I thought that Dorothy Dunnett must have slaved over adding all those allusions to literature, hundreds and hundreds! I guessed (and am glad to hear) that it settles down a little in the next books. The storytelling in the book is so good that the “dense” language got in the way sometimes, and I noticed by the end that it had simplified a little as the intensity grew.
I feel like Dunnett is one of the authors like MWT to have a perfect grasp of the character dynamics of a story. Put a perfectly compelling character in the middle of the book and watch them. Elizabeth Wein does this with The Winter Prince, and Dorothy Sayers. It so cool to hear that MWT makes allusions to Dunnett, and I look forward to finding those!
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Date: 7/7/17 08:35 pm (UTC)I feel like Dunnett is one of the authors like MWT to have a perfect grasp of the character dynamics of a story. Put a perfectly compelling character in the middle of the book and watch them. Elizabeth Wein does this with The Winter Prince, and Dorothy Sayers. It so cool to hear that MWT makes allusions to Dunnett, and I look forward to finding those!