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A review by eupomene
Exile's Song by Marion Zimmer Bradley
3.0
We first meet Margaret Alton when she is a very little girl, in Sharra's Exile. Here, she is all grown up and a Scholar, having come of age in the Federation and remembering nothing of the planet of her birth.
And of course, since a large portion of Darkover novels adore this theme, she returns to Darkover knowing nothing, but feeling inexorably drawn to it. The best part is that she is a woman and cannot imagine herself taking the part of most Darkovan women. My favorite scenes are the ones where she calmly dresses down the paternalistic and chauvinist men who tell her what to do. She doesn't know what her future in Darkover is, but she knows she is her own person.
Yes, Margaret Alton is up there with Romilly MacAran as one of my favorite characters.
And of course, since a large portion of Darkover novels adore this theme, she returns to Darkover knowing nothing, but feeling inexorably drawn to it. The best part is that she is a woman and cannot imagine herself taking the part of most Darkovan women. My favorite scenes are the ones where she calmly dresses down the paternalistic and chauvinist men who tell her what to do. She doesn't know what her future in Darkover is, but she knows she is her own person.
Yes, Margaret Alton is up there with Romilly MacAran as one of my favorite characters.