There are actually striking similarities between the two styles, at least IMHO. But they're definitely two different-purpose types of reading for me. I can't read the West novels one at a time, and I won't start a reading without plenty of brain-space for all those subplots. Oh yes, and a box of tissues. (But they're happy tears, mostly.) I think of them as a vast tapestry on which the fate of the world is described.
On the other hand, I read the Sagara novels for fun action with lots of entertaining irony. Kaylin feels much younger than anyone in the West novels, despite her history, which I think accounts for the slight YA feel. The characters still have depth, but there's not as much of the gorgeous embroidered detail. A little bit of Buffy, but more... Alanna, from the Lioness Rampant books by Tamora Pierce.
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Date: 2007-04-03 05:10 am (UTC)On the other hand, I read the Sagara novels for fun action with lots of entertaining irony. Kaylin feels much younger than anyone in the West novels, despite her history, which I think accounts for the slight YA feel. The characters still have depth, but there's not as much of the gorgeous embroidered detail. A little bit of Buffy, but more... Alanna, from the Lioness Rampant books by Tamora Pierce.