A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

Discussion (6) ¬

1. 
   Zowie

   October 5, 2010 at 12:11 am | #

   I don’t much like how she shows affection.
2. 
   Arlnee

   October 5, 2010 at 2:35 am | #

   I just noticed that Liana’s reaction is sound for sound identical to Seren’s. O_O
3. 
   Gemina13

   October 5, 2010 at 9:08 am | #

   This section makes my skin crawl. Sere’s remarks are so much the hallmark of the abuser, professing love and admiration to hide the coming torment. Comfort, harm, rinse, repeat. ::gags::

   The expressions on Bast’s & Kovar’s faces are telling–Bast looks horrified, and Kovar’s disgusted hopelessness speaks volumes about how often he must have seen scenes like this played out. And again Niniri steps up to save Seren–she seems to be the only one who gives a damn about him in the Hierarchy. Why couldn’t she just order Sere to stay away from him?
4. 
   scribblerworks

   October 5, 2010 at 1:15 pm | #

   Niniri plays politics too … bet she lets Sere play nasty so she can seem perfection by comparison. She’s already shut down Sere’s mind-blasting Seren once in this encounter.

   And Seren can’t really show the Hierarchy too much strength.

   Of course, if the Hierarchy were more aware of psychological dynamics, they’d know that Seren is a breeding ground for resentful resistence. But they’re not, really, they’re just a collection of self-serving hedonists.
5. 
   TigerQueen

   October 5, 2010 at 5:53 pm | #

   As I’ve read all the books, I’ll just stay quiet here….
6. 
   Colleen Doran

   October 5, 2010 at 6:25 pm | #

   It’s fun for me to have the “real time” experience of seeing people read the book from the beginning.