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This scene makes me cry every time time I read it. It just tears my soul. He was a monster... and yet...
That scene is one reason I am very glad that I first read Warrior's Apprentice before Shards of Honor. I only know about Bothari what Miles knew, not what his parents knew. Later, when I read it again, after having read the earlier book(s), in it was in many ways like reading a different book. So much a richer experience to have BOTH versions in my memory.
I was just reading a review of Penric's Progress this morning and was struck by the reviewers comment that what makes Penric unique/special is that he is a hero because he is NICE. From his first encounter with a stranger on the point of death to his meeting a pair of girls in the hold of a boat, most of what happens to him and why he wins is being nice.
It's for that reason that Penric has always had (for me) strong overtones of a certain type of fairytale hero--usually the third son (which Pen is, btw) who succeeds when his older brothers fail, precisely because he *is* kind and helpful.
I had never noticed that Penric is the "third son"! Of course, I knew he had an eldest brother who inherited the title and property, and another elder brother who enlisted in the military and died of illness before even fighting in a battle. So it should have been obvious. I wonder if the new Penric novella will bring back Pen's memories of Drovo or however you spell the middle brother's name?
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This scene makes me cry every time time I read it. It just tears my soul. He was a monster... and yet...
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That scene is one reason I am very glad that I first read Warrior's Apprentice before Shards of Honor. I only know about Bothari what Miles knew, not what his parents knew. Later, when I read it again, after having read the earlier book(s), in it was in many ways like reading a different book. So much a richer experience to have BOTH versions in my memory.I was just reading a review of Penric's Progress this morning and was struck by the reviewers comment that what makes Penric unique/special is that he is a hero because he is NICE. From his first encounter with a stranger on the point of death to his meeting a pair of girls in the hold of a boat, most of what happens to him and why he wins is being nice.
It's for that reason that Penric has always had (for me) strong overtones of a certain type of fairytale hero--usually the third son (which Pen is, btw) who succeeds when his older brothers fail, precisely because he *is* kind and helpful.
I had never noticed that Penric is the "third son"! Of course, I knew he had an eldest brother who inherited the title and property, and another elder brother who enlisted in the military and died of illness before even fighting in a battle. So it should have been obvious. I wonder if the new Penric novella will bring back Pen's memories of Drovo or however you spell the middle brother's name?
