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Note: I believe I am the only person on the face of the earth who hated this book. If you liked it, this review will annoy you. Also, be advised that there will be spoilers for what we might loosely term the plot in what follows.
This book suffers from three main problems:
1. A fascinating world that gets built in the first few pages and then utterly abandoned in favor of
2. An amazingly unengaging, unbelievable romance between a typical Bujold guy and
3.Mary Sue
The thing is, this is actually a so ...more
This book suffers from three main problems:
1. A fascinating world that gets built in the first few pages and then utterly abandoned in favor of
2. An amazingly unengaging, unbelievable romance between a typical Bujold guy and
3.Mary Sue
The thing is, this is actually a so ...more
This really seemed to me like the beginning of a novel stretched out to take up a whole book. I know it is the start of a series, but I really want more than world-building and character set-up. I've read the second installment (The Sharing Knife Legacy) and felt the same way about it: not enough happens.
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I love Bujold's Vorkosigan saga. But I found Fawn a weak female character and Dag valiant but also flawed--the age differential is an issue as well. I think I will stick to Miles.
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lovely. a delight to read, great writing, nice story, lovely world. looking forward to reading the second book.
The start of a new fantasy series that, like Bujold's other works, is full of great dialogue and compelling characters; however, it suffers from being really, really oddly paced. All the action is concentrated in the first half of the book, the rest given over to a romance plot that leaves what one would generally think of as the main plot dangling until the next volume. I actually really enjoyed how Bujold dealt with the culture clash aspects—rather than just have one of the protagonists say, "
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I reread this (after reading book 4) to see why Dag and Fawn fell in love with each other. My answers: mutually damaged, unappreciated cleverness, someone who listens.
I love a good fantasy novel and this series is great. In find the characters and story engaging. The writing style easily draws me in and leaves me eager for the next book by this author.
It's Bujold so I'll read it, but I didn't realize going in that this was a romance first and a fantasy second so I kept waiting for the real plot to show up, only the romance was the real plot. I also think that the publisher did Lois a disservice by splitting this book into two volumes.
This is not a bad book per se. If Mercedes Lackey's name was on the cover instead, I would have thought it was much better than the majority of the stuff she's written lately. But I expect a certain something fro ...more
This is not a bad book per se. If Mercedes Lackey's name was on the cover instead, I would have thought it was much better than the majority of the stuff she's written lately. But I expect a certain something fro ...more
Less exciting than when I read it the first time.
I couldn't finish this book. The beginning was fine, but not all that super. The romance between the little girl and the grown-up was a bit too much for me... It was far too physical. And when they got to the hotel in Glassford (whatever that town was called), nothing much was going on, and I decided to finally quit reading. Maybe I'll pick it up another day when I'm not in an as picky mood as I am right now.
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Bujold is a talented storyteller, but this book didn’t really grab me. It’s an exciting love story with lots of fight scenes, but I didn’t really like the main characters and the plot itself felt worn. A quick, enjoyable read, but nothing I’ll remember.
LMB is an amazing writer. Ultimately, I enjoyed this book, and I know it is the first in a series, but it seemed incomplete. I did enjoy the world, the characters, and most things about the romance.
Nov 30, 2008
Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
rated it
it was ok
Shelves:
fantasy-fiction,
cover-pretty-white-girl
Jun 19, 2010
Min
marked it as considering
