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LunaTEKKE
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I picked up the first 3 Eragon books in a bundle, plus the fourth book, for my Kindle.
After about the first 15%, I wasnt super impressed. Way too derivative...and I found the writing style to be rather forced. Given that the author started the series when he was 15, I was hoping it would get better. Plus, I felt like the prologue was awfully short and I had been thrown clueless right into the middle of a story.
Turns out I *had*, as I discovered today that I had mistakenly started with the fourth book instead of the 3-book bundle. Oh, HELL!!!
I love my Kindle, but thats not a problem Ive ever had reading actual books!
Good news: now Ill catch up on the backstory. (Or rather, the initial story). Bad news: now I know the writing isnt going to get any better.
Now, if I was a high school English teacher grading the authors creative writing essay, Id give it an A+. But when I buy a book, I want to lose myself in the story not feel like Im plowing through it.
After about the first 15%, I wasnt super impressed. Way too derivative...and I found the writing style to be rather forced. Given that the author started the series when he was 15, I was hoping it would get better. Plus, I felt like the prologue was awfully short and I had been thrown clueless right into the middle of a story.
Turns out I *had*, as I discovered today that I had mistakenly started with the fourth book instead of the 3-book bundle. Oh, HELL!!!
I love my Kindle, but thats not a problem Ive ever had reading actual books!Good news: now Ill catch up on the backstory. (Or rather, the initial story). Bad news: now I know the writing isnt going to get any better.
Now, if I was a high school English teacher grading the authors creative writing essay, Id give it an A+. But when I buy a book, I want to lose myself in the story not feel like Im plowing through it.
Justin G
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monoxide_child
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is this the newest Miles Vorkosigan book??
I picked up the first 3 Eragon books in a bundle, plus the fourth book, for my Kindle.
After about the first 15%, I wasnt super impressed. Way too derivative...and I found the writing style to be rather forced. Given that the author started the series when he was 15, I was hoping it would get better. Plus, I felt like the prologue was awfully short and I had been thrown clueless right into the middle of a story.
Turns out I *had*, as I discovered today that I had mistakenly started with the fourth book instead of the 3-book bundle. Oh, HELL!!!
Good news: now Ill catch up on the backstory. (Or rather, the initial story). Bad news: now I know the writing isnt going to get any better.
Now, if I was a high school English teacher grading the authors creative writing essay, Id give it an A+. But when I buy a book, I want to lose myself in the story not feel like Im plowing through it.
if you normally read "fantasy" but you hate Eragon series
you might want to read The Wheel of Time Series
No. It is Ivan Vorpatril's book. Miles is only briefly in it. It actually takes place before "Cryoburn".
For my latest, I've gone to the classics:
monoxide_child
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i remember reading a 20th or 25th anniversary edition with a brand-new foreward in it
where they talk about how Dune had been rejected by a larger amount of publishers than any other book, ever, before it finnally got published
kind of interesting
Justin G
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No. It is Ivan Vorpatril's book. Miles is only briefly in it. It actually takes place before "Cryoburn".
For my latest, I've gone to the classics:
Amazing book. The books after it lost me though.
labrekk
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I just finished this book.
Fans of The Da Vinci Code and the likes should definitely check it out, I thought it was quite good. I bought the 2nd book of the trilogy, The Key, that I'll read later.
Just started this one:
Any David Baldacci fans here? All books I read from him so far have been entertaining.
Fans of The Da Vinci Code and the likes should definitely check it out, I thought it was quite good. I bought the 2nd book of the trilogy, The Key, that I'll read later.
Just started this one:
Any David Baldacci fans here? All books I read from him so far have been entertaining.
OrbWeaver
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I picked up the first 3 Eragon books in a bundle, plus the fourth book, for my Kindle.
After about the first 15%, I wasnt super impressed. Way too derivative...and I found the writing style to be rather forced. Given that the author started the series when he was 15, I was hoping it would get better. Plus, I felt like the prologue was awfully short and I had been thrown clueless right into the middle of a story.
Turns out I *had*, as I discovered today that I had mistakenly started with the fourth book instead of the 3-book bundle. Oh, HELL!!!
Good news: now Ill catch up on the backstory. (Or rather, the initial story). Bad news: now I know the writing isnt going to get any better.
Now, if I was a high school English teacher grading the authors creative writing essay, Id give it an A+. But when I buy a book, I want to lose myself in the story not feel like Im plowing through it.
Interesting. I had the opposite experience. The first book I could tell was written by a teenager who was just releasing his own fantasy out on paper. As the series progressed, the writing improved, and the character development improved. I felt we got to watch the author grow up, along with the characters and the story.
LunaTEKKE
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Hey, I'm 45 years old and never married. Not sure I'm ready for that level of commitment.
Seriously, it does sound like something I would enjoy. I'm wondering, though, if it's worth it for a newbie to invest that much time on such an epic project, especially knowing that someone else had to use the original author's notes to finish the series.I'm actually liking the story better now that I've started at the *beginning*! But it still feels like the writing is a little too forced - it just doesn't "flow" to the point that I can completely lose myself in the story.
Hey, I'm 45 years old and never married. Not sure I'm ready for that level of commitment.
I recommend against that. It's incredibly poorly written (although I can't speak to Sanderson's handling of the final books). I read the first six - I'd say probably the first three are worth reading if you really, really get a bug up your ass and need to pick up the series, but after that, the whole thing just snowballs out of control, and not in a good way. There are much better doorstopper-size fantasy series out there.
(I haven't contributed anything to this thread lately because I've been stuck in a reread loop - nothing new to mention!)
Justin G
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Hey, I'm 45 years old and never married. Not sure I'm ready for that level of commitment.
I'm actually liking the story better now that I've started at the *beginning*! But it still feels like the writing is a little too forced - it just doesn't "flow" to the point that I can completely lose myself in the story.
Wheel of Time is ok, but is very bloated. It should have been limited to 7 books at most, if not less.
Justin G
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Also, for Wheel of Time, the dialogue of the characters can be very frustrating to read based on their views of the opposite sex.
Justin G
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Harvester
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Enjoyed it..but not as much as Wool. I think the mystery was off of it a bit before I started so to speak.
Justin G
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Harvester
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This is one of the best "metal" books I have ever read. The Florida death metal chapter was...um...whoa.
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