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Title: Sethra Lavode (V of A) by Steven Brust ISBN: 0-312-85581-8 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: a satisfying conclusion
Comment: While this is sold as the third book in a trilogy, it is really the third part of a single novel. Past Kaavhren Romances have started slowly, introducing a lot of characters and plot threads, then picked up in the middle, and finally come together in a definitive ending. This story (The Viscount Of Adrilankha) is exactly the same, except those three portions of the novel are split between three books. The first (Paths Of The Dead) therefore suffered greatly, because it was slow and had no payoff. The second (Lord Of Castle Black) was more entertaining, but also had no payoff. That was because the payoff comes in the third book.
Much is learned regarding the relationship between Love, Duty, Honor, and Friendship. A father learns that he can love his son without necessarily understanding or approving of everything he does. An empress learns the value of subjects who respect her enough to fail to show her respect. And a dragonlord learns much about his sword, as well as interior decorating and the science of throwing a party.
The reader, however, learns very little about Sethra Lavode, even though she is the lynchpin around which the rest of the plot revolves.
These three books would probably rate five stars if they were published together as a single volume, but individually none of them quite reaches that level. Neither Lord Of Castle Black nor Sethra Lavode can really be read on their own, and Paths Of The Dead really isn't worth reading on its own.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not about the title character
Comment: The book is good. Oh I could nitpick here and there wanting a little more of the Lyorn Ariec's journey, a little more of Verra's judgment reward, a little more danger in the city battle (get past one fort or make a second attempt on the empress). I also don't understand why Morolean did not finish the 4th village, why a few more people were not honnored at the end, or (and this could be the biggest item) the book is titled the way it is when there is no more about Sethra in this book than in many others. The book is the 3rd in a series about a number of characters we like. I almost do think it would be best read immediately after the other two. Nits aside, I laughed out loud several times delighting in the dragerean approach to time and turns of phrases.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beyond a Doubt
Comment: The Viscount of Ardilanka series stood in stark contrast to the previous Khaavren Romances, Phoenix Guards and 500 Years After; yet it's style was that of one continous novel- as it was meant to be. The last addition, Sethra Lavode was no exception to Brust's usual brilliance. Thus, this emotionally charged epic moves us to a realization that the four's friendship is a timeless relationship that is unmatched by any other story. I give this book five stars because it moved me, the conclusion of Khaavren's story is a complete and fulfilling end.
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Title: The Lord of Castle Black (Viscount of Adrilankha, Book 2) by Steven Brust ISBN: 0312855826 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Paths of the Dead (The Viscount of Adrilankha, Book 1) by Steven Brust ISBN: 0812534174 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 18 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Wellspring of Chaos (Saga of Recluce) by L. E. Modesitt ISBN: 0765309076 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 17 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows, Book 2) by Raymond E. Feist ISBN: 0380977095 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Paladin of Souls: A Novel by Lois McMaster Bujold ISBN: 0380979020 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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