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mikimeiko's review against another edition
3.0
Sinceri complimenti a Deborah J. Ross, che ha saputo scrivere un romanzo talmente darkovano che quasi si potrebbe credere che l'ha scritto veramente Marion.
Un romanzo avvincente, non vedo l'ora di leggere gli altri due volumi della trilogia!
Un romanzo avvincente, non vedo l'ora di leggere gli altri due volumi della trilogia!
lazylys's review against another edition
3.0
Aspettando che la Longanesi si decida a pubblicare anche gli altri due romanzi della Clingfire Trilogy, La Caduta di Neskaya è consigliatissimo a chiunque ami Darkover.
Certo, la mano della Bradley si fa sempre meno visibile, ma la Ross è riuscita a creare un buon racconto.
Manca qualcosa, quel qualcosa in più che solo Marion probabilmente sarebbe riuscita a dare, ma le atmosfere di questo libro sono indubbiamente quelle Darkovane che abbiamo imparato ad amare.
Tanto angst, tanto romance, un'interessante aggiunta all'Età del Caos.
Certo, la mano della Bradley si fa sempre meno visibile, ma la Ross è riuscita a creare un buon racconto.
Manca qualcosa, quel qualcosa in più che solo Marion probabilmente sarebbe riuscita a dare, ma le atmosfere di questo libro sono indubbiamente quelle Darkovane che abbiamo imparato ad amare.
Tanto angst, tanto romance, un'interessante aggiunta all'Età del Caos.
felinity's review against another edition
4.0
A well-written story, which highlights some of the moral quandaries very clearly, setting the stage for the Compact. During these wars, as families try to defend themselves or solidify defences, Tower workers may find themselves obliged to stand against friends, lovers and family, producing horrifying weapons like clingfire and bonedust.
Both MZB and DR are excellent at setting scenes with laran or the Overworld, making them so vivid I can almost visualize it. (Sometimes I have problems following very complicated mind-scenes, but not here.) Some of the plotline falls into tropes, but not negatively. (And, of course, MZB helped create some of those tropes.)
Both MZB and DR are excellent at setting scenes with laran or the Overworld, making them so vivid I can almost visualize it. (Sometimes I have problems following very complicated mind-scenes, but not here.) Some of the plotline falls into tropes, but not negatively. (And, of course, MZB helped create some of those tropes.)
elfsara's review against another edition
4.0
I love the Darkover series, and this book has not disappointed me...very entertaining and well written! I loved every character.
vaderbird's review against another edition
3.0
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
taisie22's review against another edition
5.0
A new (to me) Darkover novel about the divide between the rulers of the Hundred Kingdoms as to the cost of laran weapons vs. traditional military weapons. Coryn is selected to work in a tower due to his laran abilities but it's a long-term plan by Damien Deslucido to become king of all the kingdoms, displace Hastur rule, and aided by his nedestro brother Rumail.
There are a lot of moral questions that mirror the use of nuclear and biological questions in our own world. Damien has no restraints to using bonewater, clingfire, or lungrot as well as his armies to conquer surrounding territories. He also has the ability to deceive truthspell which is used to determine the truth of a person's words. It is an ability unique to his family, bred by laran, but inconceivable to the other Comyn.
This book is more philosophical than some of the others, but it raises important questions. There are also glimpses of future events on Darkover. I'm rereading these in chronological order, not in publication order as I did before, but I remember some of what is coming from those previous reads. Anyway, it's a good read in an enthralling world.
There are a lot of moral questions that mirror the use of nuclear and biological questions in our own world. Damien has no restraints to using bonewater, clingfire, or lungrot as well as his armies to conquer surrounding territories. He also has the ability to deceive truthspell which is used to determine the truth of a person's words. It is an ability unique to his family, bred by laran, but inconceivable to the other Comyn.
This book is more philosophical than some of the others, but it raises important questions. There are also glimpses of future events on Darkover. I'm rereading these in chronological order, not in publication order as I did before, but I remember some of what is coming from those previous reads. Anyway, it's a good read in an enthralling world.
kashephe's review against another edition
2.0
It seemed really interesting at the beginning, but the plot turned out to be not so creative after all.
hydrangea's review against another edition
4.0
It was good, but 2 things nagged at me about it.
1. A big deal seemed to made about how Taniquel had been told her tele-powers weren't worth training, and that she had been told that with the intent of marrying her off, like there was some kind of sexism there. Basically that the woman that test her for laran lied.
While Darkover clearly has a very sexist culture, it's always been made clear that even girls who are destined for an arranged marriage (i.e not worth keeping at a tower forever, or being keeper) could be trained and work there for years before leaving, and usually were. In fact, even keepers sometimes left to marry.
So why lie? There's no motivation.
Even worse, the woman that had tested her and apparently lied to her, was shown throughout the whole book to be intelligent, kind, and trustworthy. So, there better be some kind of betrayal or something in book 2 or I'm going to be mad.
2. Belisar being killed. What the fuck? seriously. Um, I kind of read with the intention of good triumphing over evil. If I wanted to read something cynical and crapsackworld I've got authors/series for that. Sure, Belisar was on the bad guys team, but he was young, and just following his dad's orders. It'd be treasonous to do otherwise.
HE WAS KILLED FOR THE FUCKING GENE HE CARRIED? WTF WTF WTF.
and it was all useless anyway cause Rumail lived.
Plus, all the Comyn are srsly inbred. It's probably floating around in some other people too.
bookcrazylady45's review against another edition
3.0
A late written collaborative story to fill in timeline. I thought I would see recurring characters, especially since there was an Edric and two redheaded Rockraven twins which was confusing but with a different king and notes that it is 100 years after Allart. The book was long and very detailed and quite good.