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A review by thistlechaser
Beast Master's Circus by Lyn McConchie, Andre Norton
2.0
This must have been some book in the middle of a series. I think it's also the first book by Andre Norton that I've read.
In it a girl was owned by a bad guy. Some kind of war was happening (I assume the rest of the series focused on that, this felt more like a side-story), and the owner of the space ship (and owner of the girl) was part of the Thieves Guild. Apparently the Thieves Guild, as the name implies, were bad guys.
Having a Thieves Guild set in space/in the future was really jarring, it feels more like an old D&D idea than something that would exist in the time of space travel.
The writing (technical) was okay. Not bad, not good. I didn't really buy the characters as real people. But more damning, I didn't buy the cat as a real animal. I gave up at that point (10%).
In it a girl was owned by a bad guy. Some kind of war was happening (I assume the rest of the series focused on that, this felt more like a side-story), and the owner of the space ship (and owner of the girl) was part of the Thieves Guild. Apparently the Thieves Guild, as the name implies, were bad guys.
Having a Thieves Guild set in space/in the future was really jarring, it feels more like an old D&D idea than something that would exist in the time of space travel.
The writing (technical) was okay. Not bad, not good. I didn't really buy the characters as real people. But more damning, I didn't buy the cat as a real animal. I gave up at that point (10%).