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The Witness for the Dead (edizione 2021)

di Katherine Addison (Autore)

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When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his father's Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin. Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. It is his duty use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of he murdered. Celehar's skills now lead him out of the quiet and into a morass of treachery, murder, and injustice. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness.… (altro)
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Titolo:The Witness for the Dead
Autori:Katherine Addison (Autore)
Info:Tor Books (2021), 240 pages
Collezioni:Current Library - 2023
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Etichette:SFF, Fiction, Goblin Emperor

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The Witness for the Dead di Katherine Addison

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    Gideon the Ninth di Tamsyn Muir (Utente anonimo)
    Utente anonimo: They're both fundamentally comfortable mystery stories in exquisitely detailed novel universes. They don't *look* very similar, but they're sneaky like that.
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Waiting for the ebook version, as I don't like the narrator for the audio book.
  accidental_hermit | Jan 28, 2024 |
I enjoyed reading this, but I was not as invested in Celehar as I was in Maia. And without that, a slice-of-life type of story just doesn't work very well. It felt more like an extended short story (and not a very good short story). There were several cases Celehar was working on, a few intersected a bit, and for the rest we just see what kind of life he lives. He is sympathetic, and his life is interesting, and therefore I did enjoy this quiet story. But he didn't have Maia's dramatic story, his character felt more flat than Maia's, and there was hardly any personal resolution for him. All in all, I felt this book had less heart than The Goblin Emperor.
And since it didn't, it was easier to get distracted from it, by, oh, let's say the ridiculous names and grammar that are impossible to remember. All of it sounds the same. Every time Celehar met someone, I had to figure out from the context if it was a new person or someone he had already met, and if so, who. Because I certainly couldn't be bothered to remember, plus there are I don't know how many ways to address people. Super annoying. ( )
  zjakkelien | Jan 2, 2024 |
I was so happy to hear that this book was coming out soon! After falling in love with The Goblin Emperor, I grabbed The Witness for the Dead as soon as I could.
- Katherine Addison has created an amazing world that you want to come back to again, and again, and again. (I'm hoping for more books, of course.)
- The writing is beautiful and deceptively simple.
- Thara Celehar was a wonderful character to follow - there is so much honesty, integrity, stubbornness and constant undervaluing of self in him...
- The combination of fantasy and mystery worked very well.
- Any good novel with lots of tea drinking, teahouses, and characters who like their tea just so gets a thumb up from me :-)))
- I want to see all the performances at the Vermilion Opera :-)))
Now, for the cons:
- I thought there were slightly too many subplots for a novel of ca 240 pages. This took away some of the delight I had felt when reading The Goblin Emperor.
- I still have trouble with all the elven names, titles etc, so it was difficult to remember who was who sometimes.
Still, it was a great read, most recommended! ( )
  Alexandra_book_life | Dec 15, 2023 |
I love the fully built universe, and the inner dialogue in this book. All the many names and vocabulary made it quite confusing, and challenging to keep the characters straight. A glossary would have been helpful. ( )
  decaturmamaof2 | Nov 22, 2023 |
Another wonderful entry in this wonderful story universe! Thara is a wonderful protagonist, and all the characters he meets are so fun! I love the delve into a fantasy society with lots of different belief systems and how they interact from an administrative standpoint. In many ways, Thara is a detective, and the fact that he's a fantasy detective is just really fun. I'm still not a big fan of detective fiction, but I adored this, even moreso than "Angel of the Crows". Addison's just that good of a writer.

Looking forward to book 2! ( )
  AnonR | Aug 5, 2023 |
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When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his father's Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin. Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. It is his duty use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of he murdered. Celehar's skills now lead him out of the quiet and into a morass of treachery, murder, and injustice. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness.

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