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[drashizu.livejournal.com]

Inspired by the last link post, here's another interesting review of A Conspiracy of Kings, http://heidenkind.blogspot.com/2010/04/conspiracy-of-kings-by-megan-whalen.html, in which Eugenides takes over the world and the fourth book is apparently a giant cliffhanger. I totally missed the cliff during my reading, though. I mean, it felt like an in-between book, but I didn't feel dissatisfied with the ending, unlike the reviewer. While I agreed with the discussion of Sophos's character change, I was a bit confused by that part. What do you guys think, is ACoK incomplete?

(And is Gen taking over the world? *dun dun DUNNN*)

Comments

[drashizu.livejournal.com]

I think "borderline nonsensical" might have been referring to the part at the end when Eddis suddenly up and acts all mad at Sophos and he strikes out once, twice, three times in trying to figure out what he said to make her angry. It takes a big leap of inferential power on the reader's part to figure out that the whole chapter in the library about the gods is her, explaining in an indirect way, why she's mad.

I'll admit, I was utterly confused by that whole section the first three or four times through. Why is she mad? What does it have to do with the gods? But instead of finding it frustrating, I found it fascinating---just another of those QT things that I have to read a zillion times before finally getting it, because MWT is so much smarter than I am! I had fun figuring it out (I think...I'm almost certain I get it now), with the help of others on this comm, of course.

So maybe she just needs to reread it a couple times.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

You know, drashizu, I was confused, too, esp. since the advance copy was different from the final one, which explained it a little more. This would make a great discussion question of its own, if you ever feel like posting it. I think it's been touched on before, but not to any great degree.