I grabbed this book from my library because I knew I enjoyed the author. By the end of the first chapter, I was fairly sure I'd already read it, but II grabbed this book from my library because I knew I enjoyed the author. By the end of the first chapter, I was fairly sure I'd already read it, but I didn't realize I already owned it, and the rest of the series, until I got to the end.
This sounds like it's not a good book, because it's not terribly memorable, but I also reread it in a day.
My main impression: wow, I didn't really remember books being this queer in the 90s, which is dumb, because obviously, there they were.
Why do I enjoy this book so much, when its is plot is very nearly the same as The Countess Conspiracy which had me writhing in agony? ["Cover me in BEWhy do I enjoy this book so much, when its is plot is very nearly the same as The Countess Conspiracy which had me writhing in agony? ["Cover me in BEES!" Betty, 2015]
There was only one bit that was too awkward for me, where Whatsisface declares his feelings for Minnie by reading to her from a childrens' book, but it barely lasted a page or two, so I strong-like-oxed my way through it....more
went back to this book when my library got the Holdbrook-Smith audio book. He's just so good!went back to this book when my library got the Holdbrook-Smith audio book. He's just so good!...more
I'm going to be honest: I can't tell if this book is actually that good, or if I just got sucked so far into the Id vortex that I can't even see the eI'm going to be honest: I can't tell if this book is actually that good, or if I just got sucked so far into the Id vortex that I can't even see the event horizon. So please take this entire review with about a tablespoon of salt. I stayed up 'til four reading it, and didn't notice.
So, this is a story about a doctor and, he discovers over the course of the story, a sadist, who is forced by his state into becoming a torturer, and how he deals with that. (There is a certain amount of torture, none of which is remotely safe, sane, or consensual, nor pretends to be. Take ye warning.)
Alternately, it is the Mirrorverse "Dr. McCoy to the interrogation room." (I believe this is TNH's description, and for a certain segment, an entirely adequate elevator pitch.)
It's written decently, and the only time it strayed (for me) into "Oh god, I can see your Id!" was when the author came up with two separate justifications for the protagonist to platonically kiss his armsmen/slaves. But that could be the blinding effects of the Id vortex. I'm pretty sure The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife would be the best illustration for what this book was like for me....more
Erk, I had a whole review typed up for this, and then my browser ate it. Let's see what I can do with a second chance.
I loved this book both for the vErk, I had a whole review typed up for this, and then my browser ate it. Let's see what I can do with a second chance.
I loved this book both for the voice of the narrator, and for the world building, which was complex enough that it is difficult to summarize the plot of the book without resorting to shorthands which would badly mislead. Let's see what I can do with the narrator, then.
Yeine is a girl, a woman by the laws of her people, who is competent and clever enough to know she is trapped, and utterly out of her depth. She is caught between two sides of a war between gods, between civilizations, and between generations, and the weapons are secrets she does not share, and a mad, enslaved god who may kill her. The stakes are her life, and the future of her people.
If you like stories about someone who brings a knife to a gun-fight, stories about the individual trying not to be buried beneath politics, or vividly rendered settings, I think you will like this book....more
If this is Les Mis, then Carcer is Jean Valjean, and I just don't know what to do with that.If this is Les Mis, then Carcer is Jean Valjean, and I just don't know what to do with that....more
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