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wombat1138) wrote2010-06-16 11:51 pm
wombat1138) wrote2010-06-16 11:51 pm
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Temeraire
Mainlined the first three books this week; planning to fetch the next two from the library. Fortunate timing wrt short wait for book 6 to come out.
Might actually have to read up on actual Napoleonic Wars for better sense of background. Hope to recover pronouns RSN.
Later addendum after book 4: still enjoying series, though have managed to confirm a niggling suspicion that Novik's romanization of Chinese is wildly inconsistent. However, this in itself does not nec'ly conflict with the narrative POV's filtration via a British officer who never acquires proficiency in the Chinese language.
Might actually have to read up on actual Napoleonic Wars for better sense of background. Hope to recover pronouns RSN.
Later addendum after book 4: still enjoying series, though have managed to confirm a niggling suspicion that Novik's romanization of Chinese is wildly inconsistent. However, this in itself does not nec'ly conflict with the narrative POV's filtration via a British officer who never acquires proficiency in the Chinese language.