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A review by elaineg
The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
3.0
This could easily have been a novella and better for it. A large chunk of the book is exposition, Pen telling his new apprentice all the things that the reader already knows about sorcery, none of which teaching she ever uses in the story. The (literal) deus ex machina ending is then followed by another lengthy exposition.
At the same time a story that is half theology and theory leaves one huge issue completely unexamined - the villain (who is killed offscreen) is rejected by all the gods and damned for his sacrilege.
At the same time a story that is half theology and theory leaves one huge issue completely unexamined - the villain (who is killed offscreen) is rejected by all the gods and damned for his sacrilege.