Damiano's Lute

I wish I could have appreciated Damiano's Lute more. I wish I could have loved it at least a little bit as much as others have.

I picked up Damiano because a good friend remembered it fondly, and another friend wrote movingly of Damiano's redemption arc. But my head must not have been in the right place; I could hardly take Damiano seriously - he reeked to me of whiney emo-brat wizard wannabe. I nearly rolled my eyes up permanently in to my head. "But it must be just me," I kept thinking, and soldiered on to Damiano's Lute. This one seemed less with the whiney brat, but more, oh, so much more with the melodrama, all garishly written, glaringly brightly-colored. I should love this kind of stuff! I adore historical drama! But, sorry as I was to see Damiano go, I couldn't help but breath a tiny sigh of relief.