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azurelunatic) wrote2003-05-29 04:14 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-05-29 04:14 pm
LOLOLOLOL....
Reading A Civil Campaign again.
I noted, a while ago, that it seems to follow the idea of marriage in a conservative society, and a woman's role, from a number of different angles. Even though much of the series follows the adventures of men, there are many strong female characters, and this book follows some of them.
Not all of them take the traditional paths that are typically open to Barrayaran women.
Word of caution: while a comedy, it is also a romantic comedy. Yes, the dinner party did leave me stuffing my wrist in my mouth lest I disturb the rest of the household too badly. (My first read-through woke up my father, who was Most Mispleased. I still laugh, five years later.) My first readthrough of the ending, while it is a happy ending, wound up with me almost in too much agony to cry. I don't recommend this book for anyone who's just suffered massive romantic betrayal.
But.
Out of context (and out of order) references do not count as spoiler. Very much.
"Now that cries out for an explanation."
"I'd like to introduce--"
"But if Illyan said it, it must be OK."
"There's something I have to check down in the lab."
"Murderess!"
"Check the other dishes, to be sure they're okay."
A lungful of wine...
I noted, a while ago, that it seems to follow the idea of marriage in a conservative society, and a woman's role, from a number of different angles. Even though much of the series follows the adventures of men, there are many strong female characters, and this book follows some of them.
Not all of them take the traditional paths that are typically open to Barrayaran women.
Word of caution: while a comedy, it is also a romantic comedy. Yes, the dinner party did leave me stuffing my wrist in my mouth lest I disturb the rest of the household too badly. (My first read-through woke up my father, who was Most Mispleased. I still laugh, five years later.) My first readthrough of the ending, while it is a happy ending, wound up with me almost in too much agony to cry. I don't recommend this book for anyone who's just suffered massive romantic betrayal.
But.
Out of context (and out of order) references do not count as spoiler. Very much.
"Now that cries out for an explanation."
"I'd like to introduce--"
"But if Illyan said it, it must be OK."
"There's something I have to check down in the lab."
"Murderess!"
"Check the other dishes, to be sure they're okay."
A lungful of wine...