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I'm reading along! So far I'm finding the main character slightly annoying. She seems rather girly for an assassin and a little too perfect as well. I like the male characters though.
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My copy just came in the mail from Amazon today! Can't wait to start reading ^^
Kim wrote: "So far I'm finding the main character slightly annoying. She seems rather girly for an assassin and a little too perfect as well. I like the male characters though."Okay, I totally just looked at the author's site and now I can see why she wrote the character the way she is. (In other words, she looks just like the main character and probably shares many of her traits - outside of the assassin- as well).
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The main character seems like she is the best of both worlds-beautiful but strong. Looking at her you wouldn't see her as an assassin, but if you knew her as an assassin you probably wouldn't ever think she was beautiful.
Kyla wrote: "if you knew her as an assassin you probably wouldn't ever think she was beautiful...."I think that's an interesting assessment. I'm not sure that makes her physically less beautiful, but it would definitely make one reconsider her attraction.
Kim wrote: "So far I'm finding the main character slightly annoying. She seems rather girly for an assassin and a little too perfect as well. I like the male characters though."I don't see why an assassin can't be "girly." I, for one, am pleased to see a heroine who can be a fighter without also being tomboyish, as though the two must go hand-in-hand.
I also don't think she's perfect. She's arrogant and spiteful. She's blind to the betrayal in her past that she doesn't want to see or accept.
Jenny wrote: "I don't see why an assassin can't be "girly."..."It is a good point that a fighter doesn't always have to be tomboyish. I didn't really want her to be a tomboy, but she does seem unrealistic to me which is why I called her "perfect". But those are my initial reactions; they may not reflect my feelings after I've finished the book :D. (edited 11/5 - finished the book and, as predicted, liked her much better at the end).
I remember when I was reading it that I was thinking she may not be an easily likable character for a lot of people because her personality is arrogant and at times petty and bratty. It may have been what endeared me to her, because I love flawed characters.But I really am thrilled to see a character who can be both dangerous and also feminine in a frilly way. I get tired of seeing the tomboy warrior trope ALL of the time, because it puts the idea out there and reiterates it over and over again that if a girl is going to kick butt, she needs to be more boy-like to do it. And that is a tiresome notion.
I'd bought the book a while ago, but I never had the chance to read it. Now, I wish I had started sooner. So far, I'm only half-way through the book, but I like the main character. She is a bit too girly for my taste, but it isn't that bad. She's pretty badass as an assassin, but sometimes she seems a bit weak to be the best assassin in the land. Only sometimes, though. Other times, she lives up to the title completely.
I just received the book from the library and, five chapters in, my first reaction is "ho hum"...not another one of these.I'm not sure I really like the character or even know her. So far, the author hasn't done a very good job of character building, in my opinion.
I was struck by the very close resemblance between the author's photo on the jacket and the artwork on the cover. Did the author sit as a model for the cover?
Grace wrote: "I was struck by the very close resemblance between the author's photo on the jacket and the artwork on the cover. Did the author sit as a model for the cover? ..."I noticed that too. We should have asked Sarah if she was the inspiration for the cover. But then again, I do think she quite possibly based the character on herself, so it would make sense that the cover looks a bit like the writer.
Kim wrote: " But then again, I do think she quite possibly based the character on herself, so it would make sense that the cover looks a bit like the writer. "I'm not sure I follow that logic. That assumes that either the artist knew Sarah well and new of the link you mention OR Sarah was the designer of the artwork.
Grace wrote: "I just received the book from the library and, five chapters in, my first reaction is "ho hum"...not another one of these."I feel I need to amend this initial impression. It's true I didn't think much of the book after the first 30 pages or so but it all changed when the story reached Rifthold in Chapter 7. From that point on, I found it difficult to put the book down.
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