book thrall - Kushiel's Dart

[juldea]

I find it interesting that londo seems not to understand book thrall.

This weekend is gaming weekend, and I hopped on a train this afternoon to come to Worcester and game. Anticipating a boring train ride and having knit for several hours the previous night, I grabbed a book from my pile of books lent to me. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey, lent to me from my half-landlord, friend, and downstairs neighbor.

I have not yet played a game at gaming weekend. Heh. londo has asked me why I came to gaming weekend, if I'm not gaming. I intended to! But...


book!!

I also bowed out early tonight from exhaustion, but in reality who knows how many more hours I'll stay up reading in bed. Mmmmm, book.

Comments

[anitra.livejournal.com]

While I didn't like Kushiel's Dart (do you want our copy? You can probably take it...) I do completely understand book thrall. Unfortunately for me, nightskyre doesn't really "get it" - especially when, like alexx_kay, I'm re-reading a book for the 4th or 5th time.

He also doesn't get why it only happens with novels. I find it incredibly hard to pick up a piece of non-fiction and read it through, without stopping to read more novels. Doesn't matter what kind of non-fiction it is, or even how interesting I find it. If I don't sit down and read the whole thing in a day or two, I'll be "reading" it for months; and in the meantime, I will have read numerous novels, even ones I've read before.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I'll take your copy for sure. :) What did you dislike about it?

[anitra.livejournal.com]

This may sound stupid...

As a Christian (albeit one who LOVES sci-fi and fantasy), I found myself repeatedly thinking, "I really shouldn't be reading this." It's pretty graphically erotic in some places, enough to make me very uncomfortable. I should have known, since the main character is a highly-paid prostitute.

Also, some of the mythology/background freaked me out a bit. It's just a little too close to the real history of Christianity/religion in Europe.

It was good enough that I finished the book, but I don't have a desire to read it again (unusual for me), nor to read the rest of the trilogy.

Before I can give it to you, I'll have to check with nightskyre, though. He originally bought the book, but hasn't read it yet. He might not ever read it - for the same reasons as I stated above.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

*nod* It doesn't sound stupid. I admit I was a little curious upon hearing that you had read it, wondering how you had taken the religious ... views, histories, and discussions in the book. The Yeshuites are the closest things to Christians they have, and while they are not treated harshly they are certainly not meant to be praised as the ones with the Truth.

That, and the graphic erotica. Not even that, really - the nature of the graphic erotica. Even if you suppose that Phedre really is 'magical' in some way such that pain=>pleasure, it's still pretty weird to read and try to comprehend.

Further discussion on that topic, however, is NOT for a public LJ post. *grin*