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The Sea Thy Mistress (2011)

by Elizabeth Bear(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0765318849 (ISBN13: 9780765318848)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

series

The Edda of Burdens

review 1: c2011: Yay - I understood this book a lot better. Ms Bear has the most beguiling style of writing - sparse yet full of meaning and intent. I believe that this sequel was supposed to have been published in 2009 so it is quite late - and I wonder when the 3rd is due out. Mind you - conflicting thoughts whether I would prefer Ms Bear to concentrate on finishing this sequel or finishing the wolf trilogy written with Sarah Monette. I didn't even find the names confusing this time - another yay. FWFTB: immortal, revenge, renewed, oaths, Valdyrgard. FCN: Cathoir, Muire, Heythe, Selena, Cathmar. "A rough voice, familiar in its softness. He had dreamed, when he still slept, about that voice, like a hand riffling th fine hairs at the back of his neck."
review 2: A fulfil... moreling final book in the Eda of Burdens series. I really enjoyed that the timing of the three books in the series was not chronological. It was interesting going back to the future after reading the prequel as the second book in the series. I would probably like to go back and read these books more closely together at some point. Bear's prose is so image heavy and non-linear that I had trouble remembering exactly what happened in the first book. In some ways, this was the first book in the series where I felt my knowledge of what was going on outweighed my questions. And most of the questions I had, I knew had answers in the first or second book, but since I got the copies from the library I didn't have them on hand to reference. I felt like the POV shifted a lot for such a short book. I think that this has been the case throughout the series though. This time I just didn't need to see each little bit through a different character's eyes. I was very distant from Cathoair's grief, possibly because he wasn't part of the second book, but more likely because we weren't in his point of view enough for me to really understand. Everyone else understood and had accepted Muire's sacrifice. It was hard to see why he had not. I felt like Mingan, the Wolf, played a very understated role in this book, which was kind of sad because I had come to really care about his character.For some reason, the imagery didn't strike me as much in this book as it did in the first two. Instead it was much more story and character driven instead of being world driven. But by this time, I was so invested in seeing the story to it's conclusion that I didn't mind the change too much. I think I would definitely recommend reading this series with all of the books on hand though. less

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