Review: Sheepfarmer’s Daughter (Deed of Paksenarrion, book 1) by Elizabeth Moon

[lisefrac]

Originally published at Lise Fracalossi. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[in_water_writ]

I really like the idea of a having a book club. I mean, mostly because then I have an excuse to make everyone read the books I think they should read when it's my turn. But still.

[lisefrac]

Wait, you mean that isn't the purpose of a book club?

I too would love something like this -- I encourage you to start one :) We have enough larpers with similar tastes in SFF...

[in_water_writ]

I will basically become a company shill. I think I will ponder the logistics of this. Yes.

[laurion]

I hope you earn commission.

[akiko]

Are you using head hopping to mean multiple 3rd person POVs in different scenes, or that it switches mid-scene?

[lisefrac]

I think it's a little of both, but I can't recall precisely now? The castrated dude gets his own chapter, but with the whole thing with her sergeant, the POV follows him out of the room without a scene break, I seem to recall.

I admit "head-hopping" as a term is overused, and based completely on a modern preference for limited 3rd. Which is why I use it in quotes.

[akiko]

Urgh, POV shifts need scene breaks, bad author.

I write multi-POV, so I am not opposed to POV shifts. They just need to be demarcated.

Are you on Codex? There was a thread on POV recently.