
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My other favorite is Petronus, the former pope who faked his death to escape the pressures of leadership and now finds himself drawn back in not only by circumstances but by his own convictions and values. He can't not be involved. He sees how much depends on it and he cares too much.
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