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schneefink) wrote2015-11-19 08:40 pm
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Shadows of the Apt 4: Salute the Dark
Yeah, that break between books that I wanted to take to do something more productive didn't happen. I read book 4 today, and THINGS happened. Whoa.
SALMA :( Dammit, I was hoping he would survive, I liked him a lot :( Lord of the Wastes, and he saved Sarn. I even liked his relationship with Prized by Dragons much better here (I wonder if she'll change her name again?) I like that she'll carry on and preside over the city he dreamed of, the one for refugees and dispossessed and with no native kinden, and that they named it after him. Princep Salmae.
Regent-General Thalric! After killing General Reiner and Colonel Latvoc. Wow, what a journey. I'm not sure why Seda married him and not Brugan or any other nobleman. Maybe because he has no power of his own so he's not a danger to her? Maybe she liked that he's an idealist. It's cute that he had a crush on Che.
Aagen as the ambassador to Collegium, nice choice. Let's see how the Empire develops. It lost several armies, it has to stabilize internally, but eventually Seda too will want to conquer to gain the approval of her people. Good on Seda to recognize how dangerous Uctebri is and kill him.
(Can we have a feminist movement among the wasps, yes please.)
Totho… He turned on the Empire, he freed Szar and killed almost an entire army, but he is still working with Drephos. I don't really understand him. At least he's not working for the Empire anymore. Drephos doesn't care who we works for as long as he has the resources he needs, which will be a bit harder outside of the Empire, but he's still extremely dangerous.
Tisamon would have needed so much therapy. So much.
Tynisa now too, but making her way to Capitas on her own and almost freeing Tisamon was very impressive.
Similarly, Che! Helping Kymene take back Myna! With the help of the moths of Tharn's failed ritual and Achaeon's death, ouch.
Nero also died, after following Taki to Solarno. Many people in this world fall in love very quickly. I liked how Taki handled it, even that she mourned the destruction of her flying machine more. She'll be the best pilot in the Lowlands.
We got a brief look at the Commonweal, interesting. At least Salma got a chance to say goodbye, if only in a letter. Nice trick, Stenwold, you did learn a lot from the spiders. That Collegium didn't fall was luck and timing, but hey, every once in a while…
Collegium and Sarn didn't fall, many cities shook off the Empire, but Felyal was destroyed and the mantis-kinden almost wiped out, the Spiderlands suffered a defeat, and the moths of Tharn sort of accidentally committed suicide. High cost. The Inapt suffered some of the worst losses.
There are six more books!, a lot more to come, but this is a good stopping point for now.
SALMA :( Dammit, I was hoping he would survive, I liked him a lot :( Lord of the Wastes, and he saved Sarn. I even liked his relationship with Prized by Dragons much better here (I wonder if she'll change her name again?) I like that she'll carry on and preside over the city he dreamed of, the one for refugees and dispossessed and with no native kinden, and that they named it after him. Princep Salmae.
Regent-General Thalric! After killing General Reiner and Colonel Latvoc. Wow, what a journey. I'm not sure why Seda married him and not Brugan or any other nobleman. Maybe because he has no power of his own so he's not a danger to her? Maybe she liked that he's an idealist. It's cute that he had a crush on Che.
Aagen as the ambassador to Collegium, nice choice. Let's see how the Empire develops. It lost several armies, it has to stabilize internally, but eventually Seda too will want to conquer to gain the approval of her people. Good on Seda to recognize how dangerous Uctebri is and kill him.
(Can we have a feminist movement among the wasps, yes please.)
Totho… He turned on the Empire, he freed Szar and killed almost an entire army, but he is still working with Drephos. I don't really understand him. At least he's not working for the Empire anymore. Drephos doesn't care who we works for as long as he has the resources he needs, which will be a bit harder outside of the Empire, but he's still extremely dangerous.
Tisamon would have needed so much therapy. So much.
Tynisa now too, but making her way to Capitas on her own and almost freeing Tisamon was very impressive.
Similarly, Che! Helping Kymene take back Myna! With the help of the moths of Tharn's failed ritual and Achaeon's death, ouch.
Nero also died, after following Taki to Solarno. Many people in this world fall in love very quickly. I liked how Taki handled it, even that she mourned the destruction of her flying machine more. She'll be the best pilot in the Lowlands.
We got a brief look at the Commonweal, interesting. At least Salma got a chance to say goodbye, if only in a letter. Nice trick, Stenwold, you did learn a lot from the spiders. That Collegium didn't fall was luck and timing, but hey, every once in a while…
Collegium and Sarn didn't fall, many cities shook off the Empire, but Felyal was destroyed and the mantis-kinden almost wiped out, the Spiderlands suffered a defeat, and the moths of Tharn sort of accidentally committed suicide. High cost. The Inapt suffered some of the worst losses.
There are six more books!, a lot more to come, but this is a good stopping point for now.