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Old 05-28-2016, 01:45 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by CRussel View Post
In some sense, I'm with Tom here. I pretty much ignored any political overtones, because I was caught up on the science. For me, the highlight of the entire book was Rowan's working out how the Guidestars are falling but never reach the ground. The scientific method laid out in logical detail.

Other high points include the overall world building - the very concept of having a whole group of people whose job it is to walk around and learn while teaching. (Yes, there are other examples in history, but none with quite this flavour that I'm aware of.)

Also, the relationship between Bel and Rowan, and the development of both characters. As some here know, I'm strongly drawn to books that are character driven, and especially when there are strong female characters who are more than just "super-amazons". In The Steerswoman, we have two very different women protagonists who are both multi-faceted. (Both characters continue to grow in later books in the series, but I'm trying to avoid going into anything there.)

Finally, the one thing I really, really didn't like. I thought the scene with Bel extracting information was unnecessary, inappropriate, and detracted from both the story and the character. And I'd actually like to ask Rosemary to justify it, or explain why she thought it was necessary.
Hi Charlie,

I agree with all of your thoughts on the book. I also especially like how two such different women were drawn together and grow as characters in the book.

It was interesting for me how the author showed how each character was working things out for themselves too. I don't usually see this in as much detail in other books.

I also agree about the information scene as being unnecessary, and I'm not really sure why it needed to be in the book.

I went on to read the entire series and have enjoyed them to date.

Actually that's kind of why I forgot to start talking about them - I already finished the series, another trilogy and am now on a new set. I read too fast and I can't help it. I think because my son interrupts me and it made me start reading faster and faster and now I'm in the habit of trying to cram it in asap before he interrupts me. He's older now and doesn't interrupt like he used to, but I have difficulty slowing down.
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