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A review by katieinca
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
5.0
I didn't realize how much the genre fiction I'd been reading was all "Hey! Hey! LOOK AT MY WORLD BUILDING" until I fell into this one which is more like "Psst. I have a story." The first third could almost pass for historical fiction if you ignore the proper nouns. Then things happen and the gods of the place become rather more important to the action, but by then you're used to them, and they never upstage the characters.
I was listening to this as an audio book, and Lloyd James was an absolutely incredible reader. I was particularly impressed with how the vocal mannerisms he gave to the creeps made my skin crawl. Then I found myself in a public library on my day off with time to kill and... ended up speeding through the second half in print.
I was listening to this as an audio book, and Lloyd James was an absolutely incredible reader. I was particularly impressed with how the vocal mannerisms he gave to the creeps made my skin crawl. Then I found myself in a public library on my day off with time to kill and... ended up speeding through the second half in print.