Did you perceive that as build up though? I'm not sure they meant to depict her as incompetent even if that's how she came over.
I was never certain, to be honest. It felt like she did it because of what happened in Time of Your Life and Predators & Prey. But I may be wrong about that. And even that doesn't quite work. You have this insane villain after you - that you know nothing about and appears to know everything about you. Wouldn't it make sense to get intell on him? (Which she does try to do with Riley, but doesn't appear to amount to anything). Or if you are going to hide, to come up with a way of defending yourself? (which she doesn't do at all - instead she puts OZ and his entire group in critical danger - if I were OZ, I'd be hating Buffy about now. Because she doesn't give him a choice. She doesn't call ahead. She just plops down in his backyard with her submarine. Talk about imposing yourself on your friends. Geeze.)
I think Retreat was the beginning of the end for me. The story just went nuts from there.
I take it you're not yet finished with storm? There are some pretty brilliant bits of Tyrion and Jamie characterisation in the end.
Nope. I'm on page 236 or thereabouts. Not reading it all the time, just whenever I get the chance. Which is fine...probably take me three months at this rate. It's not that I read slow necessarily, just that I'm choosing to do so.
And yes, Ceresi - it's established through both Tyrion and Jamie that she's in love with her twin. But it's equally established as to why - they have no choice who they get to marry. It's not about love- it's about property ownership. (I may be wrong about this - but I'm guessing Joffrey is Jamie's son not Robert's. While Tommen is Robert's son. Which actually would explain alot, including Joffrey's insanity.) The man Ceresi does love - she can't have, any more than he can have her. And her attempts to be with him or close to him - keep getting changed. Granted he's her brother, but clearly they have a very close twin relationship - that was made closer still by parents who cared little for them outside of their property value. Fascinating story.
I need to check out your fantasy rec on Temeriare. Good fantasy is a treat, it's not easy to do well, unfortunately.
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I was never certain, to be honest. It felt like she did it because of what happened in Time of Your Life and Predators & Prey. But I may be wrong about that. And even that doesn't quite work. You have this insane villain after you - that you know nothing about and appears to know everything about you. Wouldn't it make sense to get intell on him? (Which she does try to do with Riley, but doesn't appear to amount to anything). Or if you are going to hide, to come up with a way of defending yourself? (which she doesn't do at all - instead she puts OZ and his entire group in critical danger - if I were OZ, I'd be hating Buffy about now. Because she doesn't give him a choice. She doesn't call ahead. She just plops down in his backyard with her submarine. Talk about imposing yourself on your friends. Geeze.)
I think Retreat was the beginning of the end for me. The story just went nuts from there.
I take it you're not yet finished with storm? There are some pretty brilliant bits of Tyrion and Jamie characterisation in the end.
Nope. I'm on page 236 or thereabouts. Not reading it all the time, just whenever I get the chance. Which is fine...probably take me three months at this rate. It's not that I read slow necessarily, just that I'm choosing to do so.
And yes, Ceresi - it's established through both Tyrion and Jamie that she's in love with her twin. But it's equally established as to why - they have no choice who they get to marry. It's not about love- it's about property ownership. (I may be wrong about this - but I'm guessing Joffrey is Jamie's son not Robert's. While Tommen is Robert's son. Which actually would explain alot, including Joffrey's insanity.) The man Ceresi does love - she can't have, any more than he can have her. And her attempts to be with him or close to him - keep getting changed. Granted he's her brother, but clearly they have a very close twin relationship - that was made closer still by parents who cared little for them outside of their property value. Fascinating story.
I need to check out your fantasy rec on Temeriare. Good fantasy is a treat, it's not easy to do well, unfortunately.