Tavi doesn't really come into his own until later. Mostly when he gives in to his fate as *spoiler*'s personal property. (Like, the character's name is kind of a spoiler.) He does get much better, though, even though he's not my favorite in the series. The first book is mostly awesome for the supporting characters (BTW, in later books, I suspect Isana/Fade will seriously hit your kinks. I think Butcher handles relationships better, there, possibly because of genre convetions that say it's ok to have various romantic relationships without triangles and revolving doors and such.) Butcher settles in pretty well, though, and never hesitates to verbally and physically smack Tavi around if he tries any "woe is me" garbage. In general, I think Tavi is a better done "coming of age destined fantasy hero." Then again, I suspect that with Tavi and Harry both, Butcher is deliberately smacking around the more popular "Hero" characters.
Though I should also mention that I read books 2-3 back to back (about 6 months apart) with the first 2 Eragon books.
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Date: 2008-08-28 08:37 pm (UTC)Though I should also mention that I read books 2-3 back to back (about 6 months apart) with the first 2 Eragon books.