tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post527987743615407766..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: Review: The Silver BladeAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-67493256865354247202011-02-07T20:56:15.247-06:002011-02-07T20:56:15.247-06:00Good review certainly, and I do get where you'...Good review certainly, and I do get where you're coming from. There were certainly parts where I wanted to pull a Monty Python and yell "GET ON WITH IT!"<br />But, honestly... I really like Yann and Sido, and I prefer Sido in this book. Yeah, we don't get much a view of her character, but I did appreciate the snippets we do get where she finally mouths off to the Count. The most confusing part for me in the duo was when, in The Red Necklace, she and Yann were suddenly in love. He rescued her twice, and now they were soul mates. Once I got used to the idea, I could go along with it, but I was still reeling at the end of The Red Necklace.<br />But I love French Revolution fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-33811719835604290242009-08-12T13:27:09.969-05:002009-08-12T13:27:09.969-05:00Yes, Dickensian down to the knitting fishwives in ...Yes, Dickensian down to the knitting fishwives in front of the guillotine!<br /><br />In retrospect, I probably would rate this book a 7- I admit I might have graded it more harshly because I had such high expectations of it. I do find it entertaining- just not as much as the first.<br /><br />And as for the upper crust stuff- I don't know if it is ALWAYS there, really, but it's generally there when the protagonist is supposed to be a misfit or loner. And it's annoying.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-86532691447638031262009-08-12T12:54:50.152-05:002009-08-12T12:54:50.152-05:00So you got me very interested when you mentioned t...So you got me very interested when you mentioned that these books were very Dickensian. Totally sold. Going to put this second one on my list, as the first is already there after your great review.<br /><br />Also, I totally know what you mean about the upper crust being portrayed as shallow and dim. It does make sense that they would have had something to talk about (other than clothes) since they had all that education, finishing school, and other various simulations. I think it's kind of lazy plotting to make them all seem like they have nothing to offer except resistance to the main character (who, like you said is always clever, but misunderstood). I would really like to see a book that defies the cliche. It's not something I normally think too much about when I am reading, but you are completely right that it seems very prevalent in historical fiction.Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-35171272629381339562009-08-12T10:18:50.584-05:002009-08-12T10:18:50.584-05:00I haven't read The Red Necklace yet, so I just...I haven't read The Red Necklace yet, so I just glanced at your review. I'll come back and read it when I get a chance to read the first book.<br /><br />Sorry you didn't love it, thoughKailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.com