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jackdoud's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
nora_nevermore's review
4.0
I enjoy this anthology and rated the last 2 books 5 stars. In this book the last story had a strange way about it, so it gave it a bit of bad taste at the end, which is why its getting 4 stars. It is still a good read and I will be reading more of the series.
ambermarshall's review
4.0
This is the volume I never read because I only found it recently, and it fills in some key stuff such as: how did Tempus escape Kurd? How did the Stepsons get started? Here's my story by story breakdown:
"Looking For Satan": Where to start with this one? The trope of the super close group that all fuck each other all the time? The demon-like creature called "Satan"? (From a mysterious doc from our world?) The insta-love between Wess and Lythande? Hard to get through this. 2/5*
"Ischade": the titular woman is a necromancer who is cursed to doom everyone she has sex with. Enas Yorl thinks maybe her curse can solve his. Hanse shows up and narrowly avoids aforementioned doom. 3/5*
"A Gift in Parting": A fisherman's son with dreams of escaping the docks gets an important lesson from his father. This is one of those stories about the "little people" of Sanctuary that I really like. It's good to take a breather from the big players and really rounds out the place. 4/5*
"The Vivisectionist": Kadakithis sends Hanse to find Tempus, and he rescues him from Kurd's house of horrors. Hanse is starting to have friends, and he likes it, but he's so conflicted about it! He's cute. 5/5
"The Rhinoceros and the Unicorn": Lalo the Limner, a poor painter, does a service for Enas Yorl and is granted the ability to paint people as they are within. 5/5*
"Then Azyuna Danced": A slave girl has to dance to help recreate the Ranken legend of the Ten-Slaying with the prince, who gets Tempus to sub in for him. Molin Torchholder is still a creep. 4/5*
"A Man and His God": A warrior-priest of Vashanka, whom Tempus rescued from slavery in childhood, comes to Sanctuary to do a bunch of stuff including trying to get Tempus to make up with Vashanka. Along the way they take down Jubal and rescue Cime from prison. Hanse shows up. We also get the genesis of the Stepsons, which I'd been missing all these years.
Janet Morris has a writing style I really like but holy shit is there nasty stuff in here. Yeesh. Tempus is a piece of work. 3/5*
"Things the Editor Never Told Me": Lynn Abbey talks about the fun and uncertainties of a bunch of writers just making this Thieves' World up as they go. I'm always here for writing shop talk. 5/5*
Storm Season is next after a break to burn through my monthly Hoopla limit and slurp up one of Cat Valente's recents.
"Looking For Satan": Where to start with this one? The trope of the super close group that all fuck each other all the time? The demon-like creature called "Satan"? (From a mysterious doc from our world?) The insta-love between Wess and Lythande? Hard to get through this. 2/5*
"Ischade": the titular woman is a necromancer who is cursed to doom everyone she has sex with. Enas Yorl thinks maybe her curse can solve his. Hanse shows up and narrowly avoids aforementioned doom. 3/5*
"A Gift in Parting": A fisherman's son with dreams of escaping the docks gets an important lesson from his father. This is one of those stories about the "little people" of Sanctuary that I really like. It's good to take a breather from the big players and really rounds out the place. 4/5*
"The Vivisectionist": Kadakithis sends Hanse to find Tempus, and he rescues him from Kurd's house of horrors. Hanse is starting to have friends, and he likes it, but he's so conflicted about it! He's cute. 5/5
"The Rhinoceros and the Unicorn": Lalo the Limner, a poor painter, does a service for Enas Yorl and is granted the ability to paint people as they are within. 5/5*
"Then Azyuna Danced": A slave girl has to dance to help recreate the Ranken legend of the Ten-Slaying with the prince, who gets Tempus to sub in for him. Molin Torchholder is still a creep. 4/5*
"A Man and His God": A warrior-priest of Vashanka, whom Tempus rescued from slavery in childhood, comes to Sanctuary to do a bunch of stuff including trying to get Tempus to make up with Vashanka. Along the way they take down Jubal and rescue Cime from prison. Hanse shows up. We also get the genesis of the Stepsons, which I'd been missing all these years.
Janet Morris has a writing style I really like but holy shit is there nasty stuff in here. Yeesh. Tempus is a piece of work. 3/5*
"Things the Editor Never Told Me": Lynn Abbey talks about the fun and uncertainties of a bunch of writers just making this Thieves' World up as they go. I'm always here for writing shop talk. 5/5*
Storm Season is next after a break to burn through my monthly Hoopla limit and slurp up one of Cat Valente's recents.
vaderbird's review
3.0
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
nv6acaat's review
3.0
Read the first two of these in middle school; found a stack (vol's 3 - 6) at the Paperback Rack for 50 cents each and thought I'd finish off the series. (Now I realize there are 12 or 14 of them...) Throwaway swords-and-magic stuff, but much better than average, thanks to the varied styles of the collaborators.
kaisermatthias's review
5.0
I continue to be impressed by the diversity among characters, and depth of the I terlocking storylines. At present my only regret is knowing that this series eventually ends.
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