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Nov 25, 2007 14:46

I was rereading If I Pay Thee Not in Gold by Piers Anthony and Mercedes Lackey (any post which starts out like that can't end well, y'know ( Read more... )

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lady_ganesh November 26 2007, 00:54:24 UTC

Like you said, I think the first sentence is the problem.

ryuutchi November 26 2007, 04:16:02 UTC

Well, yes. I read it when I was little and thought rereading it would be interesting. It was a bad thing to do when I was in "overanalyze everything for unconscious sexism" mode

lady_ganesh November 28 2007, 01:23:08 UTC

There are some books I probably will never permit myself to re-read. Why hello, Arthur Upfield!

cpip November 26 2007, 01:16:01 UTC

I dimly recall reading that one back when I was 12 or 13 or so.

ryuutchi November 26 2007, 04:16:46 UTC

It's bad. Like, worse than usual Misty/Piers bad.

cpip November 27 2007, 22:29:15 UTC

Didn't it even have a sequel, too?

ryuutchi November 27 2007, 22:37:18 UTC

Did it really? I had no idea!

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vampireanneke November 26 2007, 02:52:01 UTC

I liked the book, but skip over most of the second half of the book.

ryuutchi November 26 2007, 04:17:17 UTC

Heh. I should take that advice.

second_batgirl November 26 2007, 04:24:56 UTC

I loved that book when I was 12.

Possibly this means I have serious problems.

ryuutchi November 26 2007, 17:53:14 UTC

That's okay. I liked it when I was 12 and just reread it. It's possible I have more problems than you.

leticia November 26 2007, 05:00:29 UTC

The last half of that book sucks so very, very much.

I admit, when I first read it, I didn't think so very much about other options for love matches, but I had troubles believing that every woman in the country was perfectly okay with her sons all being slaves.

Then again, look at all the men over history who have been perfectly content with their daughters being effectively the same.

The first part is a fairly /interesting/ read if not a very, you know, uplifting book. Brain candy, not good for you.

But the second half just descends into ever increasing suck.

ryuutchi November 26 2007, 17:57:05 UTC

The last half of the book really, really does suck. Up until she leaves the country is okay.

Yeah, I had that issue. It's like "I went through nine months of pregnancy and now... I'm going to sell him!" It's very odd. It would make more sense if there was an upperclass of men who had been favored sons or something.

The first part is an entertaining world, at least. I remember being fond of the concept. The second half is just... I forgot how stupid the quest was. And the demon, OH GOD, THE DEMON. "I have to have to partners, but we can't have a threesome, because if they bang, I die!" That's really stupid.