by Lois McMaster Bujold
One of my favorite all times quotes and my favorite quote of this whole series is: “One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual, you know." He took a delicate sip of his wine."Was bisexual," she corrected absently, looking fondly ac...
Dull: even everyone's favourite spoiler made only for a "So what?" reaction. No story, no conflict, no anything.Badly written: not that Bujold's style was exactly streamlined before, but at least in previous books she'd stopped short of overloading the text with obviousness.Wish I hadn't read this.
I loved this book. For me, it was one of the best in the entire Vorkosigan saga, but some reviewers don’t agree with me. I saw 2- and even 1-star reviews for this novel, but I think it’s not as much about the book as about the readers’ expectations. The earlier books of the series were mostly space ...
SPOILERS SPOILERS AHOY LOTS OF THEM IMPORTANT ONES Necessary disclaimer I have read most books in this series more than once, but I have not reread them for a while and even more importantly I have not read first two books - which as we know are Cordelia and Aral's books. I started these series ...
Ah, another entry in the Vorkosigan-saga of books - and I just couldn't wait and bought the advanced reader's copy. First of all, I just love Bujold's writing style. It's understated, yet full of deeper meaning, easy to read and entices the imagination. So I enjoyed this most recent entry just fro...
This was DELIGHTFUL. I read the eARC.I kept expecting an overaching action plot to happen, and it, uh, never really did, but the story never suffered for it. :) The story is very much-- what do you do AFTER the action settles down, which is a thing I love in my books. It was also one of my favorite ...
This was DELIGHTFUL. I read the eARC.I kept expecting an overaching action plot to happen, and it, uh, never really did, but the story never suffered for it. :) The story is very much-- what do you do AFTER the action settles down, which is a thing I love in my books. It was also one of my favorite ...
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