Thursday, March 15, 2012
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In Shadow Chaser, the main character (the hero), is a thief. Though he's not just any ordinary thief, he's a master thief. Apparently, he's this Dancer in the Shadows mentioned in a goblin prophecy but he's rather skeptical of this, understandably. This leads me to another topic having to do with the sci-fi/fantasy genre. There are a lot of books in this genre with a hero who's mentioned in prophecy. Also, I've noticed that a lot of heroes in books tend to be thieves or darker characters (assassins, etc.). The authors are trying to step out of the box, but since other authors are doing the same thing, it's kind of redundant. But I do have to say that Harold, the main character, is a rather amusing narrator. He's kind of sarcastic in a lot of his narration. This does help give the book a more unique quality to it.
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I love a sarcastic narrator, it makes it fun and gives the book great personality. But it also makes it a difficult read because you have to try and deiced wether he or she is being serious or goofing around.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to agree, having a sarcastic narrator is always the best because it adds that much more to the book, and does indeed give it a good personality. And for the book to be good, its gotta meet those critiques.
ReplyDeleteShadows... thieves? Mmmmmmm... tempting... ;) And ditto towards the sarcasim...
ReplyDeleteSarcasm is always really fun in books, and especially so when the narrator is the one doing it. It seems that you have a thing for the high fantasy type of books, and sometimes I tend to stay away from them because they all seem to have very similar archetypes/twists/and/or plotlines.
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