I need more caffiene.

[starlady]

I've been on a Valdemar kick lately (read: since Sunday night), and as usual I am faintly disturbed by the level of abuse to which Mercedes Lackey subjects her characters. They are good books though, for the most part, although some of them are not. At any rate, of the books I haven't read before, I just finished Brightly Burning and Exile's Valor. BB was pretty forgettable, the only really interesting thing about it was the bond between Lavan and his Companion. Exile's Valor, however, was excellent--Alberich is an awesome character and, although anyone who's read almost any other Valdemar book would know the ending before it began, it was really well plotted. I was slightly non-plussed, however, by the introduction of "Herald-Chronicler Myste," who winds up Alberich's lover. Um, Mercedes Lackey's nickname is Misty. And the way she described Myste would not, I think, be entirely inaccurate applied to her. As a writer myself, I find putting your alter ego in bed with one of your characters to be slightly ishy, although I suspect that it's not entirely uncommon for an author to fall a little in love with one of his or her creations--William Faulkner and Caddy, Philip Pullman and Lyra. I guess we know who Lackey's favorite character is, however. That being said, though, however much Myste is or is not based in the reality of her author, she's a great character and it's a shame she's not in the other Valdemar books that were written earlier but are set later. I do confess to being disappointed, however, that Eldan wasn't in this book, as he is one of my favorites.

So, as you can guess, I haven't been doing much. I did go see Nicole's production of "Beauty & the Beast," which was good overall, although I question the entire musical in the first place, if it's not Julie Taymor's "The Lion King" why not just watch the movie? I am, however, going to Boston this weekend.

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Comments

[sparowhawk.livejournal.com]

I love mercedes lackey's books. Even the ones that you can guess the ending in 30 seconds after starting. I haven't read most of the exile books. I think I read the first one.... burning brightly was ok but it should have either been made into a 3 some or better in general. My favorite series are the gyphon books, the owl ones and the arrows series. my least favorite has been the oath books but i think this is because i read them when i was younger and they get kind of detailed in the gory bits.

otherwise, i will attempt to call you in the next day or so. we should hang out - even if the english are coming.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

the gryphon ones were good, the 3rd one seemed lame and i never read it. i just re-read the winds books and i think i might like those best in some ways. the owl ones were all right, i just finally read the 3rd one. arrows are really good...but i think the best are the last herald-mage. if you get a chance to read the 2nd exile book, i really liked it.