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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1152310" data-attributes="member: 5171">Justinian,Yeah, I probably am better off not continuing to read 'em.&nbsp; The things that worked for me were the kind of things that just get under my skin and make me start saying sarcastic things back to the author.in Rhapsody, for example, in addition to the problems I mentioned, I kept feeling as though the characters were given way too much plot-convenient leeway in terms of Doing Stupid Stuff.&nbsp; The dialogue was sometimes very good, and sometimes just atrociously inappropriate -- I mean, I can understand if Hayden needed a way for (male sublead whose name I forget but who was obviously the kid from the prologue even though we were all supposed to be surprised about it at the end) to say something inappropriate, but does his line really have to be, &quot;You're so beautiful, I bet you could make a lot of money as a prostitute!&quot;&nbsp; People don't really say that.&nbsp; It's not in the character of the character we'd gotten.&nbsp; Achmed needed a good whack upside the head.&nbsp; He's obviously based on somebody's anime fantasy.And then, the male sublead I mentioned earlier.&nbsp; It's said that he joins the group and hangs around with them for several weeks, but nobody ever sees what he looks like under his cloak?&nbsp; Has Elizabeth Hayden ever interacted with actual humans?&nbsp; Yes, suspense, good, mystery, good, but give me just a little credit here.&nbsp; You don't travel and fight with somebody for weeks upon end and never get to see their face.&nbsp; Reality does not function that way.That was the stuff that bugged me.&nbsp; It ended up feeling like a really interesting novel idea that was based on a fun RPG experience Hayden had had in the distant past and decided to write a book from.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1152310, member: 5171"] Justinian, Yeah, I probably am better off not continuing to read 'em. The things that worked for me were the kind of things that just get under my skin and make me start saying sarcastic things back to the author. in [i]Rhapsody[/i], for example, in addition to the problems I mentioned, I kept feeling as though the characters were given way too much plot-convenient leeway in terms of Doing Stupid Stuff. The dialogue was sometimes very good, and sometimes just atrociously inappropriate -- I mean, I can understand if Hayden needed a way for (male sublead whose name I forget but who was obviously the kid from the prologue even though we were all supposed to be surprised about it at the end) to say something inappropriate, but does his line really have to be, "You're so beautiful, I bet you could make a lot of money as a prostitute!" People don't really say that. It's not in the character of the character we'd gotten. Achmed needed a good whack upside the head. He's obviously based on somebody's anime fantasy. And then, the male sublead I mentioned earlier. It's said that he joins the group and hangs around with them for [b]several weeks[/b], but nobody [b]ever[/b] sees what he looks like under his cloak? Has Elizabeth Hayden ever interacted with actual humans? Yes, suspense, good, mystery, good, but give me just a little credit here. You don't travel and fight with somebody for weeks upon end and never get to see their face. Reality does not function that way. That was the stuff that bugged me. It ended up feeling like a really interesting novel idea that was based on a fun RPG experience Hayden had had in the distant past and decided to write a book from. [/QUOTE]

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