The Miriamele/Aspitis sequence frustrated me to the point of orthostatic hypotension, but I have a niggling feeling that this was exactly the author’s intention. There is some truth to the “dynamite in small packages” saying. As for Binabik the troll: he has to be read to be believed.
And yet, ever so slowly, the reader starts perceiving the subtle changes, because among all the other things this novel aspires to, it is also a bildungsroman. He often alternates between self pity and self loathing, which makes him pretty believable given the circumstances.
He rarely comprehends the significance of events and he never volunteers, but is unable to remove himself from the forefront of the stage. He is often resentful and bitter as he is swept along in the story. Martin is on record saying that this series inspired him to write A Song of Ice and Fire. There is an epic sweep to Memory, Sorrow and Thorn that does both Tolkien and David Lean proud. This freed the author up to do what he apparently does best: write awesome, and remarkably cinematic, fantasy. The first novel went to great pains to establish the world, so there wasn’t such a lot of exposition required for The Stone of Farewell. See, The Dragonbone Chair ended on such a note that I just .time to think about a decent review. It was written in haste, a few quickly typed lines before I launched into The Stone of Farewell. My review of The Dragonbone Chair did not do the novel justice. With the very land blighted by the power of Ineluki’s wrath, the tattered remnants of a once-proud human army flee in search of a last sanctuary and rallying point-the Stone of Farewell, a place shrouded in mystery and ancient sorrow.Īnd even as Prince Josua seeks to rally his scattered forces, Simon and the surviving members of the League of the Scroll are desperately struggling to discover the truth behind an almost-forgotten legend, which will take them from the fallen citadels of humans to the secret heartland of the Sithi-where near-immortals must at last decide whether to ally with the race of men in a final war against those of their own blood. It is a time of darkness, dread, and ultimate testing for the realm of Osten Ard, for the wild magic and terrifying minions of the undead Sithi ruler, Ineluki the Storm King, are spreading their seemingly undefeatable evil across the kingdom.
The second book in the trilogy that launched one of the most important fantasy writers of our time.
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