Gap newbie - reassurance required!
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Gap newbie - reassurance required!
OK. Just finished The Real Story and I'm about 3/4 of the way through Forbidden Knowledge.
I've bought A dark and Hungry God and it's on my 'to read' shelf.
But PLEASE can someone assure me that there's a (yes just ONE!) character in this series that can inspire me?
I absolutely refuse to read a series of books, even by an author that I respect as much as SRD, without a single character that I can admire.
PLEASE re-assure me!
I've bought A dark and Hungry God and it's on my 'to read' shelf.
But PLEASE can someone assure me that there's a (yes just ONE!) character in this series that can inspire me?
I absolutely refuse to read a series of books, even by an author that I respect as much as SRD, without a single character that I can admire.
PLEASE re-assure me!
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The Gap series is a story of corruption and redemption.
There are characters that rise.
There are characters that fall.
There are characters that do both.
There are characters that do neither.
Figuring out which is which - that's your job.
There are characters that rise.
There are characters that fall.
There are characters that do both.
There are characters that do neither.
Figuring out which is which - that's your job.
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Linden Lover and proud of it...
But I love my wife more!
"Desecration requires no knowledge. It comes freely to any willing hand." - Amok
I found there were 2 characters I admired. Both of them because they were true to themselves and never made any concessions. They made mistakes, but they knew they'd made them and learnt from them. They were both also very "cool".
No prizes for guessing who they were.
No prizes for guessing who they were.
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Re: Gap newbie - reassurance required!
Stonemaybe wrote:OK. Just finished The Real Story and I'm about 3/4 of the way through Forbidden Knowledge.
I've bought A dark and Hungry God and it's on my 'to read' shelf.
But PLEASE can someone assure me that there's a (yes just ONE!) character in this series that can inspire me?
I absolutely refuse to read a series of books, even by an author that I respect as much as SRD, without a single character that I can admire.
PLEASE re-assure me!
Warden is a constant source of inspiration in the final 2 books. Keep going.
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They'll all piss you off more than once.(Even Warden who is my hunny bun, sugar plum, pumpy upmy upmkin.)
Anyway, despite the fact that it will seem like they all frustrate you more than reward you, it's still worth it.
Keep on truckin, Stone!
Anyway, despite the fact that it will seem like they all frustrate you more than reward you, it's still worth it.
Keep on truckin, Stone!
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Angus gets better with each book. He doesn't do a whole lot in Forbidden, though. I just finished the series, and it gets better with each book imo, at least through the first 3. I'd rate RS a C+, FK a B+, Dark and Hung an A, Chaos an A/A+ and This Day an A/A+. Or something about like that. Oh, and I think Lane Harbinger is totally hot. Min Donner becomes a good character in the last two books, as well as Warden.
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Billingate is like the point when everything suddenly comes together with a very large bang. For me it was like the turning point of the series when everything had finally been set up and SRD could start to run with the story.
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
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Good post, VS. It's a telling thing that the book starts with Holt Fasner.variol son wrote:Billingate is like the point when everything suddenly comes together with a very large bang. For me it was like the turning point of the series when everything had finally been set up and SRD could start to run with the story.
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Very much so. It sets the tone for the whole book.
A Dark and Hungry God Arises (I've never been convinced about the title by the way) is where all the pieces come together, but Chaos and Order is where the real shit hits the fan for Angus, Morn, Nick and others. You'll love it Stonemaybe.
A Dark and Hungry God Arises (I've never been convinced about the title by the way) is where all the pieces come together, but Chaos and Order is where the real shit hits the fan for Angus, Morn, Nick and others. You'll love it Stonemaybe.
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
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Chaos and Order is outstanding. It might be my second favourite.variol son wrote:Very much so. It sets the tone for the whole book.
A Dark and Hungry God Arises (I've never been convinced about the title by the way) is where all the pieces come together, but Chaos and Order is where the real shit hits the fan for Angus, Morn, Nick and others. You'll love it Stonemaybe.
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