Angel of Storms
(Millennium's Rule #2
by Trudi Canavan
fantasy
copyright 2015
read in January 2020
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
The author has gone all McCaffrey... By which I mean, the story ticks along but most of the words are devoted to meeting nice people, chatting with nice families, discovering nice ways of living within a possibly cruel society... All so sweet and cuddly.
Still, the story does tick along. Slowly.
The book has two streams, following two characters. Sure, the two are expected to meet and, possibly, save the worlds -- but not yet. Perhaps in book three. Yes, there have been hints. Meanwhile, the two streams are separate but still working well together.
Stream one follows a man and all the action is his. Plus a lot of worry over moral dilemmas. Stream two is the woman. She meets the nice people, joins the nice families, learns a few magic tricks that add a little action -- and she worries over moral dilemmas.
I have a horrible suspicion that the morally suspect super-powered psychopath will return in book three -- and turn out to be god. He has, after all, just sacrificed himself. If that does happen I will be most disappointed.
btw: This psychopathic proto-god could have -- with a few tweaks to the plot -- stranded all his "enemies", as he himself had been stranded. But no, his implemented solution involves having most of them killed. Fairly typical of his past actions. Another reason to hope that he does not reappear as "god".
Then there are the parallel worlds... far too many, described in far too much detail. Okay, the existence of these worlds is essential to the books, they are far more interesting than the "Long Earth" worlds -- but enough is enough. And in this book it is too much.
The book drags but is readable. I hope to read the final book of the trilogy. I hope that the third book will move away from the "might is right" paradigm. And I hope that the heroine is not, finally, forced to worship the all-powerful psychopath just because he is all-powerful.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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