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Taltos, continuing
Dzur: Well, that sure was a whole lot of nothing happening in the shape of a book.
Though I did really like seeing Adrilankha and Kragar again, and all of Vlad's friends being like "PLEASE JUST LET US HELP YOU, FFS." Also Vlad finding out he has a kid, THANK YOU FINALLY - I was honestly expecting that to go down in a much more acrimonious way, given that everyone he knows has been lying to him about it for years, and was relieved that it doesn't seem to have broken his friendships with anyone. I also really loved Vlad's comment that "his people" are his friends, not Easterners - which is also very sad, but these books handle found family in such a lovely and satisfying way.
That being said ... I think a lot of my frustration with this book is that while there was plot going on, it all felt extraneous to the things I'm interested in, and didn't really answer any of the questions brought up by the previous book. We got a few more hints about what Teldra-the-sword can do, and Vlad found out the thing about Verra messing with his memories (which, WTF). But all in all, I feel like I could have skipped this book and not missed much.
I think I probably am going to skip Jhegaala for now, because I am told that it's also somewhat dull and depressing on top of that, and since it's not taking place in the "now" of the timeline, I may as well read it later and skip straight to Iorich for the next one.
Though I did really like seeing Adrilankha and Kragar again, and all of Vlad's friends being like "PLEASE JUST LET US HELP YOU, FFS." Also Vlad finding out he has a kid, THANK YOU FINALLY - I was honestly expecting that to go down in a much more acrimonious way, given that everyone he knows has been lying to him about it for years, and was relieved that it doesn't seem to have broken his friendships with anyone. I also really loved Vlad's comment that "his people" are his friends, not Easterners - which is also very sad, but these books handle found family in such a lovely and satisfying way.
That being said ... I think a lot of my frustration with this book is that while there was plot going on, it all felt extraneous to the things I'm interested in, and didn't really answer any of the questions brought up by the previous book. We got a few more hints about what Teldra-the-sword can do, and Vlad found out the thing about Verra messing with his memories (which, WTF). But all in all, I feel like I could have skipped this book and not missed much.
I think I probably am going to skip Jhegaala for now, because I am told that it's also somewhat dull and depressing on top of that, and since it's not taking place in the "now" of the timeline, I may as well read it later and skip straight to Iorich for the next one.
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Since I'm going to be at the library anyway and they seem to have nearly all the Brust, I'll pick up the first Phoenix Guards novel while I'm at it and see what I think about it. I have a feeling they might be less to my taste than the Vlad books, because I'm not that fond of the general category of books they're riffing on, at least the "played straight" version, as opposed to the "vaguely influenced by" version, like the rest of the series is. However, it's good to know that it comes into play in future books.