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A review by suzjustsuz
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up because the series is just so great all together.
This wasn't typical of the rest of the series, which was a rather interesting place for Bujold to decide to end the series, but ok. This was not action or a mystery, but rather it was slice of life stuff about Cordelia. There was a revelation about Aral that apparently some people have lost their minds over, but I don't understand what the fuss is about. It's not as if the revelation was completely unexpected. I've seen some arguments regarding "cheating" and "honor" but that's a stretch under these circumstances and reads like excuse to me. First, the definition of cheating is much more subjective than some folks can seem to deal with. Second, when discussing the "honor" of Aral one should recall that the very first book he was introduced in he shot someone in the face and left him for dead in spite of him not being dead, then had to be manipulated into rendering assistance to the person who would inevitably end up mental incapacitated for the remainder of his life due to Aral's "honor."
Subjectivity, folks. Sometimes you have to step outside of your own understands if you want to try to understand another perspective.
Anyway, this entry wasn't action packed but it was good character and 'verse development anyway. And it was nice to see Miles a bit flummoxed.
This wasn't typical of the rest of the series, which was a rather interesting place for Bujold to decide to end the series, but ok. This was not action or a mystery, but rather it was slice of life stuff about Cordelia. There was a revelation about Aral that apparently some people have lost their minds over, but I don't understand what the fuss is about. It's not as if the revelation was completely unexpected. I've seen some arguments regarding "cheating" and "honor" but that's a stretch under these circumstances and reads like excuse to me. First, the definition of cheating is much more subjective than some folks can seem to deal with. Second, when discussing the "honor" of Aral one should recall that the very first book he was introduced in he shot someone in the face and left him for dead in spite of him not being dead, then had to be manipulated into rendering assistance to the person who would inevitably end up mental incapacitated for the remainder of his life due to Aral's "honor."
Subjectivity, folks. Sometimes you have to step outside of your own understands if you want to try to understand another perspective.
Anyway, this entry wasn't action packed but it was good character and 'verse development anyway. And it was nice to see Miles a bit flummoxed.