{"id":269,"date":"2006-06-10T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2006-06-10T21:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=269"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:34:07","slug":"the-crooked-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/269","title":{"rendered":"The Crooked House"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Crooked House<\/em> Book Two of the King’s Daggers (2000) Dave Duncan<\/p>\n

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The further adventures of Sir Stalwart and Sister Emerald. In summary: Pride goeth before the fall.<\/p>\n

Pretty much the same as the first book. Teenage characters. Acting pretty much as you’d expect teenager heroes to act. <\/p>\n

I liked The Crooked House<\/em> even less than Sir Stalwart<\/em>. For one thing, the sole female character is pretty much an afterthought. They bring her along for absolutely no reason that I can determine, and she doesn’t do anything, other than than ride a horse, and provide someone for Wart to be annoyed at. Oh yeah, plus she gets to be told to run for help. How exciting for her. <\/p>\n

I can think of no reason to recommend either Sir Stalwart<\/em> or The Crooked House<\/em> except that they’re short books.
\nRating: 4\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Crooked House Book Two of the King’s Daggers (2000) Dave Duncan The further adventures of Sir Stalwart and Sister Emerald. In summary: Pride goeth before the fall. Pretty much the same as the first book. Teenage characters. Acting pretty much as you’d expect teenager heroes to act. I liked The Crooked House even less […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-paper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-4l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":268,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/268","url_meta":{"origin":269,"position":0},"title":"Sir Stalwart","author":"Michelle","date":"June 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Sir Stalwart Book One of the Kings Daggers (1999) Dave Duncan Candidate Stalwart has been training since he was thirteen to become one of the King's Blades--the elite group of guards whose lives are sworn and bound to the king. 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