Still reading Starsight by Brandon Sanderson, second book of Skyward (Cytoverse) series. About half done. It’s interesting to get more details about the world.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening?

  • corvi@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Interesting. I generally cannot stand deus ex machina, so I’m surprised to not really be able to think of heavy examples of it for Lindon. He certainly gets out of tricky situations, but maybe to me it felt like they were either foreshadowed or somebody like Aethan gets him out of it?

    I’m planning another reread soon; I’ll have to pay special attention to see why it didn’t register for me in this particular story.

    • Exulion@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I definitely feel as I have progressed through that it has either gotten better or doesnt bother me as much as he actually has a measure of power now. xD

      They still make some odd decisions sometimes.

    • dresden@discuss.onlineOPM
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      3 months ago

      I think deus ex machina is part of the genre. Very few books, if any, in progression fantasy are able to avoid it.