KILLERAOC;156705 said:
I actually just finished this book and i honestly dont know if i even want to begin the next one...what the hell ill just spill out everything that got to me in no particular order
I was looking for something along the lines of the early Black Company and got referred to GoTM...after picking it up it seems to share alot of the issues that made me dislike Martains Song of Ice and Fire books. I couldnt even finish the first damn book of that series....i felt detached from the majority of the characters in the book, and hated the rest of them (most of all the damn princess-in-exile crap).
Lets see, with this book...okay to begin with that "epic" battle between Tattersails band and the MoonSpawn was a huge downer...i remeber actually laughing outloud. I couldnt help but picture myself as one of the Marines, sighing as magic cloud began melting my comrads, "Well f*ck, what the hell am i doing here?".
What little i learned about Tattersail didnt leave me impressed.....in the army yet soft (physically AND emotionaly). Overall she felt "weak", despite being something like a century old(?) and (supposedly) a master mage. Just my luck she is "reborn" and become "more powerful then you can possibly imagine" - cant stand this type of female character.
I liked Lorn, i'm a sucker for "mere mortals" who can combat powerful magic through artifacts/natural ability/technology...her undead companion Tool was considerably less interesting, as was their mission. Ultimatly, after Paran harped about her enough, i knew she was going to die...bummer
I'll accept that women serve in branches of the Empires' military in this sword/sorcery era army...but the idea that a professional sword-era regular army accepts 13 year old girls is stupid to the extreme...and nothing said can change my mind on that. I actually re-read that scene several times thinking i was missing something...but nope...thats what actually happened.
Paran was...okay i guess...but i couldnt buy into any of his character "development" seeing as i didnt really buy into his relationship with Tattersail...(oh she meant THAT much to you? Love at first sight? News to me!). We are told little about his relationship with Lorn except that he considered himself "a tool", and is willing to blame her (without any proof) for just about everything he can think of.
Bridgeburners - What can i say...I didnt give a **** about these people...who can blame me? Whiskeyjack and Co. arnt given much book time, and he himself appears to be blind to the obvious. If some of your major characters are "faceless warriors in a faceless war", then the reader must establish an emotional connection with at least one of them...(Reading Black Company made me feel like i knew and cared about Croaker...and through him i eagarly learned about the Company and its exploits). Whiskeyjacks portions of the book just made him feel old, tired, and worn-down...yes i KNOW that was the point, but it wasnt presented in a way that made me care about him...or what he did in the past.
Lastly the city scenes....yeah i can honestly say i basically started speed reading...hate characters like the "Foolish Mage" that it often focused around. I wanted him dead the instant he was introduced.
I had mixed feelings about the thief Crokus...but as the book went on i quickly realized he was no Garret (from Thief, T2 etc...best damn thief ever). And looking at the novels outcome...his entire story arc felt "tacked-on" to me.
anyway...rant over...thats all i can think of for now after finishing...ill comeback to it if i remeber more
Quite frankly I dont agree, but since im lazy, I aint gonna make a proper reposne. What really anoys me however is, your attack on Tay. Basically what you've done is, you read the first book, and the nyou decided that everything will go the way it has, read the rest of the books, then turn around, and read your post again.
What I didnt like about GotM was all the information, names and the lot litelarry trown at you. Mortals, Ascendants, Amries, Deck of Dragons, all teh different cards in it, and then jsut when you started to get an idea aoubt it all, BANG you went in durijistan... anoying! But apart from that, I liked it