Quis Custodiet by Manna Francis
My rating: 3/5 cats
oh, i do so hope boycop is watching! i would love to be scolded on teh internets again for how lame and boring my sense of humor is. come to me, boycop, i have read the fifth volume of the administration series, and am eager for your judgment of me, please! here—i will repost your own review of this book here so i can refer to it more easily. i need to know what is the most acceptable form of review for books in this series.
As the title implies, the plot is mainly about the political machination of the Administration, but with enjoyable insights into Toreth’s inner demons.
Manna’s writing is once again excellent. The characters are alive and believable, but also broken and incomplete (as humans), but the writing never perpetrates into sentimentality or easy solutions.
yes, that was very informative. thank you for showing me how it ought to be done. and for your well-reasoned arguments in the past. remind me to be grateful later, when i am finished using my sense-making skills to even understand your criticisms of me.
so. volume five. this book reads like the fifth or sixth year of a perfectly matched relationship. the fireworks are predictable, there are petty jealousies and quiet nights and a couple of role reversals to keep it spicy in a world where where “no” doesn’t mean “no” so much as “ask again.” but it’s fine—i still love the characters, i am just waiting until the sixth volume—the one that makes dana’s eyes go all faraway.
as far as it goes—i thought the novella that opened this collection was among the strongest (except the first one, which got me started in my love for these two characters), but i always find her resolutions to be a little abrupt and weak. but before that part, it was very strong—plenty of intrigue and some changes in toreth that make me hopeful for his prospects for humanization. the stories were good, but i didn’t get the same aspect of character development that other stories have offered. but. i still love this series, and i am apprehensive that there are only two more. especially because of the presence of stories that only have one of “my boys” in it, or different characters altogether! it is seriously frustrating.
those are my opinions. they are not meant to be humorous.
i apologize if any humor leaked out.
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