Cantarella 9
May 5, 2008
Man, I think my main problem with this series is that I want it to go a lot faster than it’s paced. That’s not really its problem, I think I just expect action and am getting a romance story instead.
A lot of the romantic elements I was most uncomfortable with have abated somewhat, but in their place new complications have arose. I was a big fan of when Cesare and Chiaro were allies, but it looks like that might be gone forever. Chiaro figures less in this volume since he’s mostly recovering from injuries and laying low… and really, I guess Cesare is less prominent too, but he does show up occasionally to menace Lucrezia.
Most of the volume is about Lucrezia and her marriage to Alfonzo. Lucrezia is probably my least favorite character, so I can’t get that excited whenever she figures heavily into the plot, but I like Alfonzo a lot. I like his sister Sancia a lot as well, even though I probably shouldn’t. Those two are probably the most genuine real people characters in the series, and they do a good job of keeping their emotions guarded instead of breaking down into sobbing drama-tastic fits, and they react well even to the worst situations.
My favorite part of the volume, actually, was the short story at the end which was about Alfonzo and Sancia and an incident in their childhood. That story was quite excellent.
May 7, 2008 at 2:42 am
Hey. Umm… I started reading Cantarella today. Absolutely love it but that’s not the point. The point is, I could only find 7 volumes to read so I was dying from curiousity bout what the other 3 volumes had to offer. So thanks for abetting it at least a bit =D And for letting me know that Lucrezia is outta the Cesare/Chiaro scene! YAY!!! Not that there’s much of that going on either but *sigh*.
May 8, 2008 at 4:53 am
Mmm, I wouldn’t say she’s totally out of it yet. Alfonzo is pretty lax when it comes to watching her, and he’s a fan of Lucrezia/Chiaro, so I’m a little leery of where that’s going. There were a few things which made me think that Chiaro may be shifting focus back to Cesare (he speaks to Niccolo again), but I have a feeling there’s still plenty of Chiaro/Lucrezia to come. Unfortunately.
June 30, 2008 at 7:59 am
Chiarro was born for Cesare
I thought that’s something out at vol 1-4
Why don’t Lucrezia die in anyway??
I hate her (seriously)
Give Chiarro back to Cesare!!!
(sorry, i’m not blaming you, I’m blaming that childish and insecure lucrezia)