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A review by orlao
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I only finished this one as I was reading it alongside someone. I think if I had read this when it had just come out I would have enjoyed it more. I would have been a teen with less reading experience and the ideas in the book would have been fresher and more novel.
A lot of my disappointment is in thwarted expectations I believe. The book wasn't sensual or steamy or romantic or filled with political intrigue. The interesting historical/ mythological exposition that heavily featured in the first part of the book ultimately wasn't important. And what is an anguissette? Just Delaunay's marketing tactic it seems. Or else the Terre d'Ange term for a Mary sue, cause Phedre didn't seem to have a particular hunger for sex or pain, but everyone she met was in awe of her for no reason, a definite mystical power.
The book ended up feeling pretty generic medieval fantasy after all the interesting setups had no interesting follow though. A tougher editor was sorely needed as well. If it hadn't been so unnecessarily long I'd feel more favourably about it.
A lot of my disappointment is in thwarted expectations I believe. The book wasn't sensual or steamy or romantic or filled with political intrigue. The interesting historical/ mythological exposition that heavily featured in the first part of the book ultimately wasn't important. And what is an anguissette? Just Delaunay's marketing tactic it seems. Or else the Terre d'Ange term for a Mary sue, cause Phedre didn't seem to have a particular hunger for sex or pain, but everyone she met was in awe of her for no reason, a definite mystical power.
The book ended up feeling pretty generic medieval fantasy after all the interesting setups had no interesting follow though. A tougher editor was sorely needed as well. If it hadn't been so unnecessarily long I'd feel more favourably about it.