Deep Water, Pamela Freeman
well, guess it wasn't so long after i read this after all. i've had the book out from the library since early in fall semester, which basically means i've paid a shitload of fees for it and still hadn't managed to get around to it. could've bought the book already with those fees, i'd imagine, but who cares when it's a good book? at least i've managed to read it.
at first, i didn't remember what happened and who did what--it had been a while since i've read the last one, after all. i remembered distinctly who the characters were, but the events they went through in order to get to where they were was lost on me. there was almost NO recapping done in this book, so that didn't help. i had to figure it out all over again on my own from the consequences this book presented me with, and i still had vague recollections that were either confirmed or denied; that was about it. so first complain: it needed recapping. unless i read it all together. but they're getting released with a year in between each, so no helping that.
secondly, there was a lot of tension held in this book; every moment was expected to lead to something bigger, and yet it keeps you waiting throughout. by the end there was almost no conclusion at all. when bramble comes to her objective, i'm left thinking, that's it?? of course, her emotions about acton was well-written, but it most definitely felt anticlimactic. i went through two long books and i got MORE suspense waiting for me? nothing got resolved. if anything, things got more complicated. that leaves a lot of loose ends for the next book, and a lot of expectations. is that such a wise thing to do?
i keep expecting ash and bramble to coupled together, mostly because bramble kept saying how alike her and friede are, and ash who has music in his head definitely resembled baluch. there was also a lot of hint toward rebirth, so it would be fitting for ash and bramble to be together, somehow. acton's end left me unsatisfied and saddened, as it should, but how would the author deal with that emotion in a reader in her next installation? i can't help but keep wondering at that. "deep water" as a title is fitting, considering bramble spends half the book going to get herself to a body of water, then another half pretty much "drowning." leof also has a spirit similar to acton, i think, so what is really alluded to here? i keep getting the sense that the past is supposed to repeat itself in the present, or maybe i'm just making connections when there are none?
whatever the case, it feels like i'm gonna have another long wait before i can conclude this story in my head, because the next book comes out in september. it is now JANUARY. eight long friggin' months. okay. hopefully by the time i drag myself onto the next book i'll remember at least a little of what happened in this book.
that said, i love all the little snippets into minor characters that was given. characters of seemingly little import change everything. and what the hell did ash have to send the wind wraiths for??
