ricardienne | (no subject)

So I'm reading Lord of the Isles because it's free, it's a tfn, and I'm on spring break. It's clearly rip-off-ish of Robert Jordan (okay, I've only read one and it was a while ago) and David Eddings, and it provides new and previously-unexperienced (I think) Tough Guide exempla (e.g. Ancient Engineering Projects). On the other hand, the characters are sort of interesting/individual, even if they are all missing heirs, good-hearted farm boys, and tour mentors. On the third hand, I am ~ 200 pages in, and the plot as such is still not really existent. On the one hand, Female Protagonist (Missing Heir) and Guilt-Stricken Holy Man are enduring (natural) disaster after disaster as they are schlepped around by a government official (Imperious Female) and her incompetent wizard (Evil Adept) for a not terribly clear political purpose. On the other hand, Male Protagonist (Missing Heir (or maybe just ancient king reincarnated?)) Steadfast Friend, Best Friend's Sister (i.e. in love with protagonist), and Mysterious Wise Woman are traveling with Ulteriorly Motived Merchant and his Pretty Intelligent Daughter (i.e. protagonist in love with her) also for reasons that are vague and not known to any one of them. Mostly people just get attacked randomly by zombies, and moon over other people. Lots of fun.