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That's useful Yoduff Send a noteboard - 08/09/2009 04:35:16 PM
I mean, don't get me wrong - I plugged through GotM, and loved the following two novels; but the last two or three books (I'm on Dust of Dreams now) feel like the characters spend half their time soliloquizing about the emptiness and meaninglessness of life and existence (Toll the Hounds was really bad for this, especially with the Tiste Andii kiddies). He throws in so many random characters from random tribes that it's nearly impossible to keep track of them all, and they all kind of blend together so it's hard to care. I'm really glad that DoD is revisiting the Beddicts and the Fourteenth, but the other three-quarters of the novel is the same way. At this point, it's beginning to feel like I'm just reading to find out what happens at the end.
I've just finished Reapers Gale, which I enjoyed (although I think it benefits from being able to read it in a couple of days) and I just started Toll the Hounds. I was thinking "Hmmm, the Tiste Andii go on a bit" so it doesn't get better?
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? Are we even allowed to complain about Gardens of the Moon anymore? Danae al'Thor - 08/09/2009 08:25:54 AM 1239 Views
Yeah, even He-man had better lines than that one, true. jh - 08/09/2009 09:13:09 AM 855 Views
Certainly you are. Legolas - 08/09/2009 09:49:35 AM 917 Views
Re: Certainly you are. Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 11:30:11 AM 1028 Views
I'm really beginning to struggle with the series as a whole Mad Cow Bomber - 08/09/2009 10:29:20 AM 1108 Views
That's useful Yoduff - 08/09/2009 04:35:16 PM 892 Views
The Tiste Andii do keep going on but there is plenty of action Mark - 08/09/2009 05:54:22 PM 817 Views
Cheers Yoduff - 08/09/2009 07:45:39 PM 858 Views
Of course not Mark - 09/09/2009 04:27:45 PM 852 Views
This pretty much sums up my feelings. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:28:25 AM 779 Views
I'm actually thinking of picking this up ajsr1982 - 08/09/2009 02:02:12 PM 1067 Views
Yes, but it can be a hard getting through the first book Mark - 08/09/2009 03:08:50 PM 830 Views
Yes, you should. Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 11:04:01 PM 1037 Views
I'm pretty sure a lot of people still do. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:38:36 PM 866 Views
... Seventysix - 08/09/2009 06:55:13 PM 885 Views
Re: I'm finding it easier to focus on the positives rather than the flaws when re-reading it Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 11:06:03 PM 927 Views
... Seventysix - 09/09/2009 01:10:18 AM 951 Views
Re: Me too, usually. But MoI is one big GotM-fix-it. And it does that while plotting its own self. Danae al'Thor - 09/09/2009 09:39:39 AM 873 Views
... Seventysix - 09/09/2009 05:20:52 PM 839 Views
It's sort of hard not to complain. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:31:47 AM 841 Views
Has anyone ever not complained about GotM? Tashmere - 09/09/2009 02:23:18 AM 843 Views
I actually liked it. Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 03:08:02 AM 837 Views
It didn't confuse the heck out of you at the beginning? You didn't go crazy wondering if Tashmere - 09/09/2009 11:48:15 PM 1329 Views
I started both WoT and Black Company in the middle, so GotM was easy. Burr - 10/09/2009 12:20:07 AM 829 Views
Nah. It had the feeling of stuff-not-yet-revealed. I like that. *NM* Ghavrel - 10/09/2009 04:27:50 AM 397 Views
I liked it bme - 09/09/2009 02:29:25 PM 814 Views
If I hadn't read snippets and minor spoilers from posts, I would have struggled with GotM. Jayhawk - 09/09/2009 07:38:57 PM 835 Views
I haven't. Gher - 09/09/2009 07:48:28 PM 759 Views
The confusing part was what people generally complain about. Tashmere - 09/09/2009 11:49:38 PM 788 Views
I just couldn't do it Mossman - 11/09/2009 02:16:53 AM 775 Views
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