RSSWhat I’ve Been Reading
Jan 22
Recently, I finished reading Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchet.
I enjoyed it, but I think that is in large part because I love the Discworld series rather than the merits of this particular book. I found the “football” stuff had very little resonance for me (not being British or interested in organized sports probably contributes to that), and the character of Nutt was very thinly drawn. I did notice a tendency for the POV to wander from one character to another within a scene, which I had heard was more accepted in British fiction than in American, but hadn’t really observed in practice before.I also finished The Wyrmling Horde by David Farland.
I had been reading this series in hardcover, but after the shift in direction the story took with Worldbinder I’m glad I waited for paperback for this one. There was some interesting action, and it was interesting to read some of the character POV stuff as they were tempted by power, but the “romance” angle between Talon and Emir Tul Raa fell flat for me, and the “binding the shadow worlds” stuff is far less interesting than the ideas inherent in the basic Runelord magic that are falling by the wayside in the story. I’m not sure if I’ll continue with the series or not.