Comments | calico_reaction: McGuire, Seanan: One Salt Sea

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McGuire, Seanan: One Salt Sea

Oct 03, 2011 19:17

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blog: reviews, ratings: couldn't put it down, seanan mcguire, fiction: urban fantasy

Comments 17

weasel_of_d00m October 3 2011, 23:53:13 UTC

I am also firmly in the Toby/Tybalt camp, and Connor, while very nice, bored me to tears. I felt bad for hoping he would die at the end of the book, but hope for his death I did...

I am glad McGuire did not go for a predictable love triangle, with Toby vacillating between "nice guy" (Connor) and "sexy bad boy" (Tybalt) for books and books on end (*cough* Anita Blake *cough*)

And now we have to wait a year for our next fix :(

calico_reaction October 4 2011, 02:57:07 UTC

I don't mind waiting all that much. In the meantime, we'll get a new Mira Grant book, and McGuire's also starting a new series!

weasel_of_d00m October 4 2011, 03:51:50 UTC

True. I just want it all, and I want it now ;)

aliciaaudrey October 4 2011, 02:05:06 UTC

SPOILERS

The part about Connor's death that interested me the most is how utterly preventable it was.

He bled out because nobody took the injury seriously enough at first. He bled out because he was out cold lying there and there were more pressing things going on and by the time somebody really checked, it was far too late.

And I like this. I like this because it's stupid, and it was totally preventable. That should, I suppose, give rise to a "THIS IS SO STUPID!!!!"...but these kinds of deaths? They happen. It's realistic. It's stupid and it happens.

I would, of course, have ripped the book in half and screamed into the heavens if this had been Tybalt, but it was Connor, so it's okay./snark

Also I think Raj is adorable. I want to fuss over Raj.

calico_reaction October 4 2011, 02:58:16 UTC

Great point. I like how people assumed that regardless of what they did, he'd just be sleeping 100 years. :) And yes, if that had happened to Tybalt, I'd be screaming bloody murder.

Raj IS adorable! I like how he's unofficially her squire along with her official squire of Quentin.

weasel_of_d00m October 4 2011, 03:53:18 UTC

I third the adorableness of Raj :P

And talking about Quentin - who is with me on the theory that he is King Sollys's (at least I think that's the name of the King that rules in Canada) son?

calico_reaction October 4 2011, 22:10:01 UTC

I vaguely remember hearing that theory, or something like it. I wouldn't be surprised if he was the son of someone REALLY important.

starmetal_oak October 4 2011, 12:27:48 UTC

This is a series I definitely want to try! Is it overly focus on romance?

calico_reaction October 4 2011, 22:09:09 UTC

Nope! There's some romancy-stuff, but the series focus is whatever the mystery is for the book, so I think you'll be happy. :)

geekygirl October 5 2011, 14:39:50 UTC

This is book number 5?! *gulp* I really need to start this series like yesterday!

calico_reaction October 5 2011, 16:40:37 UTC

She's been releasing titles every six months, but now, with book five out, I think it's going to be a year until the next one. That gives you a little bit of time, yes? :)

arysani November 22 2011, 03:00:22 UTC

I have to agree on Connor - to be honest, I didn't HATE him, but I didn't have a lot of feelings for him at all, and since I too am a Toby/Tybalt shipper, Connor had to go. It was nice for her to get some normal cuddle-time, but he was just too...normal/sweet/perfect.

I'm all up in arms about this eventual Toby vs. Luidhaeg thing. I love the Luidhaeg, I don't want to have to choose sides!

This was a fantastic book, they seem to really be getting better with each one, so of course because I read them all in the last 3 months, NOW she's slowing down. GAH!

And yes: always more Spike! I want a rose goblin so badly. The rattle of the spiky bits strikes me, weirdly, as being terribly cute.

calico_reaction November 22 2011, 05:29:27 UTC

Love your icon!

Nothing weird about finding anything Spike does as terribly cute. He is adorable. :)