I definitely enjoyed my time with the other characters too, particularly Lineas and Quill (I was VERY relieved that their page time didn't involve too much angsting over how the other felt about them, as that's a sort of thread I get very frustrated with).
I was really interested in how people dealt with obvious setbacks--like when Quill realized his careful report is totally being taken the wrong way (though I was glad that Connar had to totally rue his decision afterward), or when Connar had to deal, precisely, with the fact that that campaign was wrongheaded and not even celebrated--and for instance, I really loved seeing how Rat learned to deal with Connar. Rat's late-in-the-book appointment and how he reacted to it felt really real to me too. Sometimes, many years after you've had a disappointment that you think is unfair, you end up Getting The Thing, and you realize you're not the same person any more and don't particularly want it.
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Date: 2020-01-19 12:15 pm (UTC)I was really interested in how people dealt with obvious setbacks--like when Quill realized his careful report is totally being taken the wrong way (though I was glad that Connar had to totally rue his decision afterward), or when Connar had to deal, precisely, with the fact that that campaign was wrongheaded and not even celebrated--and for instance, I really loved seeing how Rat learned to deal with Connar. Rat's late-in-the-book appointment and how he reacted to it felt really real to me too. Sometimes, many years after you've had a disappointment that you think is unfair, you end up Getting The Thing, and you realize you're not the same person any more and don't particularly want it.