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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Well, I've finished it now, and there were two things wrong
(1) The self-doubt that was OK in the young character does become increasingly annoying as the character gains in power and experience.
(2) The ending requires the villain to behave in a unbelievably stupid way.
So only 3/5 for me.
I note that as well as being early in internal Chronology, they were also written fairly early on in her career. I didn't notice this flaw in the Mage War novels, so I'm hoping this was an result of not being experienced enough to avoid the whining tone.
Anyway, next up: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys. A recent daily deal, and well worth a re-read, as I'm sure I've read it before.
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Thanks, Paul. I'd recently been reading the Herald Spy trilogy, and didn't have a problem with any whiny characters, so I admit to being a bit taken aback. It had been so long since I read these that I admit I had almost no memory at all. Occasional snippets, but none of the overall story, really.