Eona, so far, has been engaging. But what I find so puzzled is over the changes in its characters, especially Ryko's attitude. It's as if Ryko in Eon and Ryko in Eona are completely different people. He was perpeptually sullen, harsh and rude toward Eona. He jumped at every chance he got to accuse and brand Eona as a liar in public, even in front of Kygo. The nerve. Others also joined in the campaign to throw all the blame on Eona's shoulders.
1. Eona refused to heal Ryko due to the chaos in the energy world and her unability to control her power. Dela, however, insisted on Eona trying to heal Ryko by using threats and accusation to invoke Eona's conscience and guilt. And so she did...successfully but at a dear cost. As expected, Eona bore the blame.
2. By healing Ryko, Eona inadvertently bonded her Hua with his, allowing her to control his energy, his will. Ryko raged and raged over her decision to heal him. He said he would rather be dead than be a dog waiting for its master to kick on the shin. Again, Eona was the one to blame. My opinion is Ryko deserves to be kicked on the shin.
3. Prince Kygo accused Eona as being the bringer of doom in lieu of good fortune. He claimed that because Eona appeared at the arena where she shouldn't have been, she awoke her UNLUCKY dragon, igniting the whole chain of misfortunes and chaos. My butt. The truth is that regarless of the dragon's awakening, his uncle would still try his best to snatch the throne from him. Lord Ido would still kill the other dragoneyes for he was a man of bottomless ambitions. The country would still fall into shambles. The gears were already in motion whether Eona was there or not. Yet he and the others blamed everything on her shoulder as if she's the one who did all these things. It's you guys' responsibilities, not only Eona's.
Jeez, I'm so fed up with these people. They were so unfair, and rude. There are always reasons behind. Why didn't they put themselves in Eona's position. I, for one, certainly would not run around telling everyone in my path everything in my head. I'm the cautious sort of person. Just like Eona, so I can relate more to her. Besides, she'd had a very tough childhood. She had more reasons to be reserved and be wary of people. It's her survival instinct. They would have done the same things had they been in Eona's shoes. But these hard-headed people wouldn't listen to reasons. In the end, they thought of Eona as no more than a failure, a skilled liar. Poor Eona. Despite all her flaws, I'm still on her side. I just pray she will have a chance to display her talent, her prominent power, show these fool what a cool girl she really is. I'm still reading the first half of the book, so I'm hoping something amazing would happen.
I wonder if Alison Goodman has taken too much advantage on the eunuch system of the ancient Chinese. Almost 80% of male population who made appearance in Eon and Eona were eunuchs. It's true that all men who took positions in the harem were eunuch, for their priority was to serve the court ladies since it wouldn't do to have men roaming around the women's precinct. But there was no need to have the imperial guards and even scholars cut. They only worked in the king's precinct and were not allowed any passages to the harem. Fighting requires a lot of male power, in other words, sun power. It would have served the purpose so much better by keeping these men whole and all, right. Sacrificing them just further reduces their vitality. From what I've read from Chinese literature and watched from their historical movies and tv-shows, only the harem guards were eunuchs. Imperial guards and scholars weren't required to be cut. A certain number of chosen eunuchs would be trained in the art of fighting to be elite eunuch guards for both the king and ladies at all time. Normal guards would have limited access to the palace.
Anyway, it's rather disturbing to see eunuchs everywhere and so few normal men. The world would come to an end if there were no men to spread their seeds, eh? *giggle* Such vulgar talk. If my mother knew what I blogged daily, she would be appaled and shriek. Lol.
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