my thoughts so far

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Hi everyone

I've now finished the Queen of Attolia and loved it. I have to admit that I have started to read it again because I feel like I missed so much the first time around. I also have started The King of Attolia.

I think I liked QoA more than The Thief. It's darker, much sadder and Gen grows so much during the course of the book. Some of my favorite parts are when Gen is struggling with his depression after losing his hand, and you almost think that he's never going to get himself back together, and then he re-emerges to steal the Magus and blow up the Sounis Navy. Is Gen actually dependent on the Lethium or is he just trying to make people think that he is addicted to it as part of his plan to make people think that he's only a danger to himself?

What also strikes me is how different each book is so far. The Thief is told in the first person and is so much less intense than QoA. And KoA (I'm only about 50 pages in) is moving so much more slowly but is still very engrossing. And I feel like, having read so much about Gen, that he has some wonderfully fantastic plan and is just biding his time and moving very slowly and carefully. 

I also really like the humor and Gen's comments. I loved the scene in QofA where he says that he will have the girl who served him dinner as his first mistress when he's king and Attolia snaps back that she'll cut off his other hand if he has any mistresses and he thinks its funny. You can just feel Eddis about to sink through the floor for a minute.

Sam

A Bold Stroke

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