Cory Daniells
Författare till The King's Bastard
Om författaren
Cory Daniells was born in 1958. She is based in Queensland, Australia. She also writes under two pseudonyms. Her titles under the name Cory Daniells include Broken Vows, Dark Dreams, Desperate Alliances, and The Mystery at Devon House. She also writes under the name Rowena Cory Daniells. Her books visa mer include the series Kin Rolen's Kin (The King's Bastard, The Uncrowned King, The Usurper, King Breaker) and the series The Outcast Chronicles (Besieged, Exile, Sanctuary) and the series The Chronicles of King Rolen's Kin (The King's Man). She also wrote the novel The Fall of the Fair Isle. Under the name Rowena Cory Lindquist her books and stories include Tales from Beyond, Boys Don't Dance, The Fine Line, The Intruder (After Dark series), Fantastic Worlds, The Taste of Power. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies including 'Dreaming DownUnder' which won World Best Fantasy and 'Dreaming Again'. Her short story, The Giant's Lady, won the 2015 Aurealis Awards Best Fantasy Short Story. She was also awarded the Peter McNamara Achievement Award, for her contributions to SF fandom. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Cory Daniells
Suffer the Little Children 3 exemplar
Prelude to a Nocturne 2 exemplar
Magda's Career Choice 2 exemplar
Soulshaper 2 exemplar
Purgatory (in Dreaming Again - DANN) 2 exemplar
The Taste of Power 1 exemplar
Lady Bountiful's Lies 1 exemplar
The Scape-grace 1 exemplar
Bad Things Happen to Good People 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 93 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Daniells, Cory
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Daniells, Rowena Cory
- Födelsedag
- 20th century
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Australia
- Bostadsorter
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Agent
- John Jarrold
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- Verk
- 35
- Även av
- 16
- Medlemmar
- 1,321
- Popularitet
- #19,459
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 57
- ISBN
- 69
- Språk
- 1
- Favoritmärkt
- 2
I had really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did. I have a fondness for twins in stories and it has been a while since I read a fantasy with them. In a lot of ways this felt more like a shell of an epic fantasy--as if someone was relaying to me the events that happened, but without any emotion.
Daniells writing falls flat was the problem. Despite the varying third person viewpoints, we never really understand any of the characters or what motivates them. Daniells relays to the reader the why of the motivations, but never the feelings behind them. For instance, near the end, Byren and Orrade are discussing a previous event and Orrade doesn't understand why Byren accepts his Affinity (magic) so easily. Byren shrugs and says why wouldn't he? Well here's the problem we don't know. Would he not accept his friend and companion's power because society says it’s wrong? Because he has a personal problem with it? Because he thinks his friend will misuse it? The rest of the novel doesn't make the reader think 'Oh it’s because Byren is like this or that'.
That's only one instance however. As the book goes on there's a lot of such things that happen--significant moments in the lives of the characters that doesn't resonate on a personal or emotional level.
This was a quick and easy read however, which both works for and against the book. It’s good because it doesn't get bogged down by a sagging middle, but it’s bad because the books feels rushed to an early and superficial conclusion. Byren is suddenly facing the enemy, pleading with them and then it’s all over. I honestly thought my book was missing pages because something happens that should have been much more momentous then it was, but it was over and done with in less than a paragraph. Only another character asking about it did I realize something had happened.
In the end I couldn't enjoy this book as much as I wanted to and I honestly have no real interest in continuing the trilogy. Why should I? I don't feel invested in the characters.
Review originally posted at Night Owl Reviews… (mer)