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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7151502" data-attributes="member: 20564">So, like two years ago I gave my youngest the first book in Edding's Belgariad.&nbsp; She had liked LLoyd Alexander's Taran books so I figured it was worth a try.&nbsp; We found it recently when moving furniture and I grabbed it when wanting a light read.i remember enjoying those way back when, but reading it now felt like it was YA.&nbsp; There was no subtly to anything, it was all writ large.&nbsp; And the characters are sure Mary Sues, though that is at least partly by convention.&nbsp; But I was struck by how pedestrian the writing was as well.&nbsp; I enjoy the polish of Patrick Rothfuss or the descriptiveness of N.K. Jemisin.&nbsp; There was no wordplay, or writing-as-craft.It's a really quick read so I'll stick it out, but if I finish all five is a different story.&nbsp; This worries me for his Starhawk series, I've had RPG characters in different genres inspired but how he acts as well as knightly orders in my homebrew settings.&nbsp; But now I'm a bit concerned that my best memories of those books are only kept if I don't pick them up again.Which won't stop me, just saying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7151502, member: 20564"] So, like two years ago I gave my youngest the first book in Edding's Belgariad. She had liked LLoyd Alexander's Taran books so I figured it was worth a try. We found it recently when moving furniture and I grabbed it when wanting a light read. i remember enjoying those way back when, but reading it now felt like it was YA. There was no subtly to anything, it was all writ large. And the characters are sure Mary Sues, though that is at least partly by convention. But I was struck by how pedestrian the writing was as well. I enjoy the polish of Patrick Rothfuss or the descriptiveness of N.K. Jemisin. There was no wordplay, or writing-as-craft. It's a really quick read so I'll stick it out, but if I finish all five is a different story. This worries me for his Starhawk series, I've had RPG characters in different genres inspired but how he acts as well as knightly orders in my homebrew settings. But now I'm a bit concerned that my best memories of those books are only kept if I don't pick them up again. Which won't stop me, just saying. [/QUOTE]

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