Man, Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a book I love, love, love, but I get how it can be difficult to get into. But I really love that book.Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Couldn't get into it.
I'm mixed on Neil Gaiman, too. I keep enjoying the setup of his stories but every single ending I'm left sort of shrugging. (I've read some Sandman, American Gods, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane, listened to Neverwhere's BBC radio drama, and watched Coraline.)
Covenant is a whiny bitch. Couldn't make it through the first book, especially after that incident. (which makes him even whinier)A lot of people rave about the Thomas Covenant series. So I read Lord Foul's Bane. I forced myself through it to see if it would ever pull me in but the protagonist was so irritating, I couldn't pick up another book in the series.
People here are talking about dropping out in the 5th Harry Potter - but Covenant is a far more annoying and despicable character than Harry acting as a petulant (and developmentally appropriate) teen.
Yep. Even friends of mine who like the series were totally understanding about me not liking Covenant and are quite aware that a lot of people stop after the rape.Covenant is a whiny bitch. Couldn't make it through the first book, especially after that incident. (which makes him even whinier)
In all fairness, like any genre/publishing company, some authors are much better than others.I read a Harlequin Romance (figuring if there are shelves and shelves of them at the library they must be good). Fortunately for me, I did so while down with fever; kept going due to boredom should I have stopped.
So many weak-spirited people unable to make it past book 4 of Wheel of Time. Go back to it. Make it to the end and you won’t regret it.
For me, I struggled with Let Them Be Hanged and The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. I lost interest. It felt like it was trying to be epic, but actually felt quite mundane.
The one I got probably was better due to my addled mental condition at the time. Once healthy again, I could not think of a single person I've ever met who falls head-over-heels into bed, and knows that person is the love of their life, with somebody they just met this morning.In all fairness, like any genre/publishing company, some authors are much better than others.