[Dragaera] I reviewed Hawk. :-/

[Jerry Friedman via Dragaera]

> On Sunday, November 2, 2014 4:31 AM, Jon Lincicum via Dragaera <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:

> > On 11/1/2014 9:04 PM, Jerry Friedman via Dragaera wrote:
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>> 
>>  You mean the revelation that Tukko sleeps sometimes? :-)
>> 
>>  I liked the scene, but I can see why Steve Rapaport said it only advances
>>  the Lady Teldra arc a millimeter (with a bit of exaggeration, or 
> understatement,
>>  or whatever that is).  After that scene, her relationship with Vlad is
>>  back to where it was before, as far as I can tell.  I suppose that in
>>  future books we can expect her to fight physically for him again.
>> 
>> 
>>  Did I miss other huge major revelations?
>> 
> 
> Well, it is, of course, by its very nature speculation.
> 
> But the way Iceflame and Lady Teldra reacted to one another seems to 
> indicate that at some point, they (and their respective wielders) will 
> find their destinies diametrically opposed to one another.
> 
> This could well mean that after 200,000+ years, it may be Sethra's fate 
> to finish the job she failed to do so long ago and "hamstring the 
> yendi" 
> (i.e. kill Vlad, i.e. the destroy soul of Dolivar).

Or at least her fate to be faced with the decision again.  Incidentally,
I don't think I'd noticed how amusing "hamstring the yendi" is.

Anyway, that's an interesting speculation, which I hadn't thought of.

> Is this reading too much into the encounter? Very likely. However, the 
> encounter does open up some possibilities for speculation (such as this) 
> that had not really been hinted at before.
> 
>>>  To me, it's more important that each book tells an interesting 
> story on
>>>  its own merit than that we get major arc-plot advancements. I found 
> this
>>>  to be a very refreshing old-style Vlad tale; where he sees a problem,
>>>  goes out and tackles it in his own way, and comes out of the experience
>>>  a little wiser, and a little more prepared for what is to some next.
>>> 
>>>  If every book were on the scale of /Issola/, with mighty battles 
> against
>>>  Jenoine and the gods and who knows what all, I believe the series would
>>>  burn out far too quickly; and that would make me sad.
>> 
>>  I want books to be like /Dragon/, /Phoenix/, and /Athyra/, where Vlad 
> really
>>  grows, or understands something he didn't before.  But I suppose there 
> are
>>  only so many opportunities for that available.  And I would like to start
>>  seeing more hints about the final plot, as well as developments in 
>> Vlad's  love life (which the way may be open for now).
> 
> Hmmm. I saw quite a bit of that in /Hawk/. It certainly wasn't as flashy 
> as it has been in some of the other books.
> 
> But there are times when Steve likes to put the "b" in subtle, I 
> suppose.

Could I prevail upon you to do me and others the honor of vouchsafing us
one or two examples?

Jerry Friedman