Freakin' WOWZERS on this DNF–as of now–experience. I landed on The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion Trilogy, Book 1) by Elizabeth Moon. The experience didn’t exactly fair well. I found myself bored about 30 pages into the book. The main character, Paks, was written just too dry for my taste. Her stance was to run away from her life as a farmer's daughter, as well as her father's controlling ways. He wants Paks to marry a pig farmer. Paks, on the other hand, desires to become a warrior or mercenary. Therefore, as many stories like this one goes, Paks runs away from home to enlist in an army to fulfill her dreams.
The issue is that I didn't know what drove her to choose this profession, outside of her acknowledging how her cousin was a warrior. The expansive issue I had was that I found Paks severely lacking in personality. This made it incredibly hard to engage with the story when neither her motivation nor personality didn't seem to be catching any wind. So with battle after battle approaching, I didn’t see the need to hang around any further.
Unfortunately, this is my second attempt at experiencing Elizabeth Moon's work. I tried to read her science-fiction space opera book, Trading in Danger, back in 2018. That book had the same issues as The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter where I found the main character rather dry and boring.
Nevertheless, I am going to regard The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter as the same as Trading in Danger with a “for another day”. Then promptly pick up something else.
Unfortunately, this is my second attempt at experiencing Elizabeth Moon's work. I tried to read her science-fiction space opera book, Trading in Danger, back in 2018. That book had the same issues as The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter where I found the main character rather dry and boring.
Nevertheless, I am going to regard The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter as the same as Trading in Danger with a “for another day”. Then promptly pick up something else.
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