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Originally Posted by Sparks the Knave  My biggest dislike about the book is actually Tattersail. I can't seem to in any way shape or form start to like her? I get the feeling that as a reader we might be meant to be backing her and all I want is for her to find either a quick death or something else equally changing so she can act less cow like :S
I'm unsure if I'm alone in that sentiment? |
Hmm... a lot of the characters are ambiguous in this way. Either they're doing good stuff, but are really annoying, or are likeable but generally evil
And Erikson delights in writing annoying characters. There are more to come from there, I'm afraid. Wait till you meet Felisin or the Mhybe
The way I see it, they fit into the story quite well anyway, so it doens't matter.
It may be annoying to hear (I certainly get annoyed at myself for saying it so much) but there are very few black-or-white characters in his books. With the occasional exception, they all have good
and bad traits, which is one of the attractions of the books for me.