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The Deed of Paksenarrion
Jul. 27th, 2010 01:34 pmI just finished reading an omnibus edition of Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Divided Allegiance, and Oath of Gold.
I spent most of 1200 pages wondering why I was going to finish it.
It started well, with a woman deciding to ignore her abusive father and run away to be a warrior. And the back of the book promises she'll succeed big. But that first choice is the only choice I noticed her making for... actually, possibly 1200 pages. No, wait, she chose between two different religious centres to walk into somewhere in the middle. But mostly it was about her doing what she was told, following orders, following a bunch of different people, and eventually levelling up to following gods. ( Read more... )
So add to all that the fact the book was heavy enough it was damn uncomfortable to hold, and... urgh.
Book was from 1988. Book was a first book. Book has First Book stamped all over it, as well as By A Gamer.
Luckily everything else I have read by this writer was a whole lot better. LOTS better. If I had read this first I would have thrown it on the to sell pile and not bothered. But having read all the later SF stuff I'll happily buy her newer work again.
PS: In the interests of fairness, I have been insomniac this week, have been trying to sort out a timesheet with my employee, and have a headache, so I am not in my most charitable and positive mood towards life in general, let alone very heavy books. It might be better than I currently think. I did read the whole of it.
I spent most of 1200 pages wondering why I was going to finish it.
It started well, with a woman deciding to ignore her abusive father and run away to be a warrior. And the back of the book promises she'll succeed big. But that first choice is the only choice I noticed her making for... actually, possibly 1200 pages. No, wait, she chose between two different religious centres to walk into somewhere in the middle. But mostly it was about her doing what she was told, following orders, following a bunch of different people, and eventually levelling up to following gods. ( Read more... )
So add to all that the fact the book was heavy enough it was damn uncomfortable to hold, and... urgh.
Book was from 1988. Book was a first book. Book has First Book stamped all over it, as well as By A Gamer.
Luckily everything else I have read by this writer was a whole lot better. LOTS better. If I had read this first I would have thrown it on the to sell pile and not bothered. But having read all the later SF stuff I'll happily buy her newer work again.
PS: In the interests of fairness, I have been insomniac this week, have been trying to sort out a timesheet with my employee, and have a headache, so I am not in my most charitable and positive mood towards life in general, let alone very heavy books. It might be better than I currently think. I did read the whole of it.