books: Dragondrums, some Chesney

[lyssie]

Dragondrums was oddly endearing, once I'd got past some of the early bits. Mirrim's Impression is in this one, so I feel a little better (I do wonder if McCaffrey had something against officious young women, though). It does, however, suffer a bit from "stuff is going on in other books you should know about!" syndrome, which makes a few of the scenes make no sense. It also has more of the "Menolly looooves Robinton" stuff, and it's still eckth.

I don't recall ever liking Toric, and I like him even less than before. Self-serving obnoxious men. ugh.

Also, Robinton makes a really peculiar statement at one point. He says he doesn't approve of ambition and thinking for oneself! And here I would have thought he would be a high proponent of critical thought and the uses of ambition.

(the library lost Renegades of Pern, so I shall have to try for it again)

The Miser of Mayfair (yes, I know it was on the previous list) - the heroine is treated as a simple, stupid girl and manages to out-fox them all. I highly approved of her. (she is amazing, and sneaks into a house at one point.) It does suffer from the hero being an asshole a bit, but he's termed a 'misogynist' in the novel (which I found hilarious, given that he's one of the few males who treats women as people).

The Banishment - The first volume of the Daughters of Mannerling details the fall of the family that lives in Mannerling, and how the (six) daughters plan to scheme their way back into the house. It also has a reaaaalllly creepy under-current about the house (which is that it's evil), and one of the girls tries to kill herself because they'll never live in Mannerling again.

List:
The Banishment by Marion Chesney
Miss Tonks Turns to Crime by Marion Chesney
Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey

Comments

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Bwah! If it helps, McCaffrey has never been particularly explicit in what's going on.

[raincitygirl.livejournal.com]

I remember the Miser of Mayfair. The heroine is incredibly pretty and everybody assumes because of her looks she must be a bimbo. But she's actually really smart and totally outsmarts all the people who patronize her. And doesn't she win a small fortune cheating at cards? Wow, I remember more of this book than I thought. I remember zip about the hero, though, except that he exists. It wouldn't be a romance novel without someone eligible to marry the heroine at the end.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Yup! I was in love before she started cheating (and then not cheating, as I don't think she cheated after the first card party--she's just a card sharp of amazing skills)