Did your grandfather share stories about his loves and hates with you? About his mistakes and secret shames? About who he had sex with and where? If he did you have a particularly special grandfather.
It seems that Ebenezer does not trust Harry and wants control over him to educate and shape him into someone more to his liking.
Are we forgetting that a White Court Vampire seduced and then murdered Ebenezer's daughter?
Or he knew but he did not think about offspring. His daughter was under their influence and now he thinks Harry is too. Thomas might be his grandson but he is a monster and Ebenzer expect him to do what monsters do. So his grandson is doing stupid things because of vampire influence that will lead to his dead. He wants to get Harry back whatever it takes.
What makes you think there has to be some other, hidden reason for him to hate vampires besides that?Didn't Eb say there was someone else?
And he had dinner with them a couple of times a year?He had a dinner with Maggie, some vampires, and probably some others. We've been through this.
Yeah, but he is going about it totally the wrong way..The right way would have been to join Harry on the boat and have a chat but Harry had three monsters on board and his free will was compromised by Lara. You can not expect Ebenezer to go on board under these circumstances.
The right way would have been to join Harry on the boat and have a chat but Harry had three monsters on board and his free will was compromised by Lara. You can not expect Ebenezer to go on board under these circumstances.
Freydis chose exactly the right illusion to make everything worse.
He had a dinner with Maggie, some vampires, and probably some others. We've been through this.
Oh no, that conversation needed to happen way before this, and Harry has known all along howBut Eb is difficult to talk with especially if he feels strongly about something. And it was not his secret to reveal, not his alone.
Eb felt..
Which is weird when you think of that, Eb said it was something else besides Raith killing Margaret. Well, if he felt that way, how could he have dinner with them?Because Raith had not yet killed her?
Which is weird when you think of that, Eb said it was something else besides Raith killing Margaret. Well, if he felt that way, how could he have dinner with them?What Arjan said plus we don't know when or what the something else was. Just to clarify, it was in addition to killing his daughter.
After clicking "post," it occurred to me that his explosive behavior at that dinner seems to suggest that Eb was acting in character in this book. I bring it up because a lot of people say he was acting out of character. I didn't really see that, myself.It was in character, he behaves like that in Changes, but more extreme. Already in the sample chapters he shows a lack of control that is greater than it used to be.
It was in character, he behaves like that in Changes, but more extreme. Already in the sample chapters he shows a lack of control that is greater than it used to be.
What is surprising is not his feelings and opinions about it and not even his reaction but his lack of control while doing so.
Yes, his bickering with Margaret at the dinner was the tip off that they were related. However in Changes I wouldn't call the relationship between Harry and Eb all that volatile.When they are communicating with stones Eb is immediately demanding him to obey and join him. It takes considerable effort to get through to him.
When they are communicating with stones Eb is immediately demanding him to obey and join him. It takes considerable effort to get through to him.
Only then his behaviour changes.
When they are communicating with stones Eb is immediately demanding him to obey and join him. It takes considerable effort to get through to him.Furthermore, he literally muted Harry.
Only then his behaviour changes.
Are we forgetting that a White Court Vampire seduced and then murdered Ebenezer's daughter?
Because the whole "keep things from Harry" bit is a tool to keep the plot from resolving too quickly. Honestly though, it is getting a bit old and I don't think it was very well done here. In the past the books have poked fun at major tropes and started in the face of classic plot devices and nuances of the genre. Here though it seems the book was really leaning on them out of necessity. Harry didn't look for answers or ask questions in a lot of places in this book that seemed glaring to the point of frustration.
I can't believe I'm going to say this after waiting 6 years, but it almost seems like this book wasn't done. Hopes that BG picks up the spare.