Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles

[chomiji]

For very odd reasons that will go unspecified at the moment, I may need to re-read one of the volumes of this series. And I got to wondering about how many of you have read it, and what you all think about it. And because I am a DW/LJ kind of person, that means it's time for a poll!

Poll #13709

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So, the Lymond Chronicals by Dorothy Dunnett:

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Are among the most awesome books ever written!
1 (9.1%)

Are quite good, although they suffer from problems such as a bit too much melodrama and the stereotypes of the time in which they were written.
1 (9.1%)

Are OK. I don't regret having read them, but I'm not tempted to read them again (especially given how long they are).
2 (18.2%)

Are pretty bad. And they took me forever to read, too.
0 (0.0%)

Are terrible! OMG, I can't believe people actually re-read them!
0 (0.0%)

Are something I have not read, but I have heard of them.
4 (36.4%)

Bzuh?
3 (27.3%)

Are something else that I will explain in comments
0 (0.0%)

For the completely uninitiated: Dorothy Dunnett's Excellent Adventures. ( And I don't like the Niccolò series nearly as much.)

See LJ Post if you prefer. Ignore LJ crosspost info below because polls don't translate right, so I had to re-post.

Comments

[elsane]

I think I've told you before about how Dunnett's unfair narrative tricks get up my nose! I'd like them a lot more if it weren't for that.

[chomiji]

I was very struck by that when you said it! And I didn't find the series quite as wonderful on my last re-read. On the other hand, the fact that I didn't made me feel rather old and jaded.