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Courtship Rite - Donald Kingsbury
Courtship Rite
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Donald Kingsbury,Mass Market Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Pocket Books
Donald Kingsbury,Mass Market Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Pocket Books
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN: 9780671460891 (0671460897)
Publisher: Timescape / Pocket
Pages no: 409
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Marriage
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ambyr
ambyr rated it
3.0 Courtship Rite
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So on the one hand: the writing is turgid, the pacing is bizarre, and the political lecturing interminable. Also there is cannibalism (did I mention the cannibalism?) on almost every page. Spousal abuse and child rape both make appearances and are treated as the unexceptional actions of reasonable p...
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spocksbro
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I just can't get into this book. Perhaps it's that the writing is "harsh" and "clunky," at least to my mental ear. There are points where a character says something and I'm jarred out of the scene, asking "huh?" Perhaps it's the characters, of whom I like or care for none.It's a shame for two reason...
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