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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8507298" data-attributes="member: 4348">Deryni Books.Just on the first trilogy, but man...some of the actions taken by characters (especially the evil ones) are terrible and make no sense.&nbsp; Theoretically, they should just fail and that is that, but in the book they succeed.The church is particularly dumb thus far in the first two books.&nbsp; Politically, the actions make no sense as they risk losing an entire nation and province due to their own stupid actions.&nbsp; It's like the church purposefully wanting to lose Germany or Spain.Then again, they DID lose England eventually in history, but it took a LOT MORE than simply just disliking a race that the Nobility was actually part of. What's even MORE stupid is that they are on the brink of a Holy War in the 2nd book, and instead of bolstering up the border nation's military and boostering up to defend the faith, instead they seem intent on doing everything they can to lose that nation to the enemy and threaten their holy church itself!The first book was okay, and I enjoyed it despite the ridiculous maneuvering, but the second book has increased what bothered me in the first book by a LOT and decreased the sensibilities a LOT.&nbsp; If I were the Church leadership I'd lay the smackdown on some of the Bishops by declaring them traitors to the faith by trying to ally with the infidels and betray a nation of the Church to the clutches of the enemies of the faith...because that's exactly what all this ridiculous plotting is seeming to do!Makes me grouse a bit about the plot, at least thus far.&nbsp; Perhaps the third book strikes me better?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 8507298, member: 4348"] Deryni Books. Just on the first trilogy, but man...some of the actions taken by characters (especially the evil ones) are terrible and make no sense. Theoretically, they should just fail and that is that, but in the book they succeed. The church is particularly dumb thus far in the first two books. Politically, the actions make no sense as they risk losing an entire nation and province due to their own stupid actions. It's like the church purposefully wanting to lose Germany or Spain. Then again, they DID lose England eventually in history, but it took a LOT MORE than simply just disliking a race that the Nobility was actually part of. What's even MORE stupid is that they are on the brink of a Holy War in the 2nd book, and instead of bolstering up the border nation's military and boostering up to defend the faith, instead they seem intent on doing everything they can to lose that nation to the enemy and threaten their holy church itself! The first book was okay, and I enjoyed it despite the ridiculous maneuvering, but the second book has increased what bothered me in the first book by a LOT and decreased the sensibilities a LOT. If I were the Church leadership I'd lay the smackdown on some of the Bishops by declaring them traitors to the faith by trying to ally with the infidels and betray a nation of the Church to the clutches of the enemies of the faith...because that's exactly what all this ridiculous plotting is seeming to do! Makes me grouse a bit about the plot, at least thus far. Perhaps the third book strikes me better? [/QUOTE]

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