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Speculation: What did Mab remove from Harry's memory this time?
Conspiracy Theorist:
The problem is the denouement of the whodunnit part is going to come after the main action in BG. It should have been published as a single volume, or there should have been a denouement before the split, but far too late for anybody to do anything and have the villain redeem themselves dying in combat against the Fomor.
That would have been a much better first book.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 08, 2020, 01:04:11 PM ---The problem is the denouement of the whodunnit part is going to come after the main action in BG. It should have been published as a single volume, or there should have been a denouement before the split, but far too late for anybody to do anything and have the villain redeem themselves dying in combat against the Fomor.
That would have been a much better first book.
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The problem with the "who dunnit" is there is very little of that in the book. It is basically, Thomas is accused, he is in bad shape, lets get him to safety.. Which is sad, because Jim showed early on in Storm Front that he can write a very good "who dunnit." Harry is a great truth seeker, that just didn't happen.
The_Sibelis:
I'm betting it's cause of the forthcoming left turn. Watsonian, Harry didn't have the time to think in depth about who dunnit, he assumes Thomas did indeed do it, as he was caught doing it. His knee jerk reaction is to save him first, ask questions later...
Conspiracy Theorist:
Yes but was looking at Thomas’s apartment for who may have pressured him. The absence of evidence of eavesdropping suggest someone very very good, or that it was opportunism, someone taking advantage of Thomas and his access. Evanna or Eb. Doesn’t mean Mab calculated that someone would take the opportunity, and built that into her plans.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on August 08, 2020, 03:04:23 PM ---Yes but was looking at Thomas’s apartment for who may have pressured him. The absence of evidence of eavesdropping suggest someone very very good, or that it was opportunism, someone taking advantage of Thomas and his access. Evanna or Eb. Doesn’t mean Mab calculated that someone would take the opportunity, and built that into her plans.
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I think the book would have been better served with more investigation climaxing in the rescue attempt.. Very little of that happened, a lot of set up presumably for Battle Ground and a lot of set up for the rescue. My fear is a lot of the stage, i.e. the Senior Council mistrust of Harry is going to fall to the wayside because of the enormity of the battle itself. I hope it isn't a repeat of the final season of Game of Thrones, where the writers were hell bent on battle spectacle, oversimplified the
complex story because they ran out of money for more episodes or just lacked the writing skill. They forgot that a lot of what made Battle of the Bastards great was the set up for it that took more than one season, the special effects were just a bonus. My point, if the set up for the battle of Chicago isn't handled well, it will disappoint no matter how much action and vivid description.
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