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The Belly of the Bow (Fencer Trilogy #2)
by
K.J. Parker
The city of Perimadeia has fallen. Bardas Loredan, the man who was chosen to save it, is now on the Island—a recluse living in the mountains, away from his family, with only a young apprentice for company. His life as a fencer-at-law is over. Instead, Loredan spends his days perfecting the art of bow making. But his isolation will not last forever, and when the Island come...more
Paperback, 521 pages
Published
May 1st 2003
by Little, Brown Book Group
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While a lot of questions from Colours in the Steel get answered in this this book, it's still a bit of a let down. The first book was a real pageturner while this one takes a far slower pace. Maybe it's because I read it in English instead of Dutch. Nevertheless I enjoyed reading it.
Parker has the striking ability to introduce minor actors in the play, make you feel sympathy for them, only to have them killed in some nasty way only a few pages further. I guess that's the mindfucking some peopl...more
Parker has the striking ability to introduce minor actors in the play, make you feel sympathy for them, only to have them killed in some nasty way only a few pages further. I guess that's the mindfucking some peopl...more
I loved the first book, the chracters the plot and the story. I had high hopes for this one. But really, what was the book about? I don't think I really know. I kept ion reading, waiting for something interesting to happen and suddenly I noticed I had almost finished the book and I just didn't have the energy to read about anymore. I think three chapters was about Bardas, maybe even less, rest of the book was about his wacked brother and a war with the most stupid people I have ever read about,...more
Parker continues his first series. Now we have warrior-bankers and old family feuds as well as the cursing non-wizards. Strange, but oddly compelling, with a nasty little seemingly-out-of-character twist at the end. Rated MA for violence, some coarse language and horror themes. 3/5
This book probably would've gotten 3 stars from me if it wasn't for the totally unexpected OMGHOLYCRAPWTF plot point near the end. An extra star for shocking the hell out of me, something no book has been able to do since I discovered Chuck Palahniuk,
Not as good as "Colours in the Steel", but still an enjoyable read.
This must be what is meant by the banality of evil.
F PAR fencer v.2
Fantasy
Fantasy
3 & 1/2 stars.
After the fall of Perimadeia we get more intimate with the movers and shakers of the world - at least until that point; Bardas tries and get some quiet but his family and him being the fulcrum of events do not let that happen; even darker and with the same superb understated prose another superb installment in the series
So far so good. The story has taken a new direction and is interesting so far.
The more I read the less I like. The interesting parts of the story have faded. I'm struggling to finish this one to see if The Proof House will be any good...
I give up...it is boring. Rating dropping to one star...
The more I read the less I like. The interesting parts of the story have faded. I'm struggling to finish this one to see if The Proof House will be any good...
I give up...it is boring. Rating dropping to one star...
okaaay. That was kind of disturbing.
I gave up at p. 183. It's just going to end badly for many people, and there's a third book which looks to drag things out to include more people for which things will end badly. I just can't take it any more.
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| What's The Name o...: Fantasy series, bowyer/fletcher theme, hero makes a bow out of human rib bones [s] | 5 | 30 | Oct 03, 2011 01:15am |
K.J. Parker is a pseudonym. The author's true name has never been revealed.
According to the biographical notes in some of Parker's books, Parker has previously worked in law, journalism, and numismatics, and now writes and makes things out of wood and metal. It is also claimed that Parker is married to a solicitor and now lives in southern England. According to an autobiographical note, Parker wa...more
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According to the biographical notes in some of Parker's books, Parker has previously worked in law, journalism, and numismatics, and now writes and makes things out of wood and metal. It is also claimed that Parker is married to a solicitor and now lives in southern England. According to an autobiographical note, Parker wa...more
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