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<blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 8182843" data-attributes="member: 54364"><p>Oh boy... so many...</p><p></p><p>Ones that sucked from the get go:</p><p><em>The Name of the Wind. </em>I read one chapter. Utter drek. I think BookTenTiger has summed it up beautifully above.</p><p><em>Malazan Books of the Fallen.</em> 3 chapters. Just did not grab me. Also couldn't help thinking the guy was setting up some seriously misogynous story telling with the way the empress is portrayed.</p><p><em>Confederacy of Dunces.</em> 5 or 6 chapters. My wife LOVES this book. I don't see why.</p><p><em>Eragon. </em>Half a chapter. Just... wtf is this? I think Lessons From Bad Writing explains its flaws very well. Here's a link: <a href="https://mythcreants.com/blog/lessons-from-the-terrible-writing-of-eragon/" target="_blank">Lessons From the Terrible Writing of Eragon</a></p><p><em>Dragonlance</em>. Okay, it seems unfair to pick on these out of all the DnD novels, all DnD novels are average to bad. But these just suck with a sucitude that outsucks the rest of the suck.</p><p></p><p>Shark Jumpers:</p><p><em>Wheel of Time.</em> Look, it started out a perfectly adequate, stock standard bildungsroman fantasy. The characters seemed to get more boring as time went along and the plot wandered off into its own butt somewhere in the middle there. Also the gender politics are... confused to say the least.</p><p><em>Dune.</em> Love the first one. Enjoyed <em>God Emperor, </em>but didn't love it. Everything else is bad to terrible.</p><p><em>Harry Potter.</em> Good kids books. About book 4 Rowling realised she had adult readers and tried to write for them. She did not succeed.</p><p></p><p>Ones that I liked when I was 13-15years old but not now (and I kinda want to kick my teenaged self in the arse):</p><p><em>Magician.</em> I have in fact re-read it recently. Did not enjoy this time around. Someone above described WoT as the campaign outline of the worst DND campaign ever. I would like to suggest that Magician outdoes WoT in this regard.</p><p><em>David Eddings. </em>Just everything is so cute. No dramatic stakes. Just cuteness.</p><p><em>Thomas Covenant.</em> Yeah there is no reason to include a rape in this story.</p><p></p><p>Thanks, that was therapeutic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrunkonDuty, post: 8182843, member: 54364"] Oh boy... so many... Ones that sucked from the get go: [I]The Name of the Wind. [/I]I read one chapter. Utter drek. I think BookTenTiger has summed it up beautifully above. [I]Malazan Books of the Fallen.[/I] 3 chapters. Just did not grab me. Also couldn't help thinking the guy was setting up some seriously misogynous story telling with the way the empress is portrayed. [I]Confederacy of Dunces.[/I] 5 or 6 chapters. My wife LOVES this book. I don't see why. [I]Eragon. [/I]Half a chapter. Just... wtf is this? I think Lessons From Bad Writing explains its flaws very well. Here's a link: [URL="https://mythcreants.com/blog/lessons-from-the-terrible-writing-of-eragon/"]Lessons From the Terrible Writing of Eragon[/URL] [I]Dragonlance[/I]. Okay, it seems unfair to pick on these out of all the DnD novels, all DnD novels are average to bad. But these just suck with a sucitude that outsucks the rest of the suck. Shark Jumpers: [I]Wheel of Time.[/I] Look, it started out a perfectly adequate, stock standard bildungsroman fantasy. The characters seemed to get more boring as time went along and the plot wandered off into its own butt somewhere in the middle there. Also the gender politics are... confused to say the least. [I]Dune.[/I] Love the first one. Enjoyed [I]God Emperor, [/I]but didn't love it. Everything else is bad to terrible. [I]Harry Potter.[/I] Good kids books. About book 4 Rowling realised she had adult readers and tried to write for them. She did not succeed. Ones that I liked when I was 13-15years old but not now (and I kinda want to kick my teenaged self in the arse): [I]Magician.[/I] I have in fact re-read it recently. Did not enjoy this time around. Someone above described WoT as the campaign outline of the worst DND campaign ever. I would like to suggest that Magician outdoes WoT in this regard. [I]David Eddings. [/I]Just everything is so cute. No dramatic stakes. Just cuteness. [I]Thomas Covenant.[/I] Yeah there is no reason to include a rape in this story. Thanks, that was therapeutic. [/QUOTE]
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