Bride of the Water God 3
Posted: July 14, 2009 Filed under: Bride of the Water God 3 Comments »Mi-Kyung Yun – Dark Horse – 2009 – 9+ volumes – Korean
Honestly, I didn’t think this volume would ever come out, but I’m absolutely tickled that it did. I like this series despite the fact that the majority of the small details were lost on me in the first two volumes. And it is very, very pretty.
My problems with not really knowing who the side characters were and the bad sense of place and time mostly didn’t apply to this volume. I was a little worried after not reading the series for so long that any plot details I may have once known would have left me and absolutely nothing would make sense, but the plot takes a turn and narrows quite a bit in this volume, and I wound up getting a lot more out of it than I did from the first two combined. Part of this is because the setting completely changes after the first third of the book, and it’s easier for me to understand who the characters are and what is happening to Soah here than it was among the Gods, who all look kind of similar, speak with carefully veiled speech, and who have hidden intentions.
The plot also becomes a lot more about the melodrama between Soah and Mui/Habaek and less abut Soah fitting in. In fact, Habaek’s feelings towards Soah become a little more apparent, and there are some touching displays of fondness and loyalty from him. There’s a misunderstanding between the two at the beginning of the book, but Soah’s memory is wiped, so I wonder if it’ll have an impact on the later plot.
I’m happy to see that Dark Horse decided to continue this series, though. It’s quite pretty, and it looks like things are just starting to get good.
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My copy haven’t arrived yet but I’m gonna read first two volumes again for sure, because it’s really a lovely series with beautiful art..
It is quite pretty. And there are a lot of characters and roles to remember in the world of the Gods. I didn’t have the first two volumes with me to re-read before this one, or I probably would have since I had a hard time with the characters my first time through and a re-read always helps me out. I was glad the story was so dramatically different in this volume though, I definitely liked the change of pace here a lot more than the story in the first two volumes.