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[meganbmoore]

Not that I need more books, but can anyone offer up opinion on Sara Douglass's Wayfarer books, Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel books, Brian Sanderson's Mistborn books, or Elizabeth Hayden's Symphony of Ages books?  (Yes, I know those aren't the official titles for some...)

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

You say "sacred masochist prostitute saves the world" and my my first thought is "Is if based on a Kaori Yuki or Higuri You manga?"

[snarp]

Closer to Higuri You in terms of narrative sanity, but to Kaori Yuki in terms of happy-ending-ness and relative well-meaning-ness of the protagonists. (And it worries me that I consider people like Cain and Kira "well-meaning," but, you know. Relative to Cesare!) They are both pretty good comparisons, though. I agree with rachelmanija that Carey is a love-her-or-hate-her type writer.

Midway through Douglass's Wayfarer books, I discovered that I had developed a sharp personal dislike for every single named character.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Hmm...well, with Cain it is usually justice or self-protection, I think. He's just more than a wee bit diabolical. Kira...err..."He did it all for love!" is a fairly legitimate argument, you know! Though that could also be said of Cesare...

Hmm, what about Laures...

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

It does have a certain vibe of SM chic/Everyone Is Bi/Exotification of European History that way, yes. But the plots are slightly more sane. And women aren't all evil or dead, you know :)