Title: Fascinating world, stupid characters
Product review: There is some very fine world building that has gone into DIPLOMACY OF WOLVES; the world, its history, and the cultures which inhabit it, are all well drawn, with many clever touches.The plot, unfortunately, is only kept moving by the characters making the most idiotic decisions possible. Everyone jumps to the most outrageous conclusions about other characters' actions and fates, never thinking about alternate possibilities. No one questions the information given to them by mysterious supernatural entities. The plot moves quickly, but at only by sacrificing any credibility or sympathy the characters might have.I managed to read all of DIPLOMACY OF WOLVES, but the last several chapters were a slog towards the painfully obvious conclusion (which nevertheless is a surprise to the characters). I have no desire to read any further in the series.
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