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The Eagle's Egg
Mar. 24th, 2020 11:43 pm Just finished reading Rosemary Sutcliff's short story Eagle's Egg, and oh my goodness... it was so good and cute... !!
I loved Quintus and Cordaella's relationship; him courting her by carrying her water from the well was adorable, and I like how much he respects and cares for her! Quintus and Vedrix's relationship was very interesting as well—I particularly liked Quintus asking for his advice about Cordaella, and their conversation about Roman rule over Britain. It reminded me of Marcus and Esca's conversations in The Eagle of the Ninth, and I love that Sutcliff writes those themes into so many of her stories.
The characters, as always in Sutcliff stories, are wonderful: Quintus is such a sweet and awkward dork, especially with Cordaella; Cordaella is an awesome and interesting character too, and she seems like a fierce badass who's also secretly a softie; I adore Vedrix as well, and I feel like he's especially interesting, being a skilled artist and sort of a confidant for Quintus. I want to know more about all of them now tbh! I also really loved how character-oriented this story is and how it mainly focuses on the character's relationships. Pretty much the only plot is Quintus making a terrible joke to stop a rebellion, and that was just delightful to me, it was so pure.
I loved Quintus and Cordaella's relationship; him courting her by carrying her water from the well was adorable, and I like how much he respects and cares for her! Quintus and Vedrix's relationship was very interesting as well—I particularly liked Quintus asking for his advice about Cordaella, and their conversation about Roman rule over Britain. It reminded me of Marcus and Esca's conversations in The Eagle of the Ninth, and I love that Sutcliff writes those themes into so many of her stories.
The characters, as always in Sutcliff stories, are wonderful: Quintus is such a sweet and awkward dork, especially with Cordaella; Cordaella is an awesome and interesting character too, and she seems like a fierce badass who's also secretly a softie; I adore Vedrix as well, and I feel like he's especially interesting, being a skilled artist and sort of a confidant for Quintus. I want to know more about all of them now tbh! I also really loved how character-oriented this story is and how it mainly focuses on the character's relationships. Pretty much the only plot is Quintus making a terrible joke to stop a rebellion, and that was just delightful to me, it was so pure.
