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It looks like I've been carrying this book around like a millstone for over two months without reading another page. After finally reading a couple more chapters, it's going decently.
At times this book is creepy as hell. The less often we hear about the Sunrunners' sexual initiation ceremony, the better, imo, but it keeps coming up again and again.
— Aug 08, 2025 11:57AM
At times this book is creepy as hell. The less often we hear about the Sunrunners' sexual initiation ceremony, the better, imo, but it keeps coming up again and again.
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I'm convinced the hypocrisies of the "good" characters are seen by the narrative, though not very deeply or for very long. Much as in the first book, I'm not convinced they're so different from the "bad" ones, aside from that one side grins and teases 24/7, and the other doesn't.
— Aug 13, 2025 12:23PM
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I'd like to get a few chapters in on this one before I'm on the hook for another group read.
— Jun 02, 2025 03:34PM
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There's a better way to approach re-introducing a cast of characters than paragraph-long lists of names/places. At least there's a dramatis personae.
I recall feeling more sympathy toward Roelstra's daughters than Rohan and co. while reading the first book (notably in its latter stages), and am feeling much the same way very early in this one. :)
— Apr 25, 2025 08:51AM
I recall feeling more sympathy toward Roelstra's daughters than Rohan and co. while reading the first book (notably in its latter stages), and am feeling much the same way very early in this one. :)
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Continuing another series that I enjoyed, but let lie fallow for far too long. I'm thrilled that Judith Tarr's reread blog of this series is still available on Reactor, and I will be reading her posts as I go along, just as I did with the first book over [redacted] years ago.
— Apr 24, 2025 08:13AM
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I remember starting this series when it came out, and I think I liked it, but never read past book one, so maybe I didn't.
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I didn't read it when it came out, and as implied above, there are ways it's aged very poorly. The politicking and melodrama are fun, though. I could easily see this as a TV drama with ridiculously good-looking actors.
I do tend to like politics in my fantasy, maybe that was the appeal. I do wonder what percent of the stuff I liked back then would still pass muster today.
