Talk:A Courtesan of Rome/@comment-34138917-20181115235353/@comment-3452092-20181120145002

I'm not sure I agree that same family equals same ideals. There are a lot of families where that just isn't so and from what I've seen, Across the Void is one of them (not so sure on this one).

I always assume opinions unless otherwise stated and don't understand the point of stated that it's an opinion. Of course it's an opinion. If it was fact, wouldn't the person say as much?

I apologize for sounding like I was attacking you. I had just read (and responded) to your comment on Across the Void and I am a bit protective of that story (not this one) and my decision to comment on this had a lot to do with your comment about it shriveling up and dying, but even so, my comments here probably would have been better suited to my comment over there and I did not want to make you feel attacked, so I am sorry about that.

As for liking this book and where it is going. . . I am cautiously neutral at the moment. I like the element of playing the family that you don't like, but other than that I am very uncomfortable with making real people love interests and not fond of the general tone of the story being all about revenge. I will most likely play this as a diamond mine and so far I really only like one character, Syphax. The rest of them I either dislike or am uncomfortable about for various reasons. I want to like this story and I don't hate it, but I doubt it will gain my interest enough for me to play it multiple times or spend diamonds on it. I am at least hopeful that I will enjoy it enough to not dread reading it for those diamonds and be curious about what comes next, because I refuse to skip through a book on the first read through. I have found that my opinion when gained from the general playing base tends to be different than my opinion when gained through actually reading books, so I want to form my own opinions.

I hope that whatever books you do enjoy become sparkling gems in the choices universe for you to love all the more, because it's much more fun to read books we love.