[LMB] HH chapter 15

[Tracy MacShane]

On Tue, 2 May 2006 17:50:08 +0300, "Kalina Varbanova"
<kikibug13 at gmail.com> said:
> 
> Hmm. After my nth re-read of CoC (Sunday + Monday) I find more
> similarities
> between Ingrey and Cazaril than I first thought... Caz admits he is so
> curious he may "limp all the way to the Bastard's hell for that frightful
> curiousity's sake" - and Ingrey does admit satisfying his curiosity is
> the best way Hetwar sometimes rewards him... And Caz is _not_ a fencer - and
> he does get to the killing directly...
> *grin*

Yes. After buying it as an e-book, I was able to reread HH in a much
more leisurely fashion, and I *like* Ingrey a lot more than I did on
first reading. Thank god. It's no secret that if I were slightly
differently inclined, I'd be madly in love with Caz - it's nice to
compare and contrast with Ingrey. Also, I got much more of a sense of
Ingrey's sense of humour this time. I really didn't pick up on it the
first time round, and it's one of the things I enjoy a lot about Caz. 

It certainly helps with my liking of the book over all - on first
reading, I felt it to be a little relentlessly grim. Also, unfortunate
personal circs, and having to read it in the space of 24 hours,
undoubtedly coloured my perceptions at the time. Which is why I never
understand people who don't re-read (unless of course it's a *vile*
book). You never pick up everything the first time round - unless you
read incredibly slowly, I suppose - and what you do register is a lot to
do with your mood at the time. I find books that have emotionally
"difficult" parts much easier to read when I'm in a cheerful mood, for
example. (Of course, there are some books that are unrelenting
"difficulty", like Robin Hobb's, Stephen Donaldson's and George R.R
Martin's - and I haven't ever been in such a Pollyanna mood as to be
able to finish them.)

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