Monday, May 05, 2008

Up Next in the Library

A quick note to mention that I have finished the Last Mythal series and am on to Robin Hobb's Forest Mage.

I will write up a review of the Last Mythal shortly, but I just wanted to say how excited I am to be reading a Hobb book again. The author digs deeply into the psyche of her characters to allow a deep and fully realized character to emerge. Her stories are narrative driven with less action than you see in most modern fantasy, but the lush detailing of her world building combined with the intense character study of her protagonists make her work feel less like a novelization and more like biography. I look forward to telling you more about it soon!

1 comment:

Mr. Hands said...

I read forest mage a while back and liked it. The last time i was at the library their computer system said it had the second one - but i couldn't find it.

Perhaps tomorrow when i go by they will have it.

Here is one to put in your list of "to reads" if you haven't ...

Devices and Desires by KJ Parker - book one of the Engineer trilogy.