The Orphans of Raspay
Oct. 13th, 2023 07:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethToday I read the second novella in Penric's Labors.
I like how Bujold writes situations that just roll, getting worse by reasonable stages.
Like, every plan very reasonably could have worked, or even should have worked, but the reasons it didnt were also fair and shown in advance.
So you get an escalating situation until Penric has need and excuse to really let rip, and then even that doesnt fix it, and then you get an ending that also fits.
It's great fun.
Good to read
:-)
I like how Bujold writes situations that just roll, getting worse by reasonable stages.
Like, every plan very reasonably could have worked, or even should have worked, but the reasons it didnt were also fair and shown in advance.
So you get an escalating situation until Penric has need and excuse to really let rip, and then even that doesnt fix it, and then you get an ending that also fits.
It's great fun.
Good to read
:-)