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Pacing or Plot? Or both? Gnosis18 Send a noteboard - 01/09/2009 06:42:51 AM
You have to understand after reading something from Jordan, anything else will seem a tad rushed. As for The Black Company, do you mean you find the general pacing rushed, or you just didn't feel he explored the characters/plot to their full potential? There's a difference.

A book can still be enjoyable if it's just the depth of the plot or characters you have a problem with, but it's when the writing itself gets slow that I find a book to really be unenjoyable. For instance, I think Terry Goodkind has this problem. The characters and plot are enjoyable, but the pacing is just too slow for me to stick with it.
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So does this mean we all are noobs now? Dark Knight - 01/09/2009 01:02:33 AM 1335 Views
You found the Black Company rushed? Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 01:08:23 AM 1196 Views
If you want to read novels where the author takes five pages to... Joker - 01/09/2009 02:00:27 AM 1068 Views
For REAL. Darth_Katie - 01/09/2009 02:48:58 AM 1232 Views
Re: For REAL. James - 01/09/2009 03:05:43 AM 1137 Views
A few years ago, I tried reading it on my lunch breaks. I always spent most of my time rereading. Jayhawk - 02/09/2009 05:23:39 PM 961 Views
yeah, try "The Name of the Rose" imlad - 01/09/2009 06:19:49 PM 968 Views
Re: If you want to read novels where the author takes five pages to... Dark Knight - 02/09/2009 01:05:54 AM 996 Views
I'm with you; I hated the Black Company books. *NM* Aemon - 01/09/2009 04:42:45 AM 501 Views
Pacing or Plot? Or both? Gnosis18 - 01/09/2009 06:42:51 AM 1036 Views
Have you read Otherland? *NM* Craig - 01/09/2009 06:56:42 AM 520 Views
me like Otherland. *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 01/09/2009 07:15:32 AM 464 Views
I loved Otherland. *NM* heartbreak - 01/09/2009 01:35:49 PM 476 Views
Tad Williams Geoff - 01/09/2009 10:19:25 PM 1038 Views
Only partly agree (v. mild spoilers) Craig - 01/09/2009 11:54:18 PM 948 Views
I loved Otherland - all of it. Legolas - 01/09/2009 11:58:10 PM 979 Views
~here be spoilers~ Craig - 02/09/2009 12:57:16 AM 953 Views
Precisely what I was referring to Geoff - 02/09/2009 12:56:24 PM 1068 Views
Just rip those pages out. Craig - 02/09/2009 07:43:12 PM 955 Views
I tried reading that once. I even own the first three books. Chas - 02/09/2009 12:53:15 AM 932 Views
Actually I have Dark Knight - 02/09/2009 01:06:52 AM 1015 Views
Sweet. Craig - 02/09/2009 07:44:01 PM 947 Views
Only people with an ID higher than 250 are n00bs. *NM* Artsapat - 01/09/2009 07:15:09 AM 459 Views
You mean 150 *NM* AliasRY - 01/09/2009 07:17:34 AM 513 Views
I'm comfortable with that. *NM* Craig - 01/09/2009 07:35:33 AM 479 Views
Me too. *NM* Geoff - 01/09/2009 10:20:24 PM 476 Views
No, I'm fairly certain it says 250 Artsapat - 01/09/2009 07:45:21 AM 1111 Views
D'oh! *NM* AliasRY - 01/09/2009 07:57:32 AM 495 Views
I think 112 is a good cutoff *NM* Dark Diggler - 01/09/2009 09:56:18 AM 495 Views
I think it goes... If you have to ask... *NM* heartbreak - 01/09/2009 01:36:20 PM 520 Views
I enjoyed it for what it was Ryan - 01/09/2009 07:25:40 AM 1005 Views
If you have to ask... :-P *NM* Rand al'Thor - 01/09/2009 07:56:46 AM 599 Views
I enjoyed both of those. Chas - 02/09/2009 12:50:47 AM 955 Views
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