Currently Entering Shiri’s Eyeholes
Still feeling this one out. McIntyre is a very gifted writer and the idea of a firmly set historical fantasy is a novel one, despite the book’s having been published in 1997.
The difficulty I’m having 60 pages in is with the narrative voice. Well, voices. While each voice is distinct and individual, they shift without any warning whatsoever, which has left me with mental whiplash a couple of times. So far the majority of time has been spent in Marie-Joseph’s (main female character) head which has been by turns glorious (when she’s lost in the beauties of math, for example) and grating as hell (even given the historical period and the presence of Lois the XIV, the woman bows and scrapes even in her internal monologue).
The story is a fascinating one — the capture of a “sea monster” — at the order of the king by a science obsessed Jesuit (fantasy really does seem to be a good genre for those guys), which has kept me around so far.
Searching for the cover image, I discovered there is a film adaptation of The Moon and Sun set for release in April of this year with Pierce Brosnan as Louis. The synopsis suggests they played with some of the small details but kept the core story intact. Color me intrigued.
Review once I’ve finished.
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