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papersky just showed up on my friend-of list today (Hello, welcome :-) )...and seeing her there reminded me to go off and read The King's Name, which had been sitting on my to-read pile for quite some time. I've just finished it.

Eeep, though, now I'm expecting a question like "What did you think of it?" and I'm danged lousy at book reviews. I enjoyed it. I'd been a bit worried that I would be lost, as it's more than two years since I read The King's Peace, but everything came back quickly. Prologue helped with that. I very much like Sulien; she seems like a person I would like to know. The books feel like the reminiscences of an old soldier, telling the story of her life, which happens to coincide with a very pivotal time in the history of her country. I suppose I have to say country; it doesn't quite seem like the right term but nothing else better comes to mind. Land, perhaps.

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[papersky.livejournal.com]

What an odd thing to be nervous about. I'd never have known if you'd read it or not if you didn't say so, and I'm much more inclined to think "Hey, someone bought it, someone read it" than be critical of your reading!

Though, OTOH, I was once in the middle of a re-read of the Sceret Country books and Pamela emailed me about something else entirely, and I about fell over. Reading things your friends have written is weird, it can suddenly put you in a different relationship with the text.

I'm glad you liked it.