Sharing Knife: Passage Post

[ase]

Technically, I finished the Sharing Knife: Passage (Lois McMaster Bujold) on May 2nd, so it should go in the May log, but it was remarkably not-obnoxious so I want to give it a shoutout

Comments

[sraun]

I think Crane is closer to lesson than foil.

[ase]

I think you're right; I'm trying to parse the structure, because it still feels like there's some sort of sting missing. Does that make any sense?

[countrycousin]

The romance for me was over very soon, although in your link herself says otherwise. Lots of problems related to the relationship after the Glassforge honeymoon, but no serious ones between Dag and Fawn. Only between the couple and the world. No serious misunderstandings, working out different standards, assumptions at cross-purposes. No problems such as in Busman's Honeymoon, for instance

[ase]

Lots of problems related to the relationship after the Glassforge honeymoon, but no serious ones between Dag and Fawn. Only between the couple and the world. No serious misunderstandings, working out different standards, assumptions at cross-purposes.

Yes! Yes, this is why I dislike Dag and Fawn's romance! I think part of relationships is acknowledging differences, in addition to being in gooey love!

haven't understood, yet, what irritates you about Fawn

I feel that Fawn is presented by the author as smart, but within the narrative does not do smart things. This is less excellent writing than I'm used to from LMB. Does that clear things up at all?

It's been pointed out that I'm defining "smart" fairly narrowly here: I mean someone who can produce a chain of logic explaining how they came to a conclusion. Fawn may be more of an intuitive thinker than a logician. But her conclusions seem fairly obvious to me.

I'm not sure what you mean by the missing sense of community . . . They seem to fit in with people on the move Yes, so