GGK's prose is as lovely as always, and I still appreciate the moral ambiguity of all the characters and their motivations. I may also be too influenced by modern takes on slavery, since this book is almost 30 years old now. I also still haven't resolved the slavery thing, I'll keep thinking on that for a while. Catriana comes the closest to having a reason to exist in the book besides her romantic relation to a man. Which is part of her character, but I didn't like it. That scene with Catriana in the beginning of the book tainted my view of her for the rest of the book, even though she never slept with anybody else. I hate it when you notice one thing and then can't divorce that judgment from the rest of the book.įor instance: all of the women are beautiful, all have a rather extended sex scene (maybe not Alais).
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