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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Loved the way each story is told with a different writing style. Vlad is such a great character. ( ) An omnibus volume featuring books four and five (by publication order) of Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series, about an assassin/crime boss living in a fantasy realm where humans are considered second-class citizens by the elflike Dragaerans. Taltos: Although this was the fourth book in the series to be published, it's set before any of the previous ones. And, really, it's not one story, but two stories somewhat oddly interleaved. One gives us the details of an adventure alluded to in earlier volumes, in which Vlad goes on a mission to bring a soul back from the dead. The other gives some backstory on Vlad's life and the early days of his assassin's career. The two are told in strict alternation, scene-by-scene, even though they're not very strongly connected to each other, and to be honest I'm not sure this structure entirely works. The result feels to me a little like Brust kind of smooshed two novellas together because neither of them had enough substance to carry a novel. You would think a journey to the land of the dead would seem pretty epic, or that the dark stuff in Vlad's past would have a lot of weight, but, despite that it all feels very light. Feather-light, really, compared to the nuanced political themes of the previous installment, Teckla. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing. As feather-light fantasy entertainment goes, it's entertaining enough, and I still enjoyed the world-building touches, as well as finding Vlad a fairly interesting and sometimes amusing character. Phoenix: And now we're back to what we might call the series' present again. This one is set right after Teckla, plunging us back into the messy political situation that still prevailed at the end of that book, and following up on developments that happened in it. Which means that, like Teckla, it has a much more serious tone to it, and this one is definitely a proper novel. The plot, which involves Vlad being hired by a goddess to commit an assassination that turns out to have unforeseen consequences, was interesting, but for me, it's Vlad's character development that really shines here. Reading this immediately after Taltos nicely highlights the subtle yet significant changes Vlad has gone through over the course of his life, and he is very much continuing to change through this book. I found the place these changes take us in the end quite emotionally satisfying, even as it left me curious to see where life might take him next. This is easily my favorite of the series so far. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesDragaera (Omnibus 4-5) Dragaera: Vlad Taltos: Chronological Order (Omnibus 1,6) Dragaera: Vlad Taltos: Publication Order (Omnibus 4-5) Pertenece a las series editorialesSündmuste horisont (60)
Steven Brust's first three novels featuring assassin Vlad Taltos and his jhereg companion were collected in one volume as The Book of Jhereg. The Book of Taltos continues the adventure with books four and five in the series--Taltos and Phoenix. Vlad Taltos is an assassin unlike no other. Not only is he quick with a sword, but he also possesses a gift for witchcraft conjuring. The latest addition to his already formidable arsenal is a leathery-winged jhereg who shares a telepathic link with Vlad--making him twice as deadly... The adventures chronicled in Taltos and Phoenix find Vlad accepting a job in the Land of the Dead, but a living human being cannot walk the paths of the dead and return, alive, to the land of men. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view), the Demon Goddess is willing to rescue him--if Vlad is willing to grant her a favor in return... No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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