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Somehow I prefer my historical fantasy in England. And with a lot less christianity. (I know, I know, in the Western world there was no way around it at that time. Still, too much monotheism in a book makes me itchy. And yeah, if I like fantasy, I should love stuff like monotheism, but no - that's just too illogical for me.) So while I still love Charlie Holmbergs writing style and the book was an easy and relaxed read, I just couldn't invest much emotion into this story, not like I could in Paper Magician or Followed by Frost. Maybe the problem was, that it was too close to the real world. For all we know in the end it could even be 'canon compliant' to reality. And another problem I had was, that Gentry is mostly defined by men. Her father - who for some time was seen as the possible savior -, her brother, and then the not-really love triangle men. While she tried to stick up for herself, neither historical accuracy would have let her - nor the story. And while I don't mind passive characters, I prefer them to be passive by choice, as an act of defiance, or because of depression, but not just because circumstances and men force her. So ... I liked this better than Numina (because that was too dark for me), but not as much as most earlier books.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Somehow I prefer my historical fantasy in England. And with a lot less christianity. (I know, I know, in the Western world there was no way around it at that time. Still, too much monotheism in a book makes me itchy. And yeah, if I like fantasy, I should love stuff like monotheism, but no - that's just too illogical for me.) So while I still love Charlie Holmbergs writing style and the book was an easy and relaxed read, I just couldn't invest much emotion into this story, not like I could in Paper Magician or Followed by Frost. Maybe the problem was, that it was too close to the real world. For all we know in the end it could even be 'canon compliant' to reality. And another problem I had was, that Gentry is mostly defined by men. Her father - who for some time was seen as the possible savior -, her brother, and then the not-really love triangle men. While she tried to stick up for herself, neither historical accuracy would have let her - nor the story. And while I don't mind passive characters, I prefer them to be passive by choice, as an act of defiance, or because of depression, but not just because circumstances and men force her. So ... I liked this better than Numina (because that was too dark for me), but not as much as most earlier books.