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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > TBB BOTM OCTOBER: THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT BY SA'S OWN GENERAL BATTUTA
 
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Ravenfood
Nov 4, 2011
 This book is really drat good. As for the buried plotlines you were asking about, batutta, I'll need to reread because I kept saying to myself: "Huh, that's an interesting detail. I bet that character is known to me or I should catch that reference or something. Oh well, on with the important scheming!". Because the forward momentum of the book just kept me wanting to keep reading, I never stopped to really think about it. Saw the hooks, but ignored them because Baru did. :v:

E: I think kj Parker's engineer series is the best comparison, but I liked this far more. Baru's schemes make much more sense than whatsisname's, and the characters are better written.

Ravenfood fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Dec 3, 2015

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Ravenfood
Nov 4, 2011

House Louse posted:

I don't doubt that's what I read, but I asked myself "why not only announce it?" Even if you don't take the "every door" thing literally.
Emphasize the impression that the Masquerade is better than you? After all, all of their citizens can read and write, why can't you? Relatively subtle cultural shaming, maybe. I hope that makes any sense.

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