This is a novel that grows on you. When I first read it back in 2005, I reasonably liked it. Except for Cordelia's Honor it was the best part of the saga up till that point in the narrative, but I didn't love it. So I only reread parts of it, but never in its entirety - until now. And boy, this time...
If I was a billionaire who can afford to commission a novelist to write a custom made book just for me the desired end result would probably read something like a Lois McMaster Bujold book. Her prose style just clicks with me. Always very clear and accessible, yet graceful, passionate, witty and oft...
After the relative lack of plot in Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance starts out with a bang and never lets up. Also, it may contain a few of the most heartbreaking lines in the entire series, some of which are heartbreaking after some of the later books. (Contender, Cordelia about Aral: “I think Simon ...
~~Moved from GR~~ Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold "Anybody can do a mirror dance. It's not hard. You just copy everything your partner does."When Mark Vorkosigan looks in a mirror, he doesn't quite know what stares back. Mark was created a clone, trained as an assassin, intended to replace ...
Two things. First, the rating. I acknowledge this isn't an undying classic. If you're looking for science fiction with literary prose, go read Ursula Le Guin or Ray Bradbury or William Gibson. Or for the "Big Ideas" go to Robert Heinlein or Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke. What Bujold offers is dif...
This book started out a little slow to the point where I went skimming to see if the plot sped up. It did and was actually a really good book. Mostly (even with all of the horrible things happening) it was a sentimental look at the two main characters. A little like a "feel good" book.
I thought this was a splendid book. Rich with detail in the best possible way. And there is a lot of Cordelia in this one! I love Cordelia. I love the way Bujold gets inside her characters' heads. I did not love some of the violence but it was quite necessary to the plot.
Christmas 2010: I realised that I had got stuck in a rut. I was re-reading old favourites again and again, waiting for a few trusted authors to release new works. Something had to be done.On the spur of the moment I set myself a challenge, to read every book to have won the Locus Sci-Fi award. That’...
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