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3 months agoThis is probably my favorite fantasy book series, so I’m super curious what resolutions you’ve found annoying.
I’ll say I find the first book a bit of a slog, but that’s mostly because I can’t stand the secondhand embarrassment of Lindon’s behavior.
Once Aethan shows up, it’s a straight shot to the top for me.
Interesting. I generally cannot stand deus ex machina, so I’m surprised to not really be able to think of heavy examples of it for Lindon. He certainly gets out of tricky situations, but maybe to me it felt like they were either foreshadowed or somebody like Aethan gets him out of it?
I’m planning another reread soon; I’ll have to pay special attention to see why it didn’t register for me in this particular story.