Kaptan Swing Sayı: 81 - Esse Gesse
I just reread this for my book club, and came back to check what I had written here after my first read. This was all I had: This book was tremendous, David Gemmell is truly a brilliant fantasy writer. I owe the late David Gemmell an apology for such a half-assed review. While what I said was and still is true, it is a huge understatement considering this is one of my all-time favorite fantasy novels. I will now try to do it better justice this time around. First of all, the entire story, which is fairly grand in scope, takes place in one 400-page book. Think about how impressive that is considering how long-winded some fantasy authors are (Patrick Rothfuss) or how some endlessly serialize their works (Robert Jordan, who didn't even let death get in the way of serializing more of the The Wheel of Time series). The novel takes the trope of the farmboy-turned-chosen-one on its head, by having the titular protagonist, Druss, be an old veteran warrior -- whose back-story is only vaguely hinted at -- knowingly and intentionally marching to his death at the siege on Dros Delnoch. It also has a number of other interesting supporting characters, from Rek the baresark (Gemmell's word for berserker), to a group of mystical warrior monks known as The Thirty, to the lovable rogue Bowman. Equally important, the leader of the invading Nadir army, Ulric, is not a stereotypical, stock villain. More than once it is mentioned that he is only doing what the protagonists' ancestors did hundreds of years before, when they created the Drenai empire. Ulric also has his own sense of honor, and in one scene near the end, he laments how (view spoiler) he has been made into the evil villain, without his knowledge or consent. I could go on, but I'll say this, which is high praise in itself -- I reread the book in two sittings. The fact that I couldn't put it down on a second reading is pretty impressive to me. As a final aside, contemporary British fantasy author Joe Abercrombie, who seems to be a spiritual successor to David Gemmell, seems to channel the character of Druss the Legend in his character Logen "The Bloody Nine" Ninefingers.
2022-11-14 16:43
Why I Read It: The title caught my eye Where I Obtained the Book: At my local library Review: Back in the 1920’s obtaining poison was a simple as walking into any general store and buying any number of common household products. Since our society wasn’t quite as litigious as it is today, manufacturers left it up to the consumer to be careful with their products. And since poison couldn’t be detected in the human body, or at least it couldn’t be proved in a court of law, which made it the method of choice of getting rid of unwanted people. Arsenic was referred to as inheritance powder because it was such a popular choice among budding murderers. But another change was taking place, due to political pressure the Medical Examiner in New York City stopped being an appointee, but instead became a Doctor and Scientist. The Poisoner’s Handbook takes you through the celebrated poisoning cases of the time and shows how the young ME’s department got its start and made great leaps (and sometimes setbacks) in not only solving these crimes but getting convictions as well. So much so that they changed the way police work is done; hence the existence of CSI on television (and maybe one day in real life too). Not only murderers, but poison was so readily available that accidental deaths were also rampant. The real treat of this book is the cases. From the locked room mystery wherein an older wealthy couple is found dead on the floor of their apartment without explanation; to the much more common offended family member just trying to get even with another by killing them. What is striking is the notion that we are much more violent in today’s society proves to be quite false. There are some mighty petty people back in the day as well. After a disagreement with her married daughter, the couple decides not to visit Grandma anymore. The children split with the teen daughter not going to see Grandma, but her younger brother does. So Grandma makes so extra special cookies for her granddaughter, just to teach her the ultimate lesson. One of my favorites is the factory works at the lead plant all begin losing their minds, then their motor control, and then begin collapsing. After a third of them die the company still has the nerve to deny that anything is actually wrong. Instead their position is the employees loved their jobs so much they just work themselves to death. It had nothing to do with the product. We get the poor young women painting the luminescent numbers on watches; the secret, licking the tips of their brushes to keep the point. First they began to glow in the dark followed by the slow disintegration of their bones. This book is just full of interesting stories that let us know how far we have come over the years (now we just shoot each other), but also let’s know how far we have yet to go. How morality shouldn’t always trump science as it can cost (prohibition did more damage and cost more lives than it saved). If I could make one request it would have been a photo section. Than goodness for the internet because every couple of pages I had to set the book down and get on Google to see who we were talking about. Get this book if anything about forensics interest you ( I am talking to you millions of CSI fans).
2022-11-14 16:31
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