nemo finished reading Translation State by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)
Translation State by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before …
Programmer/Geek/UX Enthusiast. @recursecenter alum. Takshashila scholar. Doesn't have Aadhaar. He/him.
My goodreads is at www.goodreads.com/user/show/6170741-nemo. Other links at captnemo.in.
This link opens in a pop-up window
8% complete! nemo has read 2 of 24 books.
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before …
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before …
"Set in an alternate world of art deco beauty and steampunk horror, Monstress tells the epic story of Maika Halfwolf, …
Content warning Spoiler Warning for the whole series.
I’ve spent the last year or so slowly going through the series, starting from Liveship Traders (I’d read the first trilogy 6 years ago).
This is such a lovely ending to such a well written series. Fitz gets a great farewell, and I was sobbing for the last 10% of the book saying goodbye to him and his memories. It’s the best kind of closing book you can ask for.
There’s a point in the Rain Wild trilogy (the weakest books, I suggest skipping them) where Rapskal goes and drowns in memory stones, it’s called “Memory Diving”, where he starts to live in the memories of the elderlings instead of his friends around him. I felt that as an allegory for readers, sampling books and living lives through characters. (His diving ends up coming of use, as memories of long dead elderlings, show them the way). And I felt that keenly here, towards the end - the books are as much about memories and dreams as they are about dragons.
Every time you read a book with lively characters, they live in within you. In the case of the Fool and Fitz, these are characters that you’ve seen go through a lifetime together. Through misery, death, joy, subterfuge, grandeur, and the amazing journey we call life.
By the end, with Nighteyes and the Fool joining Fitz in his wolf, it felt like I was the wolf they carved, and they will live through me.❤️
—-
Beyond the ending, the rest of book is great, and I loved the closing arcs of various characters from the Liveship trilogy. Amazing to see Vivacia take flight, Paragon become Dragons, Althea, Ronica, and Malta yet again.
It’s very hard to write a book that deals with foresight. And with the Fool’s prescience the books have always had an element of that. However, this and the last book use so much of Bee’s journals as epigraphs, that you want to go and reread them as events are unfolding. It’s quite a tough job to show foresight, and hint at events, but not show them to the reader outright.
It’s very well done.
Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and …
A good Fitz book, finally. Jumping straight from the dragons to this was such a nice relief to get back to Fitz. So much of heart in this little tale. So much of this book is about parenthood, grief, and love.
The ending is a gut-punch, and the cliffhanger gives you no choice but to start the next one.
My lowest rated Sanderson book. Didn't work for me at all. Almost gave up on finishing this, but the second half just dragged on similarly. After reading [b:Tress of the Emerald Sea|60531406|Tress of the Emerald Sea (The Cosmere)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1672574587l/60531406.SY75.jpg|95396305] as the first secret novel, I was quite excited about the second one. I thought all 4 were Cosmere novels, and was slightly disappointed when I had the cover spoiled for me a few days before launch.
There's very little plot, and lots of boring character drama. I'm guessing its important as setup for future, where all of the dragon keepers are full elderlings, doing important Elderling stuff and changing the world., but its hard to take these characters seriously.
Hoping this speeds up in the next few books, and I can get back to the Fitz series.
Robin Hobb has established herself as one of the masters of fantasy fiction And nowhere is that more apparent than …
The ending of the trilogy was perfect. Nicely tied up loose ends, opened up the world further, and lots of character development.
My favorite bit was in the epilogue, when Icefyre puts his head on the hearth to fulfill the promise the prince made.