it is a deep and rich and nuanced portrait of religion. there is magic in Curse of Chalion - Death Magic even - but it is linked entirely with the worship of 5 gods & goddesses. it seems almost purposefully designed to throw off the rather shallow needs of the thrill-seeking reader (and i include myself in that group). it forces you into understanding what makes the man, why he acts the way he does, before finally picking up the pace and beginning Adventure Time - if you can even call such a thoughtful progression An Adventure. it moves at a conservative pace, bringing the reader along on Cazaril's slow journey. this is not a novel where action jumps off the page in a big rush. he is one of the most thoughtful protagonists i've come across in Fantasy and a truly Grown Up, Adult Hero. the reader will find little knee-jerk wish fulfillment in his carefully-considered feints & moves. action is not his automatic response (and so when it does occur, it is genuinely thrilling). he is a man in constant turmoil - one who lives in fear due to his tormented past and the betrayals that haunt him, one whose path appears to be a slow, step-by-step attempt at staying under the radar while looking out for the interests of those he loves. and it does not feature extreme violence - the violent moments are just that, 'moments', and there is no juvenile dwelling on the pornography of blood, guts, & pain (although there is definitely blood, guts, and pain in our protagonist's life).Ĭurse of Chalion is Adult Fantasy in a few ways.įirst, it is all about the interior life and the slow-burning changes in a broken man.
it does not feature sex - if anything, it is rather pleasingly old-fashioned and discreet about sex. Well now that i am clearly an adult, i get it. what it ended up meaning to me was BORING, I Can't Finish This. i assumed it meant Sexy Sextime and possibly Ultra-Violence, but that was never the case.
When i was younger, i was always confused by the moniker of "Adult Fantasy" (less used today, but more common decades ago).
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