Cain Saga 4: Seal of the Red Ram 1
December 21, 2007
I don’t know. It’s been awhile since I’ve read this series. I like the characters well enough, but there’s something about Mary and Cain that rubbed me the wrong way in this volume. There was definitely something about almost every single one of the side characters that rubbed me the wrong way as well. Many were a bit too annoying, loud, or over-the-top to fit well into the darker story, though that could just be my preference.
On the other hand, I liked the plot okay. It’s still a bit cloudy and somewhat hard to follow at this point, but it looks like the main plot is tying Jack the Ripper to some sort of… method for keeping the dead alive for purposes not yet specified. The series is quite good at setting a mood, and I liked the stylish way things are done. I also kind of like the social politics that were being played, to some extent, by all the characters. Cain had his engagement because the family wanted to be tied to the title, his fiancé’s suitors wanted to be tied to her family, some people hid their title, Cain’s uncle was worried about what people would think about Cain were he to do silly things, Riff was actually from a middle-class family and was too good to be a butler… things like that all wound up being surprisingly interesting.
I remember a bit about Cain’s father and his family, but I don’t think the story went into too much depth in earlier volumes, so the fact that Cain’s father is still a bit of a mystery is probably fine.
I didn’t really like it, but maybe I’ll get into it with the next volume as the story keeps going.
December 22, 2007 at 3:27 pm
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