{"id":482,"date":"2007-01-21T16:58:03","date_gmt":"2007-01-21T16:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=482"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T19:55:34","slug":"pierce_terrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2007\/01\/pierce_terrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce, Tamora: (115) Terrier<\/cite>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terrier<\/cite> is the most recent of Tamora Pierce’s novels<\/strong> set in Tortall and surrouding countries, though set a couple hundred years before the other books. It’s in epistolary format, almost entirely in the form of the diary of Beka Cooper, a trainee in the Provost’s Guard, the equivalent of a city police force. (There are a couple of excerpts from other people’s diaries at the beginning, which are annoying for being both clumsy setup and printed in difficult fonts.)<\/p>\n

This is Pierce’s first novel told in first-person point of view, and though the form slips slightly on occasion, the voice works well overall. While I thought a significant character could have used some more development, that could be attributable to the focus of the book as well as the form; and if I read things right, there ought to be plenty of opportunity to develop this character in the forthcoming two books.<\/p>\n

I also look forward to more about the Court of the Rogue, which seems to be a cross between the Mafia and a government for the lower classes—one that is benevolent when properly ruled. That kind of thing makes me twitch, thanks to The Lies of Locke Lamora<\/cite><\/a> and Pierce’s own Street Magic<\/cite><\/a>, but it may be that the compatibility of these two roles will be explored later on. (Or possibly they were explored in the initial Alanna quartet, but somehow I doubt it. I’m not going to re-read those, because I’m trying to cut down on my re-reading, and also I suspect they won’t hold up very well.)<\/p>\n

Otherwise, if you like Tamora Pierce’s other books (especially the Kel quartet), you’ll probably like this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Terrier is the most recent of Tamora Pierce’s novels set in Tortall and surrouding countries, though set a couple hundred years before the other books. It’s in epistolary format, almost entirely in the form of the diary of Beka Cooper, a trainee in the Provost’s Guard, the equivalent of a city police force. (There are … <\/p>\n

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