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rowynI haven't been reviewing books lately, although really reviewing books as widely-known as these seems redundant anyway.
I enjoyed Memory quite a bit. In some ways it echoed Mirrordance to me, in that both books have a long section of contemplative time in the middle, between action. Memory's worked better for me, because there was less of a sense of looming disaster about it. I particularly liked watching Miles and Simon go fishing. One thing I miss in fantasy and sf is scenes of the characters just enjoying themselves. It gets overridden by an authorial compulsion to make everything super-tense and exciting. As if good things can't be interesting. Anyway, still plenty of tension and excitement in this one. I am giving it a 9.
Books 10-12 in the Aubreyad did a good job of wrapping up most of the dangling threads from book 9. I read 9-12 as part of the omnibus collection, so all printed as one book. Curiously, it felt a lot like one boook. I am kind of jonesing for more Aubreyad already, on the one hand, and on the other the end of book 12 is
I enjoyed Memory quite a bit. In some ways it echoed Mirrordance to me, in that both books have a long section of contemplative time in the middle, between action. Memory's worked better for me, because there was less of a sense of looming disaster about it. I particularly liked watching Miles and Simon go fishing. One thing I miss in fantasy and sf is scenes of the characters just enjoying themselves. It gets overridden by an authorial compulsion to make everything super-tense and exciting. As if good things can't be interesting. Anyway, still plenty of tension and excitement in this one. I am giving it a 9.
Books 10-12 in the Aubreyad did a good job of wrapping up most of the dangling threads from book 9. I read 9-12 as part of the omnibus collection, so all printed as one book. Curiously, it felt a lot like one boook. I am kind of jonesing for more Aubreyad already, on the one hand, and on the other the end of book 12 is
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I haven't been reviewing books lately, although really reviewing books as widely-known as these seems redundant anyway.
I enjoyed <u>Memory</u> quite a bit. In some ways it echoed <u>Mirrordance</u> to me, in that both books have a long section of contemplative time in the middle, between action. <u>Memory</u>'s worked better for me, because there was less of a sense of looming disaster about it. I particularly liked watching Miles and Simon go fishing. One thing I miss in fantasy and sf is scenes of the characters just enjoying themselves. It gets overridden by an authorial compulsion to make everything super-tense and exciting. As if good things can't be interesting. Anyway, still plenty of tension and excitement in this one. I am giving it a 9.
Books 10-12 in the Aubreyad did a good job of wrapping up most of the dangling threads from book 9. I read 9-12 as part of the omnibus collection, so all printed as one book. Curiously, it felt a lot like one boook. I am kind of jonesing for more Aubreyad already, on the one hand, and on the other the end of book 12 is <ihwonderful</i>. So lovely and sweet that I almost want to stop there and imagine it as the conclusion. I suspect the end of the actual series will be less satisfying., given the author's untimely death. :/ I will give these and 8 as a whole. Still having a great time with the series and still not understanding two-thirds of the jargon. <3
I enjoyed <u>Memory</u> quite a bit. In some ways it echoed <u>Mirrordance</u> to me, in that both books have a long section of contemplative time in the middle, between action. <u>Memory</u>'s worked better for me, because there was less of a sense of looming disaster about it. I particularly liked watching Miles and Simon go fishing. One thing I miss in fantasy and sf is scenes of the characters just enjoying themselves. It gets overridden by an authorial compulsion to make everything super-tense and exciting. As if good things can't be interesting. Anyway, still plenty of tension and excitement in this one. I am giving it a 9.
Books 10-12 in the Aubreyad did a good job of wrapping up most of the dangling threads from book 9. I read 9-12 as part of the omnibus collection, so all printed as one book. Curiously, it felt a lot like one boook. I am kind of jonesing for more Aubreyad already, on the one hand, and on the other the end of book 12 is <ihwonderful</i>. So lovely and sweet that I almost want to stop there and imagine it as the conclusion. I suspect the end of the actual series will be less satisfying., given the author's untimely death. :/ I will give these and 8 as a whole. Still having a great time with the series and still not understanding two-thirds of the jargon. <3
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Date: 2013-03-04 09:20 pm (UTC)Next book: "Just kidding!"
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Date: 2013-03-06 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-05 07:16 am (UTC)I still recommend reading the fragment of 21 that is available, because it contains several of the best scenes ever :D
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Date: 2013-03-06 02:06 am (UTC)