...why I was crying over a book that ended with the good guys nominally winning.
Heh. I know what you mean. I was left with a pervasive feeling of disappointment, not in the quality of the writing or Ms. Turner's vision, but in the fact that I felt the characters themselves were so disappointed that they had found no other way for Sophos to succeed as King of Sounis without resorting to bloodshed. It really does make me wonder where our beloved characters are headed in the books to come...
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Date: 2010-06-11 07:59 pm (UTC)Heh. I know what you mean. I was left with a pervasive feeling of disappointment, not in the quality of the writing or Ms. Turner's vision, but in the fact that I felt the characters themselves were so disappointed that they had found no other way for Sophos to succeed as King of Sounis without resorting to bloodshed. It really does make me wonder where our beloved characters are headed in the books to come...
Oh, how I hope we see some Mede butt kicking. :D