Why I love QoA
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queensthiefMaybe this post is too "deep" or too personal, but I'm posting it anyway, because I'm curious if there are people out there like me.
One (of many) reasons QoA is my favorite book is because of the theme MWT addresses in it about loss and about God. I have dealt with loss. Really hard, brutal loss. I didn't lose my right hand, but it was pretty much the worst thing that I could have imagined. And it took a while for me to stop blaming God, and to stop feeling like God didn't care. Eventually you make peace with it, at least on some level, but it never really is "okay". With enough time, you realize that there are silver linings even in the darkest clouds, and that maybe it was all necessary for you to become who you are supposed to become.
It seems to me that this theme is the point of the whole book. It starts with Gen losing his hand, and pretty much ends when the Gods let him in on the fact that yes, they did that to him on purpose, but no, it wasn't because they have forsaken him.
So did anybody else relate to this theme? Did anybody notice it?
One (of many) reasons QoA is my favorite book is because of the theme MWT addresses in it about loss and about God. I have dealt with loss. Really hard, brutal loss. I didn't lose my right hand, but it was pretty much the worst thing that I could have imagined. And it took a while for me to stop blaming God, and to stop feeling like God didn't care. Eventually you make peace with it, at least on some level, but it never really is "okay". With enough time, you realize that there are silver linings even in the darkest clouds, and that maybe it was all necessary for you to become who you are supposed to become.
It seems to me that this theme is the point of the whole book. It starts with Gen losing his hand, and pretty much ends when the Gods let him in on the fact that yes, they did that to him on purpose, but no, it wasn't because they have forsaken him.
So did anybody else relate to this theme? Did anybody notice it?
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Date: 2/18/09 04:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2/18/09 02:40 pm (UTC)But but but...
Moira says to Nahuseresh something like "I don't ask that you believe me, only that you hear my words." She didn't *make* him believe or act on her information about where the queen had been taken.
I guess I just feel squeamish at the thought of the gods forcing any of them to do what the gods want. Obviously, they're involved in it big time and set events in motion, knowing what the people are likely to do. But Gen, at least, seems to think he has free will and can act as he sees fit, not as some god directs.