in a review on Unshelved...

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

The Unshelved Book Club review of The False Prince: (Ascendance Trilogy Book 1) includes this paragraph:

Why I finished it: It reminded me very much of the cleverness of Megan Whalen Turner's wonderful series starring Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis. Sage and his rebellious, defiant yet assured manner made me want to keep reading.  Sage is hilarious, too. Upon being ordered to bathe, he washes only his body parts that are not covered by his clothing because washing more would be a waste.

Comments

[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pointer to Unshelved -- my library request list has now doubled in size!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of this, but it sounds great. I just reserved it at the library!

[brandy-painter.livejournal.com]

I really liked this book and enjoyed the experience of reading it tremendously. It was a book I couldn't put down. There are one or two elements that have bothered me more in retrospect BUT I'm still looking forward to the second book. A word of warning: Don't go into it expecting it to be executed as brilliantly as The Thief or you will be disappointed. Try to enjoy Sage for who he and his story for what it is without comparing them. If you can manage it. There are a lot of similarities.

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

Seconded. It's not as subtle, I think, and there are other mild problems that could constitute spoilers, so I won't mention them, but I think (like most books) it would suffer in comparison. Just enjoy it on its own.

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

I picked the book up randomly on the strength of the blurb, so I was pleasantly surprised by the similarities in execution. It was like expecting a cracker and getting a roll? ...and in that analogy The Thief would be artisan bread?

Actually, TT did not leap to mind when I was trying to think of what False Prince reminded me of... for shame!... I came up with Hilari Bell's Shield of Stars and... I'm still missing an association.

[readingisgoodforyou.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

I just finished rereading this one and I think I liked it even better the second time around. What I'm really looking forward to is the next book in the series, which I'm hoping will move into new territories where I will not be forced to compare Sage's story to that of Eugenides.

[inkasrain.livejournal.com]

I finished this book today, and to be honest... well, it's a great book, don't get me wrong, but it is very similar to THE THIEF in certain ways. I sussed out most of the twists early on, not because I'm particularly good at that kind of thing-- I'm actually rubbish at it, usually-- but because I recognized so many devices from Megan's work.

I don't know. It made me a bit uncomfortable, really.

[elvenjaneite.livejournal.com]

I wasn't uncomfortable with it in the sense of feeling like it was plagarised, but I did feel that it was a very pale echo of MWT. I enjoyed Katy Moran's Bloodline Rising, which has a very Gen-like character, much more.

[shelver506.livejournal.com]

Gah. My to-read list is already way too long, but it looks like I must read this one, too!