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Words Like Coins (2012)

by Robin Hobb(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Subterranean Press

review 1: Lindo conto da Robin Hobb. Escrita impecável, o que não é nenhuma novidade em se tratando da Robin. Apesar de se passar no mesmo local da trilogia The Farseer/Saga do Assassino, o conto não tem personagens da saga e nem faz qualquer menção a eles, pelo menos que eu tenha notado. Achei a parte final com um desenvolvimento rápido demais e ficou parecendo que durante o processo de escrita a Robin se lembrou que deveria escrever um conto. Recomendo para os fãs da autora, mesmo aqueles que torcem o nariz para textos pequenos. A leitura é rápida e o livro tem ilustrações.
review 2: This was a really cool short story, although I wish that it had been a little longer. The concept here is really interesting, taking faeries and making something new from them,... more Piskies (or something like that). The idea of using words like Coins when talking to the creatures, and the consequences for mismanaging your money/words was really interesting. The story was too short to really establish any characters other than the main viewpoint character, and even she was inconsistent. She generally comes off as an intelligent, confident, strong woman, but her actions that were the impetus for the climax of the story were really goofy and seemingly out of character. Still, the result of it was entertaining and suspenseful, and I enjoyed the ending, even though their survival after the story ends was still in question depending of different factors out of their control. I really liked the illustrations that accompanied the story, as they are very well done and helped with my visualization of the faery like creatures. I will mention though, that this story is not apparently set in either of Robin Hobb's worlds from what I could tell (even though the description says that it is), something I didn't know before reading it. Still, I would recommend Words Like Coins, it's a quick, fun, interesting little read. less

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