(I hope you don't me rambling at you about them - I rarely encounter people who know the books.)
It really does, and I also enjoy the history of science aspect the format brings to the story. Memoirs are well suited for this kind of story. They allow the author to write the perspectives of the young and the older Isabella, as well as hint at the changes of society brought by decades of (new) scientific research. I wouldn't say the writing is revolutionary, but the world feels well-rounded and the narrative is definitely well crafted and shows love for what it depicts. I'm not usually particularly interested in dragons, but I was very invested in Isabella's scientific study of them as shown in the books.
In Turning Darkness Into Light, I loved the very realistic depiction of translating old texts, that was fun! What touched me most in the story were Kudshayn's thoughts about the new text and how to deal with the emergence of an older and different creation myth for your people than what you know and believe. Very interesting.
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Re: Lady Trent
Date: 2023-02-22 07:07 am (UTC)It really does, and I also enjoy the history of science aspect the format brings to the story. Memoirs are well suited for this kind of story. They allow the author to write the perspectives of the young and the older Isabella, as well as hint at the changes of society brought by decades of (new) scientific research. I wouldn't say the writing is revolutionary, but the world feels well-rounded and the narrative is definitely well crafted and shows love for what it depicts. I'm not usually particularly interested in dragons, but I was very invested in Isabella's scientific study of them as shown in the books.
In Turning Darkness Into Light, I loved the very realistic depiction of translating old texts, that was fun!
What touched me most in the story were Kudshayn's thoughts about the new text and how to deal with the emergence of an older and different creation myth for your people than what you know and believe. Very interesting.