Pushed into desperation, Miryem picks up the trade herself…and finds she’s rather good at it. Miryem is the daughter of a moneylender who doesn’t so much lend money as give it away. It’s at these times I find solace in books like Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I miss the hero actually living to the end of the story, and sometimes, sometimes, I miss the happy ending. I miss the classic tale of a heroic protagonist set on an impossible quest. Martin singlehandedly dismembered the fantasy genre. But every now and again, I miss the days before George R.R. By the end, half the characters are dead, most of the reader’s dreams have been shattered, and any of the possible happy endings we would have liked to have seen have been-at all costs-avoided.
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