Book: Tigana

Author: Guy Gavriel Kay

Details: (c) Guy Gavriel Kay 1990; Pub ROC Fantasy 1991; ISBN 0-451-45115-5

Verdict: Tigana is traditional fantasy done very well, but nothing more than that.

Reasons for reading it: I read The lions of Al-Rassan ages ago (before I started my journal, in fact), and I quite enjoyed it, though I wasn't wildly enthusiastic. I've come across mentions of Tigana several times in discussions of great fantasy, so it seemed worth picking up.

How it came into my hands: When I was going mad in bookshops in Montreal, I found this and rysmiel was enthusiastic about it when I asked whether it was worth reading.

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Home safe

Yes, really properly at home this time. Journey was boring and uncomfortable as expected, and rather sleepless for extra annoyance factor. But the hardest part was getting from Heathrow to Cambridge and even that wasn't very hard. And I've been babbling at my parents until my throat is sore and I have tea and my Sisters CD and my mother has baked challah. Oof.