My #bookhaul from my local library's FOTL book sale today. My daughter found her own stack as well. A much needed bibliotherapy run. Found a B&N hardcover edition of The Little Princess and a few Royal Family magazines from the 1980s. All in all, a good haul. 📚 ❤️
so-soAnd Eternity is another mixed bag. Anthony‘s writing style still irks me. His characters are shallow. He spends more time describing every inch of women‘s bodies than he does on deep storytelling.
pickI was happy to see that this book mostly held up. It was my favorite when I was a kid and it remains my favorite today. It has its faults but it‘s the most emotionally complex of the bunch.
so-soIf there‘s one thing I‘ve learned in my reread of this series, it‘s that I‘m no longer fond of Piers Anthony‘s writing style. As a kid, it was direct and accessible. Now, I find it shallow. This book, like all the others, has the hallmarks of an interesting story that are buried underneath plodding structure and clunky prose. Plus that twist? I don‘t know, I found it a little laughable.
so-soAs with the rest of this series, there are hits and misses. Plenty of imaginative stuff, and I appreciated that Mym was from a different cultural background than the rest of the incarnations. Still, Anthony only seemed to focus on Mym‘s “need” for concubines, and all of his female characters remain as flat as cardboard.
so-soThis is Anthony‘s first female protagonist in the series and much of the book serves to highlight just how shallowly he writes his women. The book is fine, as with the others, but he definitely seems like the type of male author who spends more time describing the women in his stories than actually characterizing them.
pickOn the whole, I think I enjoyed this second entry more than the first. Again, the same issues linger with Anthony‘s prose and characterization, but the narrative was more engaging and dynamic.
I can‘t stand 1st person narrative most of the time. Mainly because it comes off as immature and a lot of tell and no show. There‘s a reason English teachers get picky about it😂 It just ends up sounding choppy and I can‘t get invested in the story. I‘ve only read a few books where the author pulls it off but mostly I find it annoying and avoid it.
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