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kalinaraSo, you all know how annoyed I was by Cast of Corbies, right? That was a bad book. Obviously not the worst thing I've read, but it was disappointing. Especially considering that it's part of a series that's generally decent, and by decent authors.
It'd be easy to blame Ms. Lackey's co-writer, but the thing is, I remember reading books by this collaboration of authors before and enjoying them. So I decided that I was annoyed enough by that book to want to prove to myself and any readers who care that this collaboration of authors is capable of better.
And I remembered that, when I was about twelve years old, I really enjoyed this book. It's not particularly complicated or deep. It is, in fact, a tie-in novel to a 1985 Computer Game: The Bard's Tale. It's also NOT representative of that game's plot. It's merely, apparently, set in the universe.
At the time, I knew nothing about that universe. And to be honest, I STILL know nothing about that universe. So yeah.
I do vaguely remember that this book has a renegade dark elf in it, sorry for the spoiler, but one that's a different style than Drizzt. It'll be interesting to see how he compares.
I also remember a crossdressing scene at one point. I know there's a lot of discussion about crossdressing and transphobia and while I guess, as someone who identifies as a "female-adjacent non-binary person", I theoretically could have an opinion about that, I really don't.
I remember finding it entertaining when I was twelve. And at the time, transgender issues and transphobia wasn't really part of everyday discussion. So we'll see how it looks with adult eyes. I'll try to remember to warn.
So without further nonsense, let's get started:
( What WAS it with child me and Bards?! )
It'd be easy to blame Ms. Lackey's co-writer, but the thing is, I remember reading books by this collaboration of authors before and enjoying them. So I decided that I was annoyed enough by that book to want to prove to myself and any readers who care that this collaboration of authors is capable of better.
And I remembered that, when I was about twelve years old, I really enjoyed this book. It's not particularly complicated or deep. It is, in fact, a tie-in novel to a 1985 Computer Game: The Bard's Tale. It's also NOT representative of that game's plot. It's merely, apparently, set in the universe.
At the time, I knew nothing about that universe. And to be honest, I STILL know nothing about that universe. So yeah.
I do vaguely remember that this book has a renegade dark elf in it, sorry for the spoiler, but one that's a different style than Drizzt. It'll be interesting to see how he compares.
I also remember a crossdressing scene at one point. I know there's a lot of discussion about crossdressing and transphobia and while I guess, as someone who identifies as a "female-adjacent non-binary person", I theoretically could have an opinion about that, I really don't.
I remember finding it entertaining when I was twelve. And at the time, transgender issues and transphobia wasn't really part of everyday discussion. So we'll see how it looks with adult eyes. I'll try to remember to warn.
So without further nonsense, let's get started:
( What WAS it with child me and Bards?! )