[Dragaera] Jhegaala - Basically Insignificant Spoilers

[Louis Eastman]

Vlad basically didn't do much or any good by showing up, and while he might
have not been at fault he hardly acted Vlad-like. Though, I suppose, he has
been overly emotional before and it's led to him making mistakes. In order,
though (spoilers):











     We're deliberately told we shall never know anything about Vlad's mom
and her family, right after being told just enough to intrigue us. It's like
showing up to a restaurant, nibbling on the bread, and getting kicked out.
We're even more hungry from that little bit.
     Vlad only accomplishes killing people, and while they may have been
pretty bad people, the Count to me seemed fairly good. As soon as he saw
what the other two did, he gave Vlad the best treatment and willingly served
as his ally. Vlad even describes him as a good man. And then he steals the
recipe for paper milling which runs the town and essentially sends it to
Zerika as a final fuck-you that really seems undeserved.
    On that note, perhaps if Vlad ever gets back he'll be duked or something
appropriate. Heh. That'd be funny.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Ken Koester <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov>
wrote:

> Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood wrote:
>
>  Actually, I think what I missed was the presence of other interesting
>> supporting characters. One of the things I really loved about _Issola_ was
>> getting to know Lady Teldra so well, and in other books we've had
>> significant interactions with Morrolan, Sethra, Kragar, et al, or met new
>> characters like Savn (whom I liked). But part of the point of this book, I
>> think, was that Vlad was ironically alone among Easterners, and I found that
>> both somewhat depressing and disappointing from the point of view of not
>> getting to know someone new.
>>
>> All that being said, I'm not sorry I bought the hardcover, and I'll
>> probably re-read it this weekend. :)
>>
>>  I do wonder if we will see any more adventures in Fenario; Vlad was there
> long enough for there to have been some.  Can't say more, or the message
> title will be wrong (-;
>
> OT:  I find I have 17 pieces of mail in my junk folder.  Not sure of the
> significance of that. . . .
>
> Snarkhunter
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