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Mickey Zucker Reichert, Godslayer
Aug. 21st, 2013 06:30 pmI have a two book version of the whole Bifrost Guardians set, but I've so far only read the Godslayer book.
I finished it this morning, and it has been bugging me ever since.
It's mostly from the point of view of the hero, a dude who died in the Vietnam war and woke up an elf working for Freyr. as you do. ... actually it's an interesting setup, and there's lots about PTSD full of flashbacks and the difference in what war meant and the similarities.
What is bugging me is the relationships. This dude, Al, he falls in love at first sight. And he actually says that after so long in Vietnam any white woman would look awesome, but this one looks most epic awesome, so hey, love! :eyeroll: And I can see why he would love her. She's introduced saving him from a dragon, she kicks major magical arse, everybody likes her. But I can't at all see why she would fall for him. ( Read more... )
So there's that, and there's the thing where there's three heroes, the kid sidekick, two gods, and the evil dude, and out of all of them there's only one woman. Oh, and someone who gets killed early on because she doesn't want to marry the evil dude. She's basically there to demonstrate he is evil.
I guess this is why I hadn't re-read these more. They're hovering somewhere between not my cup of tea and blah.
I finished it this morning, and it has been bugging me ever since.
It's mostly from the point of view of the hero, a dude who died in the Vietnam war and woke up an elf working for Freyr. as you do. ... actually it's an interesting setup, and there's lots about PTSD full of flashbacks and the difference in what war meant and the similarities.
What is bugging me is the relationships. This dude, Al, he falls in love at first sight. And he actually says that after so long in Vietnam any white woman would look awesome, but this one looks most epic awesome, so hey, love! :eyeroll: And I can see why he would love her. She's introduced saving him from a dragon, she kicks major magical arse, everybody likes her. But I can't at all see why she would fall for him. ( Read more... )
So there's that, and there's the thing where there's three heroes, the kid sidekick, two gods, and the evil dude, and out of all of them there's only one woman. Oh, and someone who gets killed early on because she doesn't want to marry the evil dude. She's basically there to demonstrate he is evil.
I guess this is why I hadn't re-read these more. They're hovering somewhere between not my cup of tea and blah.