I also thought the characterization was a bit lacking in the earliest books - the yenta thing, yeah, but also John was weirdly lacking in a past and current connections. (Possibly because I'm in grad school now, I kept thinking, "But what about grad school? Why isn't he thinking about that at all?) It does get remedied later on, especially when you learn that he doesn't have a family because they cut him off for being gay.
I do like Ravishan! I just like Kahlil more. I sympathize a lot with his whole, "so that other version of me got the lover and the mentor and the friends, and I got to lurk under a bed... Is there someone you'd like me to assassinate? Come on, give me someone to assassinate!"
I'm resigned to the story being male-centric (plus a - ha! - bitch and a semi-villain), though I'm hoping Pesha gets more page time.
I have wondered if "Ji" is actually Ravishan/Kahlil's sister. She speaks completely differently, though. I now can't remember what happened to the sister-in-a-yellow-dog in the Kahlil timeline - do you remember?
I initially thought Laurie's kid was one of Jath'ibaye's soldiers, but I think my candidates are too young - early 20s rather than mid/late 20s. I had first thought only about ten years had passed, but it's nearly thirty. Jath'ibaye is in his fifties (though presumably magically not aged much), Fikiri is in his forties, and Laurie's kid would be about 27.
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I also thought the characterization was a bit lacking in the earliest books - the yenta thing, yeah, but also John was weirdly lacking in a past and current connections. (Possibly because I'm in grad school now, I kept thinking, "But what about grad school? Why isn't he thinking about that at all?) It does get remedied later on, especially when you learn that he doesn't have a family because they cut him off for being gay.
I do like Ravishan! I just like Kahlil more. I sympathize a lot with his whole, "so that other version of me got the lover and the mentor and the friends, and I got to lurk under a bed... Is there someone you'd like me to assassinate? Come on, give me someone to assassinate!"
I'm resigned to the story being male-centric (plus a - ha! - bitch and a semi-villain), though I'm hoping Pesha gets more page time.
I have wondered if "Ji" is actually Ravishan/Kahlil's sister. She speaks completely differently, though. I now can't remember what happened to the sister-in-a-yellow-dog in the Kahlil timeline - do you remember?
I initially thought Laurie's kid was one of Jath'ibaye's soldiers, but I think my candidates are too young - early 20s rather than mid/late 20s. I had first thought only about ten years had passed, but it's nearly thirty. Jath'ibaye is in his fifties (though presumably magically not aged much), Fikiri is in his forties, and Laurie's kid would be about 27.