{"id":4892,"date":"2014-10-24T19:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T23:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2021-05-31T07:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:07:09","slug":"the-winter-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4892","title":{"rendered":"The Winter Long"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Winter Long<\/a><\/em> (2014) Seanan McGuire<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The-Winter-Long\"<\/a>I held onto the book for a while, solely because I knew I was going on vacation, and would have the time to read the whole thing in one sitting.<\/p>\n

This book tied up some loose ends that I hadn\u2019t realized were loose ends, and made for a slow start to the book.<\/p>\n

My phone rang again. I stood, moving to retrieve it once again from my jacket pocket ad blinked. The display listed the caller as \u201cEast of the Sun, West of the Moon,\u201d which was definitely not within the local service area. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course other threads were dropped; leading to new books in the future I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n

As a whole, I\u2019m not certain how I feel about this story. Perhaps reading it immediately after finishing Rob Thurman\u2019s Downfall wasn\u2019t the best idea, because I love Cal, and most other supernatural fantasy characters pale in comparison to him. Not that Toby and her friends aren\u2019t witty, they just aren\u2019t anywhere near as sarcastic and bitter and rude as Cal.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember, there is no fighting in the Library. Simon Torquill has a Library card. He hasn\u2019t done anything that would cause me to rescind it.\u201d <\/p>\n

I stared at her. \u201cHe turned me into a fish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDid he do it in the Library?\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Weirdly, after spending time with Cal, whose first, last, and always solution to most problems is over-the-top violence, Toby\u2019s reactions to several issues seemed\u2026 odd. I had a difficult time accepting her reactions to Simon. Of course I also had a hard time parsing Simon\u2019s actions, period. He talked about not being evil, but some of his actions seemed to defy logic.<\/p>\n

But again, it\u2019s quite likely this book suffered from being read immediately following the latest Rob Thurman.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/p>\n

Published by Daw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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