A Dance to the Music of Time Readalong #dancealong discussion

September 2018: The Valley of Bones...

Really enjoyed this book in the series.
It was interesting to have Nick spend almost the whole book among new faces. These new character were just as flawed and entertaining as many of the old one however so no rest for him on that front.
I don't know why i thought that the army would remove the quirks of an individual but these 'qualities' find a way to shine through eg.alcoholic or petty thief.
There were a number of wonderful setpieces:
-Bithel's drunken dance and his later disgrace.
-Gwatkin textbook army-ing lead to multiple mishaps.
that are among the most memorable in the series so far.
Also I really enjoyed how the ending flipped so suddenly from relief to trepidation.

Good summation of the book, Francis.