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edenfalling) wrote2016-06-21 04:24 pm
edenfalling) wrote2016-06-21 04:24 pm
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wherein Liz reads more stuff
I have now read The King of Attolia and A Conspiracy of Kings (and most of the extant Queen's Thief fic on AO3, as one does), and yes, this was a good choice. This is a good series. :)
I hear book five (and possibly also six?) may be released either this year or in 2017? I certainly hope so! I very badly want to see more of these characters, and also learn how their socio-political woes turn out. (Plus that volcano, which is a Chekhov's gun if I ever saw one.)
I think, of the four currently published volumes, The King of Attolia is my least favorite. Which is not to say that I disliked it, just that while I was convinced that Eugenides got through to Costis, his attendants, and Relius, I remain emotionally unconvinced that the events of the end of the book would really change Teleus's mind. I also think Gen was still playing idiot/useful tool in front of the barons, right? Which means he still wouldn't have been fully recognized/accepted as a reigning king in his own right, and that's weird to me since that recognition/acceptance (on his part and on others') was kind of the point of the book.
Eh, perhaps these things simply happen in stages.
On a much more trivial note, I am slightly perplexed by one issue of nomenclature: namely, I can't tell whether some of Attolis's attendants (Hilarion, Lamion, and Ion) are meant to be three separate characters or only two. I genuinely have NO IDEA if Ion is meant to be a nickname, and if so, for which of those longer names. I mean, nicknames exist in this setting! Gen has one! So does Dite! On the other hand, there's a character (Nomenus) in CoK who seems to have Ion as his actual full given name, which Sophos takes at face value and directly equates to Ion-the-attendant.
I was unable to find a scene in which Hilarion and/or Lamion directly addressed or thought about Ion, or vice versa, so I can't clear the confusion up that way.
Is there any fandom consensus on that issue?
I hear book five (and possibly also six?) may be released either this year or in 2017? I certainly hope so! I very badly want to see more of these characters, and also learn how their socio-political woes turn out. (Plus that volcano, which is a Chekhov's gun if I ever saw one.)
I think, of the four currently published volumes, The King of Attolia is my least favorite. Which is not to say that I disliked it, just that while I was convinced that Eugenides got through to Costis, his attendants, and Relius, I remain emotionally unconvinced that the events of the end of the book would really change Teleus's mind. I also think Gen was still playing idiot/useful tool in front of the barons, right? Which means he still wouldn't have been fully recognized/accepted as a reigning king in his own right, and that's weird to me since that recognition/acceptance (on his part and on others') was kind of the point of the book.
Eh, perhaps these things simply happen in stages.
On a much more trivial note, I am slightly perplexed by one issue of nomenclature: namely, I can't tell whether some of Attolis's attendants (Hilarion, Lamion, and Ion) are meant to be three separate characters or only two. I genuinely have NO IDEA if Ion is meant to be a nickname, and if so, for which of those longer names. I mean, nicknames exist in this setting! Gen has one! So does Dite! On the other hand, there's a character (Nomenus) in CoK who seems to have Ion as his actual full given name, which Sophos takes at face value and directly equates to Ion-the-attendant.
I was unable to find a scene in which Hilarion and/or Lamion directly addressed or thought about Ion, or vice versa, so I can't clear the confusion up that way.
Is there any fandom consensus on that issue?