Though I think Lymond was annoying, I was impressed by the series overall (the last three books in particular); there seemed far more substance to them than I found in any of Kay's subsequent things. It's like in Tigana and afterward he was aping her style and emotional angst nexes but without the substance. I'd get bored because I knew where everything was going.
I disliked the third Fianovar book as it seemed really, really stodgy, superlative everything (the wickest villain, the longest torture sequence, the biggest armies, the worst battle, the toughest march, the terriblest weather...) little of the saving humor of the second, and I skimmed a whole lot of it. The second book remains my favorite of his.
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Re: You're reading my mind
Date: 2004-08-23 08:51 pm (UTC)I disliked the third Fianovar book as it seemed really, really stodgy, superlative everything (the wickest villain, the longest torture sequence, the biggest armies, the worst battle, the toughest march, the terriblest weather...) little of the saving humor of the second, and I skimmed a whole lot of it. The second book remains my favorite of his.