Trapped (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #5) in Pick-a-Shelf

May 05, 2012 D.G. rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook, urban-fantasy

As usual, this was exciting book, full of interesting action and unexpected twists but I got mad by the way the business with Atticus and Granuaile got resolved. When I read a book in the first person, I expect to know something about that person's emotions but the author spent more time on wisecracks that on really revealing Atticus' feelings.

I don't know why I keep getting disappointed with the continued lack of emotional disclosure by Atticus. It's clear that the author is just not going ther As usual, this was exciting book, full of interesting action and unexpected twists but I got mad by the way the business with Atticus and Granuaile got resolved. When I read a book in the first person, I expect to know something about that person's emotions but the author spent more time on wisecracks that on really revealing Atticus' feelings.

I don't know why I keep getting disappointed with the continued lack of emotional disclosure by Atticus. It's clear that the author is just not going there with him. At first I thought the author didn't want to alienate the male audience by getting "mushy" but now I'm starting to believe the author is just not capable to take his characters in that direction. I won't blame this on the author being a guy because men are capable of developing badass male characters with emotional depth (see Barry Eisler and John Rain). Please note I'm not upset because the love scenes were the fade to black type but because there wasn't any discussion about his feelings. If you've loved a woman for a long, long time and you finally get to have her, I expect to hear at least a "Yay!!" to convey how you feel about the situation.

Atticus has tons of potential but I feel as if there's a wall between this inner core and the way he behaves in public that not even the reader can see. At some point, he tells Granuiele that after a person gets to a certain age he starts acting in front of others and it seems this "acting" extends to the reader. Which is weird to me because if you want to keep an important side of your character completely hidden, why write in the first person?

One thing I liked about their relationship was that once he wasn't her instructor, he treated her like an adult and allowed her to make her own decisions. He didn't go all caveman or pretended that he had all the answers. He gave her the lowdown and once she made her choice, there wasn't any boorish behavior (see why I say he has potential?)

Right now I'm feeling like giving up on the series but I know that once it gets closer to the release of the next book, I'll be sure to change my mind. ...more

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Jun 17, 2012 KarenF rated it liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, own

Decent entertainment with some fun dialogue and humor (especially from Oberon as usual). Oddly enough I was actually happy to see Atticus get hurt. Given that all the gods are pretty much afraid of him now (and he seems to knock them off pretty easily) it was refreshing to actually see him taken down in a fight.

A couple of things annoy me though and keep me from rating this higher. Firstly, Atticus is supposed to be 2000 years old but he seems to have the emotional maturity of the bacon scarfin ...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Sassafrass rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, audiobooks, fantasy, z-2013, z-challenge-books-2013, z-src-fa2013

More like 4.25 stars, so I didn't round up to five stars.

This is such a fun series. I was glad that the author fast forwarded a bit so we could see some development between Atticus and his apprentice, Granuaile. She's finally ready to be bound to the earth so she can become a full druid, but of course everyone and their mother is after Atticus, so his plans get interrupted several times. He fights gods, goes to hell, dines with the fae...and it's all in a day's work.

Oh and something that I've be ...more

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Jun 10, 2014 Lanica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, series-continuing, audiobooks, read-in-2014

Great big bears! I love this series. So fun and tangled and incredibly clever.

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Jul 13, 2013 emily rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2011-to-2015, gods-myths-folklore, fantasy-urban-fantasy, adventure-action-survival

This series just keeps being awesome. It's really good to see Granuaile start being a badass in her own right, and Oberon continues to be one of my favorite characters in all of urban fantasy. I also just love Atticus's narrative voice, its directness and the way his wisdom is overlaid with pop culture references and regular dude-ness. I have the sixth one on my Nook already, can't wait to dive in. ...more

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