[Dragaera] Dzur reactions (SPOILERS, dammit)

[Johne Cook]

On 8/8/06, Kate Nepveu <kate.nepveu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ack, what's the list's spoiler policy? Do I need blank lines?
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> Just to be safe, since these are huge spoilers:
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> > Bloodless climaxes may be all the rage in diplomacy, but I was sort of
> > yearning for something... else.
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> Aww, see, that's what I love about it. In the last book about a
> war-like House, _Dragon_, Vlad's desparately trying to *become* a
> Dragon--and is deeply unhappy and unsuited for it.
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> Here, he learns about the Dzur, and then deliberately chooses *not* to
> act as  a Dzur, because he _isn't_. In fact, he does not personally
> kill a single person in this book, which I believe must be a
> first--Lady Teldra does, and he orders a killing, but Vlad himself
> doesn't kill anyone.
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> It shows how far he's come, and that's really important.

Agreed.  If this were the first half to a complete work, I'd have a
different opinion.  But as a stand-alone work as part of a larger,
storyline, it felt unfinished, groundwork instead of its own
destination.
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johne cook - wisconsin, usa
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