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A review by wazbar
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
I loved McKillip's Forgotten Beasts of Eld, in no small part because of how clearly it expresses her love of wizards, and this is another entry in that column. It's the start of a trilogy I'm definitely excited about continuing.
This book starts not so much in medias res as with an astonishing deed already having been done. The revelations about the past and the world come fast and hard (though not, to my taste, unnaturally) despite the events of the book moving slowly.
While I love McKillip's vision of wizardry, I do want to point out that the riddles in this book do not seem to be puzzles of understanding as much as they are, "hey did you know this thing that happened and the moral we have attached to it?" It's not bad for that to be a thing but it also just, is not what i would consider a riddle.
This book starts not so much in medias res as with an astonishing deed already having been done. The revelations about the past and the world come fast and hard (though not, to my taste, unnaturally) despite the events of the book moving slowly.
While I love McKillip's vision of wizardry, I do want to point out that the riddles in this book do not seem to be puzzles of understanding as much as they are, "hey did you know this thing that happened and the moral we have attached to it?" It's not bad for that to be a thing but it also just, is not what i would consider a riddle.