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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 8106052" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Art is, by its nature, subjective. Not everyone will like the same things and that's good. If everyone liked the same thing, the world would be a very boring place. R.A. Salvatore's novels tend to be on the popcorn fun, pulp side of fantasy. They're quick reads that are entertaining, which is what a lot of people want from a book, particularly in an escapist genre like fantasy. That doesn't mean there isn't nuance or complexity there, particularly in the characters. But that sort of thing isn't for everyone, just like many people rave over a lot of the "deep, meaningful, inciteful" fantasy from the last couple of decades that I loathe because, to me, they're cruel for the sake of being cruel, shocking for the sake of being shocking, call themselves "deconstructions" when they're not deconstructing anything, and are just unpleasant and unfun to read. While they may lack the depth of other works, at least I can say I've never thrown a Drizzt book across the room in anger and disgust.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 8106052, member: 6669048"] Art is, by its nature, subjective. Not everyone will like the same things and that's good. If everyone liked the same thing, the world would be a very boring place. R.A. Salvatore's novels tend to be on the popcorn fun, pulp side of fantasy. They're quick reads that are entertaining, which is what a lot of people want from a book, particularly in an escapist genre like fantasy. That doesn't mean there isn't nuance or complexity there, particularly in the characters. But that sort of thing isn't for everyone, just like many people rave over a lot of the "deep, meaningful, inciteful" fantasy from the last couple of decades that I loathe because, to me, they're cruel for the sake of being cruel, shocking for the sake of being shocking, call themselves "deconstructions" when they're not deconstructing anything, and are just unpleasant and unfun to read. While they may lack the depth of other works, at least I can say I've never thrown a Drizzt book across the room in anger and disgust. [/QUOTE]
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