I view this book as a sort of last burst of mindless fun mixed with adventure before, in book three, we get down to some Very Serious Business. [...]
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Do we really want to spend our whole reading lives being the equivalent of babies that just lie back and get fed mush with a spoon? [...] Dunnett’s most wonderful character is Francis Crawford himself, and he will remain as brilliant and captivating for all six books. But every character Dunnett creates is unique, with their own quirks and personality. [...] If I could read this series on my deathbed, I would die happy. [...] The only way I could describe how The Fionavar Tapestry made me feel was to say that I felt like my veins were filled with light. Twenty five years later, I can still pick up that trilogy and feel the same way. [...] Anyone who’s talked books with me for any length of time will already know my favourite female author — my favourite author, period. Dorothy Dunnett is my favourite fiction author of all time. [...] I don’t think I’ve ever run into a more scintillating, fascinating, thrilling, amusing, maddening character than Francis Crawford of Lymond, in any book I’ve read, in all my life. [...] |
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