I think she did it specifically so we could imagine The Cult of the Gentle Mother, and not have to actually live through it.
I agree. And while that frustrates me because I feel coddled as a reader, I feel like taking a 'smaller' plot (like she did with the first Beka novel) would have resulted in me being more invested in the story, even if the Cult wasn't the focus.
Pierce's house was broken into, and she decided that she would no longer be writing Heroic Thief Characters, which basically meant that Rosto got COMPLETELY ABANDONED and replaced by a dude who was, essentially, a yes-man.
Oh, man, really? That's... kind of frustrating. And while I can appreciate Beka choosing someone who she can build a life with and isn't going to automatically have this conflict*, I really wish they'd played out the relationship with Farmer a bit more so it felt less easy.
*I feel this is a really good place to compare and contrast with Alanna/Jon, which I thought was a good example of Alanna choosing her life over a relationship with someone she did care deeply about. Which didn't mean that her relationship with George was easy or happened right away.
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I agree. And while that frustrates me because I feel coddled as a reader, I feel like taking a 'smaller' plot (like she did with the first Beka novel) would have resulted in me being more invested in the story, even if the Cult wasn't the focus.
Pierce's house was broken into, and she decided that she would no longer be writing Heroic Thief Characters, which basically meant that Rosto got COMPLETELY ABANDONED and replaced by a dude who was, essentially, a yes-man.
Oh, man, really? That's... kind of frustrating. And while I can appreciate Beka choosing someone who she can build a life with and isn't going to automatically have this conflict*, I really wish they'd played out the relationship with Farmer a bit more so it felt less easy.
*I feel this is a really good place to compare and contrast with Alanna/Jon, which I thought was a good example of Alanna choosing her life over a relationship with someone she did care deeply about. Which didn't mean that her relationship with George was easy or happened right away.