Daughter Of Hounds
by Caitlin R. Kiernan
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Author: Caitlin R. KiernanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-02
ISBN: 0451461258
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Roc Trade
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Book Review: not kiernan's best by a long shot...
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a huge fan of Caitlin Kiernan's work, but this may be her weakest novel; she says in her introduction that she's never struggled with a book the way she did with this one, and unfortunately it shows. The story tells of the intersecting paths of Soldier, a woman who has forgotten her past and is slaughtering her way around New England on errands for the ghouls, and Emmie, a stubborn 8-year-old who is only now (for no clear reason) being hunted by forces who need her power. There is a *lot* of talking in this book, and much of it is repetitive and off the point. Emmie in particular spends most of the book insisting, constantly, repeatedly, that everything happening to her is all a dream and just stupid; this gets a bit exhausting by page 300, and makes her dialogue remarkably repetitive. Soldier's amnesia means that her character is not grounded in the way that Kiernan's characters usually are, by their past or other ties. The truly creepy sequences that Kiernan produced in Threshold and Low Red Moon are missing here, traded for less-than-subtle action or drawn-out dialogue, and instead of the vulnerability of a Chance Matthews or Deacon Silver we are left with Soldier and Emmie, both of whom are resistant to the reader-- Soldier because of her ur-competence, and Emmie because she simply doesn't want to be in the book. The reasons for Soldier's and Emmie's experiences, and the timing of them, are never resolved, nor does the end make much sense. Altho' readers of the first two books in this series will probably read this just to find out what happens next, anyone looking for an introduction to Kiernan will find much better work by her in her other novels.
Summary of Daughter Of Hounds
They are the Children of the Cuckoo. Stolen from their cribs and concealed in shadows to be raised by ghouls, they are now changelings in service to the creatures who rule the world Below and despise the world Above. Any human contact is strictly forbidden and punishment is swift and severe for those who disobey.Raised by her widower father, Emmie Silvey has a precocious personality and striking yellow eyes that have left her a solitary child. But that changes when two women enter her life-one who stalks her, one who haunts her dreams- both insisting that her entire life is a lie and warning her of an encroaching darkness.
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