tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post3970230096333061568..comments2024-01-30T09:28:20.715+01:00Comments on Val's Random Comments: Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline CareyValashainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-55514442551183693552013-04-21T18:01:19.960+02:002013-04-21T18:01:19.960+02:00It's been a while since I read this but if I r...It's been a while since I read this but if I remember correctly a D'angeline woman has to light a candle to ... I think it was Eiseth, to "open the gate to her womb". So unless you pray for a child a woman doesn't conceive. <br /><br />The Moirin books to have a lot of references to events in the Imriel trilogy but it should be readable even if you do skip the second trilogyValashainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-83557592556124826862013-04-21T17:25:06.543+02:002013-04-21T17:25:06.543+02:00I loved this book! I read it 10 years ago and JUST...I loved this book! I read it 10 years ago and JUST finished it for a second time (which the lapse between was just long enough to forget a lot of aspects, and be able to enjoy it anew)<br />The "slow start" to Kushiel's dart was my favorite part when I read it at 20, and I found the second half of the book pale without all the sex and court-life of the first half. But now when I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606004202275556056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-90422701401212907772011-11-15T15:30:17.918+01:002011-11-15T15:30:17.918+01:00What I was aiming at is not so much the moral side...What I was aiming at is not so much the moral side of the issue, prostitution is a fact in human society, I don't think hiding it is going to change that or make the lives of those who work that trade any better. <br /><br />Phèdre's culture has a different perspective on what is socially acceptable regarding sex. That is something I can accept in a novel. I think she glosses over some ofValashainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-12105999179813174052011-11-15T14:58:50.857+01:002011-11-15T14:58:50.857+01:00I can't agree with you on the notion that the ...I can't agree with you on the notion that the thing about sex and selling oneself for money is romanticised, it's simply because they have another view on the idea sex in Terre D'Ange than we do in our world. We may label Phedre and other courtesans as prostitutes but in this story they don't and that's what fantastic about fantasy, you can create a world where humans aren'Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001207046086052762noreply@blogger.com