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Tess of the Road
by Rachel Hartman
I. Loved. This. Book.
I've never read any of Hartman's other books, but jumped into this one for my lunchtime book - while simultaneously reading "Girl in the Tower" by Katherine Arden in the evenings at home (a pretty good complement, in fact!). It took me a minute to get into, since it starts off with a VERY different Tess from the one we leave the book with, confined to a servant-like state of existence with mean, uncaring parents, and a world of proper-etiquette-court-behavior to comply with. I didn't love this existence, and was perfectly set up for the break out. I LOVED Pathka and the communication and connection with this other kind of living thing, and the link to linguistic exploration in explaining her/his language.
I was a touch confused by the Saint/dragon linkage (though perhaps the previous books would be more illuminating on that front).
I loved Tess's adventuring, and was at first saddened by her necessity for disguise b/c of all the "uncontrollable" men running about (connection to Arden's book was huge here!), but then was a bit comforted by how many women actually run things in this world, and Tess was merely figuring it out. And her message, "Walk on," was brilliant for a life motto, especially when things get tough. Keep moving and you'll eventually move through the muck.
My mental image of the World Serpents is truly mind-boggling and magnificent, and something I'm eager to spend more time reading about.
For some reason, I'm compelled to think about the "Flora Segunda" series by Ysabeau S. Wilce, though I've not read these books in a LONG time. Something about the adventuring, mystical-creature world, and a girl on her own makes me feel a pang of nostalgia about those books - perhaps I need to revisit them!
Can't wait for more!
I've never read any of Hartman's other books, but jumped into this one for my lunchtime book - while simultaneously reading "Girl in the Tower" by Katherine Arden in the evenings at home (a pretty good complement, in fact!). It took me a minute to get into, since it starts off with a VERY different Tess from the one we leave the book with, confined to a servant-like state of existence with mean, uncaring parents, and a world of proper-etiquette-court-behavior to comply with. I didn't love this existence, and was perfectly set up for the break out. I LOVED Pathka and the communication and connection with this other kind of living thing, and the link to linguistic exploration in explaining her/his language.
I was a touch confused by the Saint/dragon linkage (though perhaps the previous books would be more illuminating on that front).
I loved Tess's adventuring, and was at first saddened by her necessity for disguise b/c of all the "uncontrollable" men running about (connection to Arden's book was huge here!), but then was a bit comforted by how many women actually run things in this world, and Tess was merely figuring it out. And her message, "Walk on," was brilliant for a life motto, especially when things get tough. Keep moving and you'll eventually move through the muck.
My mental image of the World Serpents is truly mind-boggling and magnificent, and something I'm eager to spend more time reading about.
For some reason, I'm compelled to think about the "Flora Segunda" series by Ysabeau S. Wilce, though I've not read these books in a LONG time. Something about the adventuring, mystical-creature world, and a girl on her own makes me feel a pang of nostalgia about those books - perhaps I need to revisit them!
Can't wait for more!