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A review by adularia25
The Eye of Night by Pauline J. Alama
5.0
This book has everything I love in a good story: characters that truly suffer, fantasy setting with just enough Medieval influences to seem like it was a part of history, magic, gods, an epic quest.
One thing I love about the book is that there are four main deities, all based on the seasons and on the Medieval Wheel of Fortune. This is nothing like the game show. The Wheel of Fortune was the wheel of your life, the seemingly random ups and downs - the belief that good things come to those who deserve it, and happen to those who don't to make them stronger. If you want to read more about the Medieval view of Fortune's Wheel, I highly recommend reading "The Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius. Yes, that book was written long before Medieval times, but it was extremely influential to Medieval thought.
Now, getting back to this book - the use of actual Medieval philosophy made this book seem so much more real than a great many other Medieval fantasy tales. You know the type - those tales that give lip-service to the Medieval times by having the clothing and the buildings, but not a true idea of what people really thought back then. This book excels at having that thought.
My only issue with the book is the ending.
One thing I love about the book is that there are four main deities, all based on the seasons and on the Medieval Wheel of Fortune. This is nothing like the game show. The Wheel of Fortune was the wheel of your life, the seemingly random ups and downs - the belief that good things come to those who deserve it, and happen to those who don't to make them stronger. If you want to read more about the Medieval view of Fortune's Wheel, I highly recommend reading "The Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius. Yes, that book was written long before Medieval times, but it was extremely influential to Medieval thought.
Now, getting back to this book - the use of actual Medieval philosophy made this book seem so much more real than a great many other Medieval fantasy tales. You know the type - those tales that give lip-service to the Medieval times by having the clothing and the buildings, but not a true idea of what people really thought back then. This book excels at having that thought.
My only issue with the book is the ending.