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fandomsecrets2017-07-02 02:33 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2017-07-02 02:33 pm
[ SECRET POST #3833 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3833 ⌋
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Re: my thoughts
Overall, I enjoyed the story and found it to be a quick read. That said, the story did have some flaws.
I really liked Ari and Vetch's relationship, though it was odd how they did mention Ari only seeking out professional women to not form attachments and that he wasn't part of the court and avoided those women. I get that we're in a very male dominated world with the dragons, but it seemed a little forced about professional women and the different classes.
I really did like Ari and especially the end how he helped Vetch out. I did enjoy the story enough to check out the sequel, so we'll see when it comes in at the library. I liked the bits about the dragon history but you could definitely sense the world building because I didn't really understand the whole war and Jousters but maybe the sequel will help with that.
It did take a little bit to get into the novel, but once I got going, I finished it in about a day.
I also do see our tendency as a book club to pick fantasy novels so I'd be curious to see what would happen if we start to switch it up and pick genre months?
Re: my thoughts
Yeah it was weird that they specifically pointed out Ari's avoidance of romance, it didn't seem to really have any relevance to the rest of the story. Like she kind of dropped wherever she was going with it.
I can think of at least one interesting plausible explanation - maybe Ari avoided relationships with nobles specifically, and wasn't it usually noblewomen who were propositioning him? Maybe Ari had major qualms with nobility, them being the ones who ordered acts of war, and didn't want to be enmeshed with them. IDK. He seemed to have a lot of general contempt for anyone else of any kind of rank.
I definitely need to see history of the war. To some extent it seems we're supposed to be sympathetic with Alta, but maybe they have committed atrocities just as bad. In war there often are no "good guys".
Let me know if you read the sequel! I should read it too. (I mostly just want to follow Kiron and Avatre's story and see if they find success in establishing a free life for themselves in Alta.)
What do you mean by "genre months" - are you talking about having themed months? I am really not sure how well that would go down, but I can bring it up. (Not for next month though since I've already started taking recs)
Re: my thoughts
(Anonymous) 2017-07-05 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)I had no problem with Ari's avoiding the nobles, but that she was so insistent that he did enjoy pleasures but only with women he wouldn't have to make an attachment with seemed out of place. It could have been phrased more about him not wanting to get married and leave behind a widow, which was hinted at because Jousters very rarely live long enough to retire.
I feel like because it's from Vetch who was treated so horribly, we want to be sympathetic to Alta but we know nothing of what led to the war because for Vetch's young life, it wasn't a threat, just something distant.
And yes, for genre months, I mean theme months. Let's see how the next few months pan out, just because it seems like we've had a lot of dragon books and I'd love to read more diverse books besides dragons. Or maybe it just seems like it because those are the months I can participate (or try to participate)
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Re: my thoughts
Yeah I guess maybe that was a little heavy-handed to some people even if it didn't seem that way to me.
I wonder if Ari is going to be a major character in future books. I'm ambivalent as to whether I want that. I really just want more Kiron
Re: my thoughts