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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Element of Fire (originale 1993; edizione 2006)di Martha Wells (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Kolm musketäri haldjatega. Paha ei olnud, eriline elamus ka mitte. Kõva keskmine. ( ) Well Written, But Just Too Dry For Me I can't believe how much of a DNF streak I am on right now, but thankfully this in no way reflects on the author or anything problematic in the book. I picked this up after enjoying Between Worlds, Wells' short story collection that tie to this and another series, and feeling the need to check the novels out. I will absolutely still be checking out the other series for sure. Unfortunately, despite being well-written and being set in an interesting world, I just found the narrative too dry and the characters too hard to latch on to for me personally. I haven't read a lot of political intrigue and needing to be emotionally hooked and/ or invested in characters or events are all subjective factors in my not getting along with this. Not to mention my severe ADHD and diminished capacity due to the state of my mental and chronic health at the moment. While I can't necessarily recommend it, I also wouldn't put anyone off trying it out, especially with it being in the Audible Included library with a bunch of Wells' other books. As I said before, I thoroughly enjoyed Between Worlds and I has a lot of fun with my cyborg sinking in autism, Murder bot. This just wasn't my cup of tea. I'm not sure what I expected going into this but knowing in advance that this was Wells' first book and that she obviously grew as an author afterward helped a little. All in all, there were chunks of this book I really loved, and large chunks of it I felt were slow and at times frustrating to get through. The book could probably be half its length, cutting out not just the drag of uninteresting setting description but also certain characters entirely. It's long and feels its length. Why the four stars? Because I adore The pacing was the biggest issue, and part of it is the muddied plot, with characters backtracking to do odd things that are pretty stupid and that they probably should have known was stupid, but you're probably in for 40-60 or more pages of them doing it and wondering when the story will move on. There are interesting subplots here that handle child abuse, dealing with trauma as an adult, There were also way too many typos. I know Wells reviewed this and edited it a bit when it was rereleased, but I kept catching typos and I normally don't see as many. I am glad she gets control over it at last, but this was annoying, particularly in the second half of the book. Overall I can't say I recommend this. If you, like I, came to this from loving "The Murderbot Diaries", I would give this a pass, which I know is odd considering I gave it four stars. Supposedly the later novels in the series are better. If you want Martha Wells writing good fantasy, I'd recommend skipping the whole thing and just reading her Raksura series. If you want a queer story about machinations of the Seelie and Unseelie, with lots of politicking, some bone-headed soldiers, fun sexy times, and even some coups and wars, look up Pia Foxhall's Fae Tales Verse, starting with "Deeper into the Woods". Skip this. Or just reread "The Murderbot Diaries", they're amazing. Enemies internal, external, and magical threaten the kingdom of Ile-Rein, and saving the throne falls to Thomas Boniface, captain of the Queen's Guard, and Kade Carrion, half-mortal sister of the king. The Element of Fire is satisfyingly full of swashbuckling and mannerpunk, and while the plotting is rather slack, the book's vivid characters and baroque details compensate for the mercurial motivations and abrupt coincidences used to join one scene to another. La corte de Vienne es un hervidero de intrigas. Thomas Boniface, capitán de la Guardia de la Reina, que vela por la protección del palacio real, debe lidiar con las envidias de los otros cuerpos militares, como la Orden Albonita y la Guardia Cisternana. Pues Thomas, siguiendo la tradición, es amante de la reina; en este caso, de la reina viuda Ravenna, que conserva el poder a pesar de que su hijo Roland ha sido coronado rey. Alrededor de los miembros de la familia real se extiende una red de favoritos que conspiran constantemente por influencia y privilegio. Por si esto fuera poco, la medio hermana del rey, Kade Carrion la bruja, fruto de la aventura de su padre con la Reina del Aire y la Oscuridad, ha decidido volver a Vienne y dar a conocer su pretensión al trono. Y desde el exterior acecha el mago bisrano Urbain Grandier, dispuesto a desencadenar un ataque total contra el palacio con la ayuda de la Corte Profana de Fayre.
It’s Martha Wells’ debut novel, and ...singularly accomplished. It situates itself at a remove from the faux-medievalism of high fantasy ... it has the flavour of ancien régime France while being wholly, entirely, its own thing. Wells’ deftness of characterisation is delicate, precise and astute. An outside attack ... intensifies the amount of politicking and the coming-to-fruition of treasonous plots. The characters, down to the least of them, are no blank placeholders. Wells has a fantastic touch for conjuring personality in all of her work, and here the characters of Kade and Thomas, particularly—Kade roguish, damaged, fey and honourable in her own way; Thomas world-weary, cynical, and loyal where his loyalty is given—come alive in their interactions with their world. È contenuto inPremi e riconoscimenti
The kingdom of Ile-Rien lies in peril, menaced by sorcerous threats and devious court intrigues. As the weak King Roland, flattered and misled by treacherous companions, rules the country, only his ruthless mother, the Dowager Queen Ravenna, guards the safety of the realm. But now rumors arise that Urbain Grandier, the dark master of scientific sorcery, has arrived to plot against the throne. And Kade, bastard sister of King Roland, appears unexpectedly at court. The illegitimate daughter of the old king and the Queen of Air and Darkness herself, Kade's true desires are cloaked in mystery. Is she in league with the wizard Grandier, or is she laying claim to the throne?It falls to Thomas Boniface, Captain of the Queen's Guard and Ravenna's former lover, to sort out who is friend and who is foe in a deadly game to keep the Dowager Queen and the kingdom she loves from harm. But is one man's steel enough to counter all the magic of fayre? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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