My public confession -- I've only ever read the first book, on gleeful and repeated berating recommendation from a friend, and I didn't like it very much. But yes, the setting/the world was the most imaginative and best part, for me -- it made me respect Hamilton, raised her above the "fluff" level, a bit.
(And my heart did sincerely break for Philip, when she raised him and he was all confused... but I think I might have been more into bishounen then... ^__^)
Judging from online excerpts, though, this seems to have gone completely by the wayside, and that's really a shame. The pregnancy scare in particular just bored me to tears, tears I tell you. I can flip on any given soap and see that, what's interesting about that? I wanted more of the unique politics and government and class warfare and crap!!
(Yes, yes, I know, it's not my series, I don't get to decide what it focuses on. *grumbles quietly*)
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Date: 2007-05-04 03:13 pm (UTC)beratingrecommendation from a friend, and I didn't like it very much. But yes, the setting/the world was the most imaginative and best part, for me -- it made me respect Hamilton, raised her above the "fluff" level, a bit.(And my heart did sincerely break for Philip, when she raised him and he was all confused... but I think I might have been more into bishounen then... ^__^)
Judging from online excerpts, though, this seems to have gone completely by the wayside, and that's really a shame. The pregnancy scare in particular just bored me to tears, tears I tell you. I can flip on any given soap and see that, what's interesting about that? I wanted more of the unique politics and government and class warfare and crap!!
(Yes, yes, I know, it's not my series, I don't get to decide what it focuses on. *grumbles quietly*)