The Wolf of Oren-Yaro

What this novel does get right, though, is the characterisation. Talyien is an absolutely fascinating character to read about ??? her stubbornness is a trait I find both admirable and exasperating at turns, and it???s clear that she has had to be that stubborn because of what has happened in her life and how she was raised. To be sure, she is not as good a person as some readers might want her to be, but that is why I like her: she does not pretend to be anything but human. She gets jealous, she can be petty, and she can be more than a little oblivious to those around her. She gets herself into trouble because she makes remarkably stupid decisions, and she does things before thinking them through (the main reason why I face-palmed a lot while reading this book). But at the core of it all, she wants to be a good mother to her son, a good ruler to her people, and if she is given the chance, a good wife to her husband. She does what she does because she wants to be worthy of what she has been given, because she wants to do her duty as best as she can. If she is shortsighted and makes terrible decisions, well??? What person has not ever been shortsighted or made terrible decisions?

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