I've read some of Pierce's other books. I loved Darkangel and Gathering of Gargoyles. The third book in that series, Pearl at the Soul of the World, wasn't as good, especially given that we had to wait more than a decade for it. Darkangel stands perfectly well on its own, however.
The Woman Who Loved Reindeer was well written, but I seem to remember being a bit squicked by it. My memories are very, very vague, however, and I might be mixing it up with another book. My view of it may also have suffered from the fact that it came out between Gathering of Gargoyles and Pearl at the Soul of the World. I was cranky that it was a different story in an different world.
The trilogy that starts with Birth of the Firebringer has twice defeated my attempts to read it. I've gotten through the first book twice (years apart) but no further. It's interesting in that the characters are unicorns. Pierce doesn't forget that they don't have hands.
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Date: 2008-04-25 04:06 am (UTC)The Woman Who Loved Reindeer was well written, but I seem to remember being a bit squicked by it. My memories are very, very vague, however, and I might be mixing it up with another book. My view of it may also have suffered from the fact that it came out between Gathering of Gargoyles and Pearl at the Soul of the World. I was cranky that it was a different story in an different world.
The trilogy that starts with Birth of the Firebringer has twice defeated my attempts to read it. I've gotten through the first book twice (years apart) but no further. It's interesting in that the characters are unicorns. Pierce doesn't forget that they don't have hands.