May-15-2014, 10:33 AM (UTC)
Wow, Raptori, you really made my day!!! Thanks a lot for your appraisal. That sounds wonderful to me.
I was also a bit unsecure how to feel about a new Fitz & Fool story, because I love Farseer and Tawny Man so much (AND Liveship Traders), but was not quite that enthusiastic about RWC. And I imagine it really very, very difficult for Robin after all these years to keep up this high “Farseer”-standard and also cope with the highest expectations of her readers.
I never had difficulties with Robin’s slow pace. Quite the contrary - I love it when she takes her time to diligently introduce the characters and their world. She just has this magical art of writing, that makes it never boring, even if the pace is slow.
Reading your review makes me totally nervous. One little question: this new major character, probably the second 1st person POV - do we know her/him or is it a completely new character?
From a recent review: “Fitz, my old friend, how I've missed you. Sit here by the fire, have a brandy and let us catch up."
This is how I felt coming back into Fitz's company after a decade apart. Reading this book felt like catching up with an old, dear friend. We've both changed, spent years apart, and yet as soon as I started to read the first paragraph it was as if we'd never parted.”
Gosh, I’m REALLY looking forward to that book!!!
I was also a bit unsecure how to feel about a new Fitz & Fool story, because I love Farseer and Tawny Man so much (AND Liveship Traders), but was not quite that enthusiastic about RWC. And I imagine it really very, very difficult for Robin after all these years to keep up this high “Farseer”-standard and also cope with the highest expectations of her readers.
I never had difficulties with Robin’s slow pace. Quite the contrary - I love it when she takes her time to diligently introduce the characters and their world. She just has this magical art of writing, that makes it never boring, even if the pace is slow.
Reading your review makes me totally nervous. One little question: this new major character, probably the second 1st person POV - do we know her/him or is it a completely new character?
From a recent review: “Fitz, my old friend, how I've missed you. Sit here by the fire, have a brandy and let us catch up."
This is how I felt coming back into Fitz's company after a decade apart. Reading this book felt like catching up with an old, dear friend. We've both changed, spent years apart, and yet as soon as I started to read the first paragraph it was as if we'd never parted.”
Gosh, I’m REALLY looking forward to that book!!!
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