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FPyat
Jan 17, 2020
I just finished BtaH too. I really have no idea what's going to happen in book three, because between the Gurkish war/Bethod's war/poo poo Union politics/Bayaz having uncertain motives, that's four big issues grappling for dominance over the ending and I can't predict the relative proportions between them in importance. At least Logen will reunite with his guys, I'm sure.

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FPyat
Jan 17, 2020
Halfway through Last Argument of Kings. It does feel like Joe was writing his own take on both the major battles of The Lord of the Rings.

Update: Reading "Leaves on the Water," it sets in that the books haven't offered much concrete reason to think of Bethod as being any morally or politically worse than the Union.

FPyat fucked around with this message at 09:42 on May 13, 2024

FPyat
Jan 17, 2020
Given Joe’s influence from Shelby Foote, it looks like the Gurkish attack I just read was a tribute to the Battle of the Crater.

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