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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8624454" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#159 The Yellow Silk by Don Bassingthwaite (Rogues 4) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 27/4/22 to 3/5/22</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]156661[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, it's the best of the four Rogues book by far, but... not a work of subtle genius, the best thing about it being that it doesn't take its self, or the genre, too seriously. Better still it doesn't settle for a rogue, our hero, Tycho, is a bard, and his soon to be best-friend is a monk, and his name is Li. That's the first and most obvious thing about this one, we're in Spandeliyon (and I've never even heard of this place before) and Li is one of the Shou Lung, and that's also rare (in the books that I have read so far).</p><p></p><p>Caveat, most of the Shou stuff I have read so far has been mediocre, or mad.</p><p></p><p>But, this one isn't, or at least Li isn't, he's an arse at the start but more of a brother to Tycho (and we like him too) by the end.</p><p></p><p>There's also, and this is a massive spoiler here- so, you've been warned, there's some fantastic hot wereboar action, point of order the climax is just glorious, and the auther is forced to employ time stopping/overlapping narrative tricks so that he can concentrate in on three (or four) different fights (and pockets of action) as the epic tale unfolds.</p><p></p><p>The final fight is in the big (little) bad boss hin/halfling's lair which is a pig-sty, no... really, it's a pig-sty, where the pigs are kept. It involves Li fighting his wereboar older brother (and then on the roof) chop socky style (with appropriate, possibly racist, sound effects), while down below Tycho (and his mentor, and his would-be posh young lady apprentice) attempt to bring the tide in to drown all of their enemies (in a typical bardish style) including the aforementioned bad hin/halfling Brin, and the two crazy Red Wizards that are also in the fracas. Also in the picture, for at least some of the time, are Lander- a powerful thug that we've been visiting with, the rest of Brin and Lander's muscle and a pack of crazy boars/pigs.</p><p></p><p>It's a wild time.</p><p></p><p>Peter Jackson it isn't, if I was directing it I'd make sure there was plenty of slide-whistle and more than enough cowbell. It's gloriously epic and daft, but every one in the picture is also being/acting gloriously epic and daft, so- let's get to it.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, at the start we wander for a while, particularly because Li starts of proceedings by being an objectionable dolt, and Tycho is just phoning in his life; but over the course of the book- wouldn't you know it- both of them change, and get a fresh perspective on things (and each other).</p><p></p><p>Just to make clear, there's a lot to like here, from the places and the people, to just the nice stuff that comes with watching how bards work, that's all great. The story, when it kicks up a notch particularly, is a delight- it's all going on. Again, there's a lot of false starts and exposition to begin with, and the Hooded is a hoot, and... it kind of fits into the whole, sorta. But, I'm not complaining, and again- particularly in light of the rest of the novels in this series, this one's the pearl (before swine- see the book). Mostly because it doesn't take itself too seriously, it delights in what it does, someone said have fun with it- and Don Bassingthwaite did just that.</p><p></p><p>Loved the ending with Lander in the oubliette.</p><p></p><p>Read, if you fancy a grin then you should too- stick with it.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well.</p><p></p><p>Cheers goonalan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8624454, member: 16069"] [B]#159 The Yellow Silk by Don Bassingthwaite (Rogues 4) Read 27/4/22 to 3/5/22[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="180px" alt="IMG_3225.JPG"]156661[/ATTACH] Well, it's the best of the four Rogues book by far, but... not a work of subtle genius, the best thing about it being that it doesn't take its self, or the genre, too seriously. Better still it doesn't settle for a rogue, our hero, Tycho, is a bard, and his soon to be best-friend is a monk, and his name is Li. That's the first and most obvious thing about this one, we're in Spandeliyon (and I've never even heard of this place before) and Li is one of the Shou Lung, and that's also rare (in the books that I have read so far). Caveat, most of the Shou stuff I have read so far has been mediocre, or mad. But, this one isn't, or at least Li isn't, he's an arse at the start but more of a brother to Tycho (and we like him too) by the end. There's also, and this is a massive spoiler here- so, you've been warned, there's some fantastic hot wereboar action, point of order the climax is just glorious, and the auther is forced to employ time stopping/overlapping narrative tricks so that he can concentrate in on three (or four) different fights (and pockets of action) as the epic tale unfolds. The final fight is in the big (little) bad boss hin/halfling's lair which is a pig-sty, no... really, it's a pig-sty, where the pigs are kept. It involves Li fighting his wereboar older brother (and then on the roof) chop socky style (with appropriate, possibly racist, sound effects), while down below Tycho (and his mentor, and his would-be posh young lady apprentice) attempt to bring the tide in to drown all of their enemies (in a typical bardish style) including the aforementioned bad hin/halfling Brin, and the two crazy Red Wizards that are also in the fracas. Also in the picture, for at least some of the time, are Lander- a powerful thug that we've been visiting with, the rest of Brin and Lander's muscle and a pack of crazy boars/pigs. It's a wild time. Peter Jackson it isn't, if I was directing it I'd make sure there was plenty of slide-whistle and more than enough cowbell. It's gloriously epic and daft, but every one in the picture is also being/acting gloriously epic and daft, so- let's get to it. Don't get me wrong, at the start we wander for a while, particularly because Li starts of proceedings by being an objectionable dolt, and Tycho is just phoning in his life; but over the course of the book- wouldn't you know it- both of them change, and get a fresh perspective on things (and each other). Just to make clear, there's a lot to like here, from the places and the people, to just the nice stuff that comes with watching how bards work, that's all great. The story, when it kicks up a notch particularly, is a delight- it's all going on. Again, there's a lot of false starts and exposition to begin with, and the Hooded is a hoot, and... it kind of fits into the whole, sorta. But, I'm not complaining, and again- particularly in light of the rest of the novels in this series, this one's the pearl (before swine- see the book). Mostly because it doesn't take itself too seriously, it delights in what it does, someone said have fun with it- and Don Bassingthwaite did just that. Loved the ending with Lander in the oubliette. Read, if you fancy a grin then you should too- stick with it. Stay safe and well. Cheers goonalan. [/QUOTE]
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