Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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THE WINTER LONG open thread!

To celebrate the release of The Winter Long, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you have had time, and I'd really, really rather book discussion (sometimes including spoilers) didn't crop up on other posts.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.) I will be DELETING all comments containing spoilers which have been left on other posts. No one gets to spoil people here without a label.

You can also start a discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun, and try not to bleed on the carpet.
Tags: discussion post, the winter long, toby daye
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arcaneblades

September 3 2014, 08:27:46 UTC 2 years ago

Fresh from having finished the book, and wow am I confused. Terribly entertained, but confused, and fully intent on re-reading it when i have another day off in a couple of days.

I am constantly amazed by Toby's newly expanded power set. It feels right, if shocking, and I have to wonder, when all is said and done, what exactly she will be able to accomplish. The sudden shocks and twists in this book just kept coming. All the pieces coming back from where they'd been seeded in earlier books. It is my absolute favorite so far, as much as it sets the stage for a whole new world to come.

crewgrrl

September 3 2014, 12:55:50 UTC 2 years ago

What I love about Toby's expanding powers is that they feel much more organic and much less New Powers As The Plot Demands. She's learning her own powers without a map or guide, and sometimes they work out for her and sometimes they don't.

rymenhild

September 4 2014, 00:49:08 UTC 2 years ago

Also, they've been telegraphed. Toby raised the dead for the first time in Book 2, when she was way underpowered. That was a pretty clear hint that resurrection was going to stay in Toby's skillset.

taylweaver

September 7 2014, 01:58:56 UTC 2 years ago

It's like she's leveling up rather than picking up brand new abilities out of the blue. Each new ability connects back to things we already knew she could do - or at least things that we should have known she could do. (Like breaking someone else's spell. That was set up back in the first book, but my brain didn't put together until this book that it was Toby herself breaking Simon's spell on her, not just the passage of time.)

Also, as an aside, I'm entertained to see my friends commenting on each other's posts (Hi, rymenhild!). I don't think the two of you have ever met each other, but here you are having a conversation.

seanan_mcguire

September 5 2014, 08:07:58 UTC 2 years ago

Hooray!