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Sep. 4th, 2012 08:54 amIn the month or two since I last read the Steerswoman books, I had almost forgotten how good they were. I mean, I knew! But then I started reading The Lost Steersman and I knew all over again.
So The Lost Steersman begins with a story arc I both enjoy and identify with: Rowan has to settle into a town for a while to put the archives in order (the archives being in order is explicitly a key component for saving the world! *___*) which also requires socializing with the locals. Small talk, for Rowan, is like pulling teeth. The locals think she is weird and unfriendly -- and I love when one of the villagers calls her out on the fact that she pretty much thinks they're boring and not worth her time, and they can tell. It's a completely different kind of culture clash than the one in the previous book -- one I don't usually see tackled -- and as with all culture clashes in these books, it's handled very well, and also inspires in me a passionate identification with Rowan while at the same time recognizing the places she messes up. I would rather be alphabetizing than networking any day! I FEEL YOU, ROWAN.
So this is going on, and there's an old friend of Rowan's hanging around and acting weird, and some mysterious demon creatures keep attacking the town . . .
. . . and then ( everything goes off the rails in a spoilery fashion )
So The Lost Steersman begins with a story arc I both enjoy and identify with: Rowan has to settle into a town for a while to put the archives in order (the archives being in order is explicitly a key component for saving the world! *___*) which also requires socializing with the locals. Small talk, for Rowan, is like pulling teeth. The locals think she is weird and unfriendly -- and I love when one of the villagers calls her out on the fact that she pretty much thinks they're boring and not worth her time, and they can tell. It's a completely different kind of culture clash than the one in the previous book -- one I don't usually see tackled -- and as with all culture clashes in these books, it's handled very well, and also inspires in me a passionate identification with Rowan while at the same time recognizing the places she messes up. I would rather be alphabetizing than networking any day! I FEEL YOU, ROWAN.
So this is going on, and there's an old friend of Rowan's hanging around and acting weird, and some mysterious demon creatures keep attacking the town . . .
. . . and then ( everything goes off the rails in a spoilery fashion )
