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Swordspoint
Nov. 22nd, 2017 08:43 pmI just finished reading Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner.
It is not the book for me.
The appeal is politics with swords and a central queer romance.
The problem, for me, is they're all terrible people. ( Read more... )
There's a cover quote from George RR Martin on my copy, and I really should have realised it was a bad sign.
It's a skillfully written book with characters who fit a certain version of realistic and fleshed out and are certainly lively among all the death. It's just not my sort of thing at all, and I'm currently unsure if I'll give it long term shelf space.
It is not the book for me.
The appeal is politics with swords and a central queer romance.
The problem, for me, is they're all terrible people. ( Read more... )
There's a cover quote from George RR Martin on my copy, and I really should have realised it was a bad sign.
It's a skillfully written book with characters who fit a certain version of realistic and fleshed out and are certainly lively among all the death. It's just not my sort of thing at all, and I'm currently unsure if I'll give it long term shelf space.