Dunnett's plots at times feel a tad on the unbelievable side. And contrived. I didn't think so upon first reading them, but read some convincing reviews by oyceter and ponyegirl that made me aware of it. People convienently pop up where she wants them to - at times in ways that defy belief. Martin's popping up makes a little more sense and he seems to have a better concept of geographical distance and the intricacies of warfare. The action sequences in Martin's make more logical sense, the ones in Dunnett's novels made me roll my eyes at times and think, okay fun, but not believable. Which is odd since Dunnett's is a historical and Martin's is a fantasy. But Martin is obsessed with warfare and geography, while Dunnett was obsessed with political wrangling. Don't get me wrong - I preferred Dunnett, even though I found her sentences at times impossible to decipher and a tad overwrought. Reading Dunnett on the subway gave me a headache at times. Also Dunnett tends to be a tad melodramatic - "Lymond has excruciating headaches and they can only be sated by alcohol or sex with a woman", heh! I loved the Lymond Chronicles, even if they made me laugh at times in the weirdest places.
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Date: 2005-11-14 01:50 am (UTC)Dunnett's plots at times feel a tad on the unbelievable side. And contrived. I didn't think so upon first reading them, but read some convincing reviews by oyceter and ponyegirl that made me aware of it.
People convienently pop up where she wants them to - at times in ways that defy belief. Martin's popping up makes a little more sense and he seems to have a better concept of geographical distance and the intricacies of warfare. The action sequences in Martin's make more logical sense, the ones in Dunnett's novels made me roll my eyes at times and think, okay fun, but not believable. Which is odd since Dunnett's is a historical and Martin's is a fantasy. But Martin is obsessed with warfare and geography, while Dunnett was obsessed with political wrangling. Don't get me wrong - I preferred Dunnett, even though I found her sentences at times impossible to decipher and a tad overwrought. Reading Dunnett on the subway gave me a headache at times. Also Dunnett tends to be a tad melodramatic - "Lymond has excruciating headaches and they can only be sated by alcohol or sex with a woman", heh! I loved the Lymond Chronicles, even if they made me laugh at times in the weirdest places.