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Carregando... Mystic and Rider (2005)de Sharon Shinn
![]() Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. ![]() ![]() Loved it. This was very easy to read, which is always a good thing. I really liked the characters, especially Senneth (the main character) of course, but I also liked Kirra, Cammon, and later the two riders. In the beginning the riders are behaving annoyingly prejudiced, of course, but they stay relatively respectful. When they are not, it's because they do not like mystics, not because they have a problem with powerful women. The women are strong and realistic: they have skills (and impressive ones too), they have flaws, and they have emotions. When they need help, they accept it without fuss, not getting into a power struggle, or acting stupidly out of pride. The same can be said for the men, although one of them is a bit surly about it on one occasion. Not much though, and he totally expected to be rescued by Senneth, after making the smart decision of not fighting when the odds are not on his side. I like the camaraderie of the group, and how they grow closer together. This is mostly shown through incidents on the road, and although that works, it got a bit repetitive halfway through the book. Fortunately, the pacing changed a bit a little later. I'm not happy that the next book doesn't follow Senneth, but follows Kirra instead, but I suppose I'll try to get over it. This one was very good, in any case. So, very, meh. Starting out, I appreciated the cozy, nostalgic tone of the writing, reminiscent of stuff from my childhood: wrede, feist, pierce &c. But there's just no *there* there. It isn't, 'flawed' per-se, the characters, the romance, the plot are all good enough for a solid supporting role, but none of them are good enough to pull the weight of a whole novel and it's just - flat. This was touted as a calm, positive, character-focused book, so I wasn't expecting excitement, but the characters just aren't strong enough to support that, though they'd be perfectly fine in a book with a more compelling plot. Or for contrast, see *The Goblin Emperor* for a book where even *less* happens that still feels satisfying because the protagonist is compelling enough. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à sérieTwelve Houses (1)
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HTML:Gillengaria seethes with unrest. In the south, hostility toward magic and its users has risen to a dangerous level, though King Baryn has ordered that such mystics are to be tolerated. It is whispered that he issued the decree because his new wife used her magic powers to ensnare him… The King knows there are those in the noble Twelve Houses who could use this growing dissent to overthrow him. So he dispatches the mystic Senneth to assess the threat throughout the realm. Accompanying her is a motley band of magic-users and warriors including Tayse, first among the King’s Riders—who holds a hard view of mystics in general, and Senneth in particular. But as the unlikely allies venture farther into the south, they will face death in a land under the sway of a fanatical cult that would purge Gillengaria of all magic users. And they will come to realize that their only hope of survival lies in standing together… .Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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![]() GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:![]()
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