Indeed. The light heartedness of this story made it feel less present in the series to me...but that all changes by the end. By the end you realize what this is - this is Miles's last romp, cause he's someone new now. Good thing it was a first class caper then, eh?
Yes, less present. Less connected. In that way where everything back home is just on pause while Miles is off doing other things. Except of course this time, it wasn't. Which we knew was coming, but still.
Someone recently critted the book for the structure, pointing out that usually in a Bujold book, the effects of Aral's death would be the book, not an epilogue. I think this is completely true, but not writing that book was clearly important to her writing a new miles book at all. It raises the question of whether another book will follow on from this one, or whether this really is an organic endpoint.
...Catching up belatedly, with fingers falling off from writing.
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Yes, less present. Less connected. In that way where everything back home is just on pause while Miles is off doing other things. Except of course this time, it wasn't. Which we knew was coming, but still.
Someone recently critted the book for the structure, pointing out that usually in a Bujold book, the effects of Aral's death would be the book, not an epilogue. I think this is completely true, but not writing that book was clearly important to her writing a new miles book at all. It raises the question of whether another book will follow on from this one, or whether this really is an organic endpoint.
...Catching up belatedly, with fingers falling off from writing.