Thanks for posting this to the bujold list, I don't see much traffic on it. I always enjoy bujold analysis so thank a lot!
I think you do Fawn a disservice buy comparing her to Ekaterin. I think a lot of us are huge fans of the Vorkosiverse and it's myriad of characters and Ekaterin has had several books to develop her character. We're just starting to learn about Fawn, and she's a very different girl in a different world. Think of how many more options Ekaterin had open to her than Fawn, who has such a closed world-view. In general I think that Fawn is the youngest of Bujold's main female characters, and so I forgive her for not having as much of a backbone as Cordelia or Ekaterin or other strong female characters we've grown to love.
Give her tive, she'll grow on you. Besides, Beguilement is just the first half of the book, hopefully a lot of people's critiques will be addressed in the second half.
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Date: 2007-04-18 05:47 pm (UTC)I think you do Fawn a disservice buy comparing her to Ekaterin. I think a lot of us are huge fans of the Vorkosiverse and it's myriad of characters and Ekaterin has had several books to develop her character. We're just starting to learn about Fawn, and she's a very different girl in a different world. Think of how many more options Ekaterin had open to her than Fawn, who has such a closed world-view. In general I think that Fawn is the youngest of Bujold's main female characters, and so I forgive her for not having as much of a backbone as Cordelia or Ekaterin or other strong female characters we've grown to love.
Give her tive, she'll grow on you. Besides, Beguilement is just the first half of the book, hopefully a lot of people's critiques will be addressed in the second half.