![]() ![]() It’s good fun, great background reading for players designing their paladin characters. ![]() If we go back to the question of whether genre lit is literary fiction, this isn’t. But it’s not the same as good literature. Sheepfarmer’s Daughter was a military fantasy, here we have sword & sorcery quest stories in a world that seems created for a rpg campaign. And all was well, because the world gave us impression of being more complicated and ambiguous than our heroine. She had the best intentions and certain simple-mindedness that we can find in children, village fools and paladins. In the first instalment we had a young solder, Paksenarrion/Paks, learning her trade and learning about the world. In this case I’m in the target group, but after book one I hoped for more. Not bad, but not very demanding, mass produced fun for specific target group. What happened is a transformation into something similar to good tie-in novels, Pathfinder Tales or classic D&D titles come to mind. The warning signs were there, but it could go either way. So now, having finished the rest of the Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy, I feel like I should follow up.Ģnd and 3rd books are not bad, but slightly disappointing. ![]() Book I liked very much for reasons then explained. Ok, so last week I ranted about Halloween and also reviewed Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon. ![]()
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