Oh, that's an excellent point about Port! Those Annals were "lost" to memory-wipes and the evac from Aloe, along with being affected by intense glamour from Rain, the kids, and the demon-cat. No *wonder* it doesn't sound like the Croaker we all remember.

I'm starting to buy the time-traveling ideas.
On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 09:34:52 AM CDT, David Ainsworth <narsham@comcast.net> wrote:


Yes, in addition to the kids being pretty clearly linked to Port of Shadows, there's a few moments in the story where Cook deploys italics. As if we're reading Croaker's thoughts. Except, of course, that we're always reading Croaker's thoughts. Which suggests that these brief interjections might be a commentary from a later Croaker.

Otherwise, too short. It's interesting that the tone is far closer to the older books than to Port of Shadows, which in retrospect reads like Croaker hadn't taken the time to clean things up for their official inclusion in the annals.

David

On 8/4/2021 9:00 AM, Matt Cutter via glencook-fans wrote:
Anybody else got an opinion on the story?
On Thursday, July 29, 2021, 02:55:28 PM CDT, Matt Cutter via glencook-fans <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:


Disclaimer:  Shortened the name to avoid trouble for anybody behind profanity filters.

Review:  Well, that went fast.

It's a short read.  But I enjoyed it.  Voice seemed more like the old Croaker voice from the original trilogy.  Though Cook's prose is more polished, it doesn't change that old voice.  I missed young, optimistic Croaker.

It's self-contained enough to enjoy on its own, but has enough callbacks to engage us long-time fans.

Spoilers:
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
(Characters included to prevent whitespace from being collapsed.)
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
I'm pretty sure I agree with the theory that the twins here are the twins from Port of Shadows and that the mysterious one-armed Taken is Twice Dead.  Too bad the Lady gobbled him up; he had potential.
_______________________________________________
glencook-fans mailing list -- glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com
To unsubscribe send an email to glencook-fans-leave@mailman.xmission.com


_______________________________________________glencook-fans mailing list -- glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.comTo unsubscribe send an email to glencook-fans-leave@mailman.xmission.com


_______________________________________________
glencook-fans mailing list -- glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com
To unsubscribe send an email to glencook-fans-leave@mailman.xmission.com