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On Will of the Empress....
Sep. 11th, 2005 09:06 pm
The new Circle book. I forget what the new quartet (?) is called, specifically, but you know the broader series.
This is only very minor spoilery stuff I'm listing, and it's really nothing that we didn't already know from conversations Tammy's had online, but I'm cutting it anyway.
( In which I compare JKR unfavorably to Tammy.... )
Now, for my report on the book on its own merits: I liked it. My only real complaints would be that it's a bit slow-moving, and that on the issue it tackles as an issue (legalized sexism and abuse) Tammy does tend to go on just a bit.
But really, it's a good book, and I've always found that the Circle books are better than the Tortall books because there's less MarySueism going on. It's still there (all four of them are ridiculously powerful? Wha?) but it's not nearly as annoying. Tammy does, in my view, tend to Sue up her characters. It's an affliction, I'm sure.
Y'know, I just realized I have *no* icons from her books. Oh dear. Must remedy that.
This is only very minor spoilery stuff I'm listing, and it's really nothing that we didn't already know from conversations Tammy's had online, but I'm cutting it anyway.
( In which I compare JKR unfavorably to Tammy.... )
Now, for my report on the book on its own merits: I liked it. My only real complaints would be that it's a bit slow-moving, and that on the issue it tackles as an issue (legalized sexism and abuse) Tammy does tend to go on just a bit.
But really, it's a good book, and I've always found that the Circle books are better than the Tortall books because there's less MarySueism going on. It's still there (all four of them are ridiculously powerful? Wha?) but it's not nearly as annoying. Tammy does, in my view, tend to Sue up her characters. It's an affliction, I'm sure.
Y'know, I just realized I have *no* icons from her books. Oh dear. Must remedy that.
