Tooth and Claw in Into the Forest

Sep 10, 2010 Melanti rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, kindle-lendable, 2011, alternate-history

It's as if Jane Austin's characters were dragons. It imagines a society that is entirely comprised of dragons with changes to the society to account for the differences between dragons and humans. For instance, one of the primary plot points is an argument on how to settle the estate of the patriarch of the family after his death, with the most contentious argument being who gets to eat the body.

I'm torn on this book. Parts of it are brilliant - for instance the cannibalism, homes/lairs, and th ...more

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Apr 12, 2014 Julia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: humor, fantasy, alternative-history, historical-fantasy

What a delight!

I bought this book at the science fiction and fantasy bookshop, because I so loved the Jo Walton’s Farthingseries and Among Others, I wanted to ~~read~~ buy something else by her, and because it is autographed.

This is about the adult children of Bon Agornin, who is dying. His eldest Penn is a parson, Berend is well-married, Avan is working in an office in the capital, but Haner and Selendra are unmarried and must accompany one of their married siblings to their homes.

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Jun 23, 2011 Michele rated it really liked it · review of another edition

"Jane Austen with dragons" sounds like a recipe for disaster, yes? And it could have been, easily. Luckily, however, Walton does a masterful job with this weird mashup and gives us a clever, well-written and engaging tale. All the classic Austen components are there: the maiden sisters worried about their lack of dowry, the centrality of reputation and honor, the rigid ideas of class, an intra-family lawsuit (shades of Bleak House!), a missing heir, even a (slightly) dirty vicar. Then there are ...more

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