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Jan. 18th, 2003 02:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spokebouncing around lj again, and was seized by the compulsion to make a book rec, so:
the Coldfire trilogy, by C.S. Friedman.
i remember picking up the first one because the cover of the 3rd was really pretty and i wanted to know who that guy was, and the lady in the background (already finished by the time i saw it, lucky me!:) ) and i have to read things in the right order. i know people who have mentioned that thye can read things out of order and not be bothered by it. these people (co-workers at old jobs, mostly) are insane. stark raving, i'm sure of it.
anyway, back to the subject at hand: the story really revolves around the 2 main characters and the - really warped realtionship that develops between them. because honestly, i think they're both variations on the alpha male, and they can't both be in charge of the quest they draw into to, and naturally, neither of them will give up control, so:
hurrah for tug-of-war!
about everything, but especially about theology issues, because they belong(Damien, priest) and belonged to(Gerald, supernatural evil sorceror type) the same religion.
and it's really interesting, seeing how everything changes Damien.
oh, and something that i didn't really notice until the second time through; strong female support charcters.
Ciani, Damien's love interest in the first book and Hesseth, a member of an alien species that really hates humans and- crap- trying not to make spoilerish comments - can't describe how cool she is without doing so!
same thing for Jenseny in the second book and Narilka in the third! auggh!
oh fudge and darn. want to gush ridicuosly; have been accused by family members of spoiling things. and i know they're right.
but it's still a really cool trilogy!
the Coldfire trilogy, by C.S. Friedman.
i remember picking up the first one because the cover of the 3rd was really pretty and i wanted to know who that guy was, and the lady in the background (already finished by the time i saw it, lucky me!:) ) and i have to read things in the right order. i know people who have mentioned that thye can read things out of order and not be bothered by it. these people (co-workers at old jobs, mostly) are insane. stark raving, i'm sure of it.
anyway, back to the subject at hand: the story really revolves around the 2 main characters and the - really warped realtionship that develops between them. because honestly, i think they're both variations on the alpha male, and they can't both be in charge of the quest they draw into to, and naturally, neither of them will give up control, so:
hurrah for tug-of-war!
about everything, but especially about theology issues, because they belong(Damien, priest) and belonged to(Gerald, supernatural evil sorceror type) the same religion.
and it's really interesting, seeing how everything changes Damien.
oh, and something that i didn't really notice until the second time through; strong female support charcters.
Ciani, Damien's love interest in the first book and Hesseth, a member of an alien species that really hates humans and- crap- trying not to make spoilerish comments - can't describe how cool she is without doing so!
same thing for Jenseny in the second book and Narilka in the third! auggh!
oh fudge and darn. want to gush ridicuosly; have been accused by family members of spoiling things. and i know they're right.
but it's still a really cool trilogy!
