Oh.

[tahnan]

All right, so people do want to hear. Who knew?

The book, since you asked, is Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay, which I rant about a little more fully in my other journal. It has a lot going for it. The characters are mostly pretty good (although I'm finding Crispin to be a little one-note; the more I think about it, the more he reminds me of Thomas Covenant in his whiny-can't-get-over-it way. But not wholly). The writing is just so over the top.

Can't get to the Times crossword. Bah.

Comments

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I went and read your other journal after I commented. It sounds like I don't need to be in a hurry to read GGK.

What tahnan said

[ex-lucianus799.livejournal.com]

GGK is *gorgeous*, but he's "pulled a Salvatore" as some of my SoCal friends might say. Which is to say he should have stopped while still in top form. I've had Sailing to Sarantium in my to-read pile for months, now, but I was afraid that it wouldn't compare to his earlier novels. (Also, I'm told it has a sequel, or maybe was the sequel, and I hate starting series before I have them all.)

The Fionavar series will always make me cry, and Tigana may well be my favorite book, probably sentimentalism on my part since more people seem to consider Lions of Al-Rassan as his finest work.

No, no, no--

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

I should have known that words can be dangerous. Read Guy Gavriel Kay. In particular, read Tigana; I have this feeling I know one person who has read it but not liked it, but I'm not sure it was that many. I liked it, and I hate epic fantasy.

And I think Lions of Al-Rassan is gorgeous. Not everyone likes it; then again, some people like Song For Arbonne, which I don't like as much. Kay can be a little pompous, and I'm feeling it more in this book, but even with that he's still worth reading.

Re: No, no, no--

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

I'll read Tigana if you lend it to me. I'm trying to be good about how money I give to Amazon...