NWil’s Reviews > The Tyrant Baru Cormorant > Status Update

Final 7% is still over an hour of listening time.

Wait. YAWA LOBOTOMIZED BARU?!?!!!!

I really prefer Baru with Ulyu Xe. She allows Baru be free to be herself. She needs less sexual and emotional angst and more freedom. She’ll thrive in an open relationship with Xe.

Aminata is literally the only earnest person in this story.

Wait. Kindalana had a child in Falcrest? That no one in the Mbo knows about?? A Falcresti child? Or a child of Abdumasi? She was a teenager! Who fathered the child?

She’s negotiating with a madwoman. The Brain is INSANE! And this is good because we’re seeing bribery at her economic games. In Aurdwynn she succeeded because the people believed. Now, she’s dealing with a crazy. How do you win economic warfare when you’re trying to negotiate with a cult worshipper? Interesting.

The Cancrioth cult is full of crazy superstition. Their power and relevance will be in whether Baru can manipulate them to her aims. I'm not sure how possible that is, without her dooming herself to taking the cancer. Is her death worth her purpose? I'm not sure. That makes her a messiah and implies that after all her travails since, she is no different than Traitor Baru Cormorant.

I'm afraid Baru is going to take the Cancrioth, which is gross.

Iscend is going to turn Baru into a rabid horny mess. My eternal sympathies.

Dickinson is setting Tain Hu's relationship with Baru in contrast with Iscend's relationship with Baru, I believe. With her other women, there was immediate gratification. These relationships are the ones where there is challenge and intrigue and a clear undertone of sexual desire. I guess I see why people are hoping for them to get together. She's likely the Tain Hu replacement.