Norwescon discussion

Have you read this nominee? What did you think?

I'm not sure why, but I just could not get in to this book. It is unquestionably competently written and the setting and premise are interesting but I just couldn't engage.

Part of the problem, I think, is that I didn't find the protagonist, or any of the other characters really, particularly likable. Vashti, the protagonist, has a tragic past that continues to color her perceptions and behavior and I imagine that her history was supposed to make her sympathetic but it didn't connect for me.

It's a good book and there are people to whom I would probably even recommend it but for whatever reason it wasn't my thing.

Another one that wasn't a bad book - better than many I've read, in fact - it simply didn't engage me. I'm not exactly sure why, but while the universe was interesting, the characters didn't grab me. Not a bad book at all, but likely not my favorite of this year's nominees.

(Sounds like we were in about the same boat here, YakBoy.)

Another one that wasn't a bad book - better than many I've read, in fact - it simply didn't engage me. I'm not exactly sure why, but while the universe was interesting, the characters didn't grab me. Not a bad book at all, but likely not my favorite of this year's nominees.

(Sounds like we were in about the same boat here, YakBoy.)