Oh, it's lots of fun! From your description of the things you liked about it, I was pretty sure I would as well.
Have you ever read Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books? The first three are good stories but squarely in the mold of high fantasy; the fourth, which was written some years later, turns a lot of that on its ear, taking a definitely domestic perspective on a fantasy world. The fourth book is my favorite, but the first three are fun to read as well and really set the fourth one up for its full impact.
Back to Saun and Dag, though, that is a fun scene. I can think of other fictional characters who've lost hands (Edgar in the Catherine Le Vendeur series, and someone else I won't name because he comes from a series that really deserves not to be spoiled ;) ), and there's always a plot thread about them learning to adapt. So it's interesting to see a different perspective here, with Dag having worked around his lost hand for years.
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Date: 2012-07-03 03:38 am (UTC)Have you ever read Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books? The first three are good stories but squarely in the mold of high fantasy; the fourth, which was written some years later, turns a lot of that on its ear, taking a definitely domestic perspective on a fantasy world. The fourth book is my favorite, but the first three are fun to read as well and really set the fourth one up for its full impact.
Back to Saun and Dag, though, that is a fun scene. I can think of other fictional characters who've lost hands (Edgar in the Catherine Le Vendeur series, and someone else I won't name because he comes from a series that really deserves not to be spoiled ;) ), and there's always a plot thread about them learning to adapt. So it's interesting to see a different perspective here, with Dag having worked around his lost hand for years.