| $@%&! level: Low “Bedroom” level: Low Violence level: High (including some that could be considered for the “Bedroom” level, if you want to think about it that way, which I don't. Anyway, that particular bit isn't graphic at all.) Back Cover: “Paksenarrion—Paks for short—was somebody special. Never could she have followed her father's orders and married the pig farmer down the road. Better a soldier's life than a pigfarmer's wife, and so though she knew that she could never go home again, Paks ran away to be a soldier. And so began an adventure destined to transform a simple Sheepfarmer's Daughter into a hero fit to be chosen by the gods.” |
But first, she gets to spend some time in recovery. After getting through the second book, I wanted to spend some time in recovery as well, so it works out pretty well. The thing is that the recovery period is absolutely necessary for Paksenarrion's character growth. She goes into it as so much less than she used to be, and comes out of it as so much more. Of all the books, this is the one where Paks changes and progresses the most. Where before she was more likely to obey orders than to do much thinking for herself, now she becomes not only independent-minded but also much more given to introspection and self-knowledge. And that's the way she actually wins against the torturing priests of the Dark Gods without ever striking a single blow. That's the stuff of legend, right there.