Susan R. Matthews

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Susan R. Matthews has become one of my very favorite authors. I mean to the point where I want to buttonhole strangers on the street and demand they read her Jurisdiction novels! Admittedly I didn't like Avalanch Soldier or Colony Fleet as much, but the Jurisdiction universe is enthralling, as is her very flawed hero, Andrej Koscuisko. Matthews was raised in the military and served as an operations officer to a combat support hospital, so her observance of military beauracracy and corruption rings true right down to your bones, as does her clear insights on human nature. On the other hand, her invention of Koscuisko's aristicratic, matriarical, deeply religious culture is fascinating and believable. I hope her resolution lives up to the rest of the series, I can't wait to read it.

>>By Xa   (Monday, 14 Nov 2005 18:48)



A belated entry -I agree with Xa. If you read the bio before the books-you can see the military/psychological influence throughout them. Personally I am not a fan of the military.....but these books-and yes I know they are fiction-lent me a bit more understanding. She renders the core of her characters flawlessly. I find in reading the books I feel a bit naughty-like I myself am indulging in something I shouldn't.......I'm feeling that with a lot of books lately....there's so much to do.....but back to the point....
her characters are raw if you know how to read them correctly.......
*spoilers* the characters that Koscuisko "interrogates" I have no feeling for whatsoever. I'm only 1/2 way through a prisoner of conscience but I don't know if that reaction is illicited purposely or just jurisficiton.....

thanks susan

>>By iwishiwereabondgirl   (Wednesday, 29 Oct 2008 13:38)



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