A review by nanaofnaia
Destroyer by C.J. Cherryh
4.0
This is a transition book which is necessary to the plot.
I love the unexpected action in this book and the Reveal of dynamics in the staff as well as shifts in loyalty which are deeply moving.
Bren's failure of understanding seems like a trivial failure in communication. His staff's support for actions following from the misunderstanding make no sense--until one realizes that Bren's status in Atevi society had been changed by Tabini's act of making him a Lord, but that happened after he left the world and both his status and Tabini's return to power are very uncertain.
It's a good book. The issues simply do not speak to my soul the way the first six books do.
I love the unexpected action in this book and the Reveal of dynamics in the staff as well as shifts in loyalty which are deeply moving.
Bren's failure of understanding seems like a trivial failure in communication. His staff's support for actions following from the misunderstanding make no sense--until one realizes that Bren's status in Atevi society had been changed by Tabini's act of making him a Lord, but that happened after he left the world and both his status and Tabini's return to power are very uncertain.
It's a good book. The issues simply do not speak to my soul the way the first six books do.