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Echo in Amethyst
Sep. 4th, 2019 12:01 pmI just finished listening to the third in Sharon Shinn's new Echoes trilogy - Echo in Amethyst. It took me ten days to get through it, but it felt like a lot longer.
The premise for the world of the trilogy is that high nobles in the Seven Jewels have up to three copies of themselves that follow them around and copy all their movements, as a sign of their status. It's an interesting idea, but only some of the practicalities are explained - I mean, the echoes eat and drink, but do all the houses have to have bathrooms with four cubicles for synchronised waste management?
Anyway, even suspending disbelief to accept that the system somehow works, this book left a lot to be desired.
Spoilers below...
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The premise for the world of the trilogy is that high nobles in the Seven Jewels have up to three copies of themselves that follow them around and copy all their movements, as a sign of their status. It's an interesting idea, but only some of the practicalities are explained - I mean, the echoes eat and drink, but do all the houses have to have bathrooms with four cubicles for synchronised waste management?
Anyway, even suspending disbelief to accept that the system somehow works, this book left a lot to be desired.
Spoilers below...
( Cut for spoilers... )
