The Last Light of the Sun

[dagibbs]

I have just finished reading The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay. Unfortunately, I did not find this one as good as the others he has written -- it seemed slower moving, with too many diversions, sidesteps, and wanderings into philosophy. It may be that this was an echoing of a particular style, and done for reasons of that style, but they detracted from the story for me, and made it far less engaging than I had expected. Rather than being difficult to put down, as I've found his previous books, I found this one easy to put down, and did so several times. I think it failed the "show, don't tell", that is rather than showing us the twisting strands of fate, he spent too much time telling us that this or that was fated, or this or that was bravery that was unimportant, spent too much time telling us what we should see in a particular scene or event.

(Also, many thanks to carynb for the loan of the book. Are you in Ottawa this weekend as you said, and are you going to give me a call about picking it up?)