false 1158037 0718140834 9780718140830 2 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181485529m/1158037.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1158037.Gemini 8361 Dorothy Dunnett 5572 496 0 2009-06-30T14:34:18-07:00 957581 602 2009-06-30T14:34:18-07:00 0 2009-06-29T05:30:24-07:00 950184 436 2009-06-29T05:30:24-07:00 0 2009-06-26T17:15:04-07:00 941225 390 2009-06-26T17:15:04-07:00 0 2009-06-26T12:18:48-07:00 940196 364 2009-06-26T12:18:48-07:00 0 2009-06-25T04:04:34-07:00 934028 308 2009-06-25T04:04:34-07:00 0 2009-06-21T06:46:30-07:00 915299 274 2009-06-21T06:46:30-07:00 0 2009-06-20T09:51:29-07:00 912271 205 2009-06-20T09:51:29-07:00 0 2009-06-19T14:06:19-07:00 909623 169 2009-06-19T14:06:19-07:00 0 2009-06-17T12:56:48-07:00 900270 130 2009-06-17T12:56:48-07:00 0 2009-06-16T04:38:27-07:00 893266 61 2009-06-16T04:38:27-07:00 0 2009-06-15T12:17:46-07:00 890311 30 2009-06-15T12:17:46-07:00 0 2009-06-14T05:01:57-07:00 884279 3 2009-06-14T05:01:57-07:00 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 05:01:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 13:40:09 -0700 2009 Gemini reads a little too much as if it is a 700 page long epilogue to the Niccoló series, especially in the middle of the novel when Dunnett is working hard to make her narrative fit with historical fact, and everything seems to drag a little. It's much more episodic than the previous instalments in the series, and while the pace does pick up substantially towards the end, and the revelations once more come thick and fast, it's something of a let-down when compared to the previous books. Of course, what it does do is make me want to re-read both the Lymond Chronicles and the Niccoló books, if only so that I can get straight in my head this gnarled specimen of a family tree (do NOT click if you don't want to be thoroughly spoiled for both series all the way up to the last 50 pages of the Niccoló series), never mind the resonances and the parallels that Dunnett has set up between the two series.]]>