The Inheritance (short story collection)

[finella]

Here are my two cent:

As Robin Hobb is my favorite writer, I startet with „Homecoming“. I loved it, because I was all at once torn into the Rain Wilds again, which was great. The whole time reading I had a sort of stupid smile on my face, cause for me it was a form of homecoming too .

The inheritance intrigued me, simply because it dealt with the familiar and beloved setting of Bingtown traders world. And I knew on the first page, that it was wizardwood, the pendant was made of. Which simply made me feel, hm, a way of cosy and satisfied.

Cat’s meat I also really liked. Yeah, Pell was a complete a…whole. Could anybody please tell me - was it Marmelade who killed Meddalee or Pell ? I didn’t really get that.

I loved those three stories. Like leaning back in my favorite chair, cuddled in my favorite blanket, feeling absolutely safe and sound and coming home to my favorite worlds. Puh, I hope, you understand, what I mean .

A touch of Lavendar: After some initial problems I quite liked the story, although it somehow left me sad and a bit empty.

Silver lady and the fortyish man: I liked it. And I liked the message, that magic never seems to be the way you expect it to be.

The fifth squashed cat: Strange story. I felt a bit disgusted about the thought of boiling a cat to get the bones. And I didn’t really understand it.

Strays: Touched me in a very special way.I love animals and I like people who are friendly to animals and care for them. Lonnie is a great character. The story really hit me and left me with tears in my eyes.

Finis: A vampire story very different to all the others. But too short indeed.

Drum machine: Hm, not my sort of story, although quite interesting.

Although I'm not a great fan of shortstories I enjoyed the book and needed only a weekend for it. The idea of writing a preface to every story I really liked. It made me feel closer to Robin or Megan and the story itself.
I still prefer Robin Hobb. Funny enough I had some decent language problems with the Megan Lindholm stories and needed my dictionnary quite often. That doesn’t happen with Robin Hobb. Perhaps because I’m more familiar with her writing ?!