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I re-read Doris Egan’s Ivory trilogy recently and since I never did properly review these three, despite talking about them fairly often, I wanted to do some reading notes. There are some slight spoilers below, and one largeish one that isn’t really a spoiler since the outcome was never in any doubt...
Why have I nevet heard of this book? Awesome. Loved it.
This continues to be a story about different cultures. Although some aspects of Ivory's culture teeter on the edge of very unlikely, the book is an enjoyable discussion of negotiating social expectations and 'sides'. Not to mention the nature of story and myth versus experiencing such things in re...
Pace-wise, this is a leisurely story, stretching over more than a year. Theodora - a stranded scholar - is hired by a noble sorceror, Ran, and gets tangled in his business and family affairs while trying to earn a ticket back to her previous planet.This is a story which I like primarily because I l...
Got to over half way and realized i'm never really going to finish this. Its fun in its way, but lacks the tension and the inventiveness of the first book.
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