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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
3.7 I like getting backstory on Dane's character but this is just not my favorite series by Ms. Pierce. I find the characters interesting but they lack the connection to the reader that you have with Alanna and Kel.
Note: This audio book version was much more enjoyable than the first in this series. I'm glad they stopped/decreased the weird echo microphone portions. I also liked knowing that the author was the narrator. I'd have been content with her reading the whole book but I'm sure that is time consuming.
Note: This audio book version was much more enjoyable than the first in this series. I'm glad they stopped/decreased the weird echo microphone portions. I also liked knowing that the author was the narrator. I'd have been content with her reading the whole book but I'm sure that is time consuming.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This had a slightly rocky beginning, but overall I enjoyed it a lot. Though Tamora Pierce's fantasy worlds have many familiar trappings -- kings, mages, orientalism -- they also have so many aspects that are very weird in a delightful way. I love the inclusion of dinosaurs, and the rapid explanation of evolution via mage, within a world that contains basilisks, dragons, and other mythical monsters. I also like how Pierce doesn't discriminate between animals -- a bat or a hyena is just as much a good friend as a more traditionally likeable animal, such as a horse. I was also delighted by Zek, Daine's marmoset friend. These books are tremendously fun and full of the best escapism, as well as creating a lovely portrait of animals as individuals, with ideas, rights and opinions of their own.
I'm pretty sure at this point everyone has read this book, and if you haven't - you really should.
Daine is off to Cathark, along with a delegation from Tortall. Daine is to heal the emperor's birds while the delegation attempts to forge a peace treaty. As the talks press on, Daine discovers that there are plenty of things happening in Cathark that she doesn't agree with. There also appear to be some meddling gods unhappy with the situation.
I love the expanding of the universe. Getting out of Tortall and the interactions with other lands is so wonderful. In this book we also finally get some more development of the relationship between Daine and Numair. Plus a ton of not very subtle hints about Daine's origins.
This is probably my favourite quartet, and I am now off to read the fourth book.
Daine is off to Cathark, along with a delegation from Tortall. Daine is to heal the emperor's birds while the delegation attempts to forge a peace treaty. As the talks press on, Daine discovers that there are plenty of things happening in Cathark that she doesn't agree with. There also appear to be some meddling gods unhappy with the situation.
I love the expanding of the universe. Getting out of Tortall and the interactions with other lands is so wonderful. In this book we also finally get some more development of the relationship between Daine and Numair. Plus a ton of not very subtle hints about Daine's origins.
This is probably my favourite quartet, and I am now off to read the fourth book.
So a common theme in Pierce's books are strong women who fight against the norm of "women/girls can't do that because they're female" and she doesn't have these women yelling and being gross and raising hell, but by being themselves and good at what they do and who they are. I think that is why I enjoy her books so much!
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes