My hope is that she has to bring them all to this low point in order to bring them out of it again. I can't see how it can be anything but a low point, really, given how firmly MWT emphasized Gen's distaste for killing in Thief and his desperate need to show mercy and kindness even as late as the last third of KoA (the compassion he shows to Relius, and draws out of Irene in the process, is heartrending).
I'm reading the books right now to my 10-year-old son, who is showing an amazing patience for the long stretches of psychological and political drama (more than I ever expected, really -- I wasn't sure he'd even get through Thief, and we're nearly finished King). I think he'll like a lot about CoK because he likes and is interested in Sophos, but I almost feel like I'll need to apologize to him about how almost-depressing it is!
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Date: 2010-06-11 10:18 pm (UTC)I'm reading the books right now to my 10-year-old son, who is showing an amazing patience for the long stretches of psychological and political drama (more than I ever expected, really -- I wasn't sure he'd even get through Thief, and we're nearly finished King). I think he'll like a lot about CoK because he likes and is interested in Sophos, but I almost feel like I'll need to apologize to him about how almost-depressing it is!