The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Read Along Part II

[Susan]

Welcome back everyone! This week Anya of On Starships and Dragonwings is our host, so make sure to pop over there and see what everyone makes of this section. http://www.onstarshipsanddragonwings....

A lot of good stuff went down in this past week’s reading, which was Chapters 11-16. Spoilers lurk below!

1) We've started to learn about a side of Yeine's mother that Yeine can barely believe existed. No one in this story seems all that capable of telling the objective truth, however, so who do you think Kinneth really was? A devoted mother? A traitorous schemer? Evil and cruel?

2) Wow major plot reveal Batman! Finding out about Yeine's second soul was not something I saw coming at all. Did you suspect? Have any other theories? What do you think of this major plot development? What do you think Yeine should do?

3) We've gotten to know a lot more about Darr in this section and their traditions have both good and bad sides it seems to me. What do you think of their coming-of-age ritual for the women? What about women soldiers and men being left to protect the children? Any other traditions that struck you?

4) The Walking Death played a pretty big role in the past given none of this would have happened if Yeine's father hadn't gotten sick. There was discussion in the previous section about how the Death only infects commoners and those of high-birth aren't affected. What do you think the Death really is? Any theories on why it infects only certain people?

5) Finally, we've learned a lot more about our enslaved gods between getting to know Nahadoth better, finding out what is up with Sieh, and seeing a rather bitter side of Kurue. What do you think of all these revelations? Has your favorite god changed?