I am still on book Crossroads of Twilight (Book 10). The Perrin/Faile/Aiel sub-plot goes on for 3 frikkin' books and just drags and drags and drags. Ugh!!
What are you reading this year 2020?
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GreyLord
Legend
No, not an actual spoiler. Just a very drawn-out subplot. I provided no detailsI'm on book 3...I think I just read a spoiler here...
Scott Christian
Hero
Great literature. He is an excellent writer, and is on par with the likes of Rothfuss. It is literature, not YA or even straight fiction. The setting is fantastic and fresh. The characters are memorable. And the plot is outstandingly well thought out.
I have two complaints. Big complaints. The protagonist POV; as in he is an unreliable narrator. Which, according to Marlon, is common among much of African folklore. But, a quarter of the way through the book I started to not care. A big "not care." If he's lying, why does any of this matter was the refrain in my head? Two, he pushes the envelope just to push it (imho). Oh, this guy fucks animals. This one likes an old woman's dry *!@%. You get it. I feel like he's just parroting Palahniuk from Fight Club. Let's gross them out just to gross them out. There seems to be very little context for the enveloping pushing.
So for me, it's a mixed bag. He is a great writer (just look at his other works). But, he needs an editor to reign him in. I get it. He's a major award winning author, gay and a person of color. So he's untouchable (just purely talking from an industry standpoint. I don't care about any of that). But, at some point, someone's gotta remind him lit hasn't changed in like 500 years. He may be paving a new trail, one that my old sensibilities don't like. But, I doubt it. He's writing from a pretentious typewriter, and it is a shame. Because, god this guy has some of the best talent out there. And if he dedicated himself to fantasy, it could be the best all time classic to ever exist.
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Blue
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
As a short aside from what I am currently reading, I read "Wearing the Cape: A Christmas Carol". Short (46 pg) side story in the Wearing the Cape universe.
Felt more like a chance to visit with some friends than an actual book, but that's nt a bad thing. Reintroduced a character I wasn't expecting we would have seen again, in such a way to tie it in to what will come in the future. MGH did the same thing with Omega Night, another short side story, which was references several times and becomes very important. And of course with Bite Me, a side story from a different character's PoV that you don't need to have read, but characters from it will reoccur in the main plot.
If I come away from it, it was that it felt light but enjoyable. As a completionist I'm glad I got it, but for 46 pages I wish there was more for what I paid.
Felt more like a chance to visit with some friends than an actual book, but that's nt a bad thing. Reintroduced a character I wasn't expecting we would have seen again, in such a way to tie it in to what will come in the future. MGH did the same thing with Omega Night, another short side story, which was references several times and becomes very important. And of course with Bite Me, a side story from a different character's PoV that you don't need to have read, but characters from it will reoccur in the main plot.
If I come away from it, it was that it felt light but enjoyable. As a completionist I'm glad I got it, but for 46 pages I wish there was more for what I paid.
Blue
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
I really enjoyed book 4. Lots happening.
Nellisir
Hero
I never got past book two of WoT, but Neuromancer still holds up.
