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Chargement... Arrows of the Queen ( The Heralds of Valdemar, Book 1) (original 1987; édition 1987)par Mercedes Lackey
Information sur l'oeuvreLes flèches de la Reine par Mercedes Lackey (1987)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Very easy reading and I enjoyed the story. I believe this is my first Mercedes Lackey read and it reminded me very much of Anne McCaffrey. I do feel that there was not much of a plot - was the typical lowborn, neglected abused nobody is discovered as the "chosen one". There was danger from unknown villains that appeared to be resolved while still remaining basically unknown villains. I'll forgive the lack of plot as this being the introductory "coming of age" part of the trilogy and expect there to be more challenges and a beefier plotline in the next 2 books. A coming of age story that reads for the most part as if it's written for pre-teens. Not like a lot of Mercedes Lackey's fantasy novels which tend to be very overwritten and with lots of angst between the lovelorn and generally doomed characters. This one's more lively about a 13 year old girl from a very misogynistic and insular society who is 'chosen' by one of the intelligent horses, known as Companions, and undergoes training in the very important role of Queen's Own Herald (yes, all those things have capital letters!) It's a bit of a Mary Sue (from classic Trek fandom, the character who is absolutely perfect and everyone loves her ... in this case, everyone except certain not well developed baddies). Her only flaws are lack of self confidence but she turns out to be the answer to the kingdom's prayer. Anyway, I liked some characters and enjoyed the first part of the story and there were some touching bits e.g. her friendship with a lonely old harpist but it is a bit too twee somehow. The saving grace is that although it is the first of a trilogy, it is fairly self contained and can be read as a standalone book so you don't feel the need to look for the other volumes! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond imagining, Talia, once a runaway, has now become a trainee Herald, destined to become one of the Queen's own elite guard. For Talia has certain awakening talents of the mind that only a Companion like Rolan can truly sense. But as Talia struggles to master her unique abilities, time is running out. For conspiracy is brewing in Valdemar, a deadly treason that could destroy Queen and kingdom. Opposed by unknown enemies capable of both diabolical magic and treacherous assassination, the Queen must turn to Talia and the Heralds for aid in protecting the realm and insuring the future of the Queen's heir, a child already in danger of becoming bespelled by the Queen's own foes. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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However, once our heroine Talia gets to the heralds' Collegium, we have to realize that Mercedes Lackey is an unsubtle writer. Everything comes too easy for Talia. She is the chosen one for the most important destiny, everyone adores her even though she doesn't socialize with anybody, her psychic horse is the best, she has a stronger mental link with her horse than anyone... As the Queen's own herald, she is expected to civilize the young princess, also know as the Brat, so that she (the Brat) can also be chosen by one of the psychic horses as a companion, which is a prerequisite for becoming heir to the throne. With some basic common-sense discipline Talia accomplishes this easily, which makes us wonder why the queen or someone else had not bothered before.
And everything is like that. I don't have anything against wish-fulfillment coming of age fantasy, Quite the contrary, I like it. But the writing here was a bit too unsubtle for me. For a better writer with similar themes and target audience, I'd suggest Tamora Pierce.
One remarkable thing about this book is that, even though it was written before it was fashionable to have it in YA fantasies, it depicts same-sex relationships between the characters, which is more or less accepted among the heralds but not so much in the outside society. The main character is heterosexual, though. Also, more attention is paid to her sexual life than in other similar young adult coming of age fantasies. Talia tries several times to have sex with a boy she likes. Bizarrely, they are unable to do that, because every time they try to have sex one of them falls asleep. Maybe the author was trying for cute here, but it comes across as a bit ridiculous. Either describe your characters having sex or don't, but having two teenagers repeatedly trying to have sex and being unable to do so because they fall asleep is just silly.
So it's not like I disliked this. I read the whole book. It was easy reading. But it could have been done better. ( )