Book Review
Jun. 28th, 2006 09:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Hallowed Hunt
by Lois McMaster Bujold
This is the third (and final, as of this writing) book in the Chalion series. It is much more intrigue-oriented than the previous two books, and is thus much more intricate in its plot and theology. While this makes for an enthralling story, it does take a little away from the characterization. I ended up feeling less close to the people in this book, even though I was fascinated by what they were doing and what was happening to them.
The story takes place far from Chalion and the locales of the first two books, in a distant kingdom that has a shadowy past of tribal culture and shamanic magic. It is the consequences of this magic that is the ultimate center of the tale, but there are many other things drawn into it all. Bujold does a good job of weaving the personal relationships and fates of the characters into a much larger web of politics and spirituality to create a story of multiple and multi-leved redemption.
by Lois McMaster Bujold
This is the third (and final, as of this writing) book in the Chalion series. It is much more intrigue-oriented than the previous two books, and is thus much more intricate in its plot and theology. While this makes for an enthralling story, it does take a little away from the characterization. I ended up feeling less close to the people in this book, even though I was fascinated by what they were doing and what was happening to them.
The story takes place far from Chalion and the locales of the first two books, in a distant kingdom that has a shadowy past of tribal culture and shamanic magic. It is the consequences of this magic that is the ultimate center of the tale, but there are many other things drawn into it all. Bujold does a good job of weaving the personal relationships and fates of the characters into a much larger web of politics and spirituality to create a story of multiple and multi-leved redemption.
