Jul-13-2010, 03:53 PM (UTC)
Gees I don't know what 'everyone' sees in The Name of the Wind - I couldn't even read it! I got through about 5 chapters and could not go on. Just longwinded and the characters just reminded me of characters I'd read elsewhere before. Maybe there were major twists coming, but I couldn't be bothered waiting around for them. I really didn't need to read a whole page on what type of silence prevailed in the room at the time etc.
I think books need to start with a lot more action. I could probably take detailed discussions of the characters raising eyebrows etc during conversations once I got to know them, but not right at the start.
I did really love the Thomas Covenant books, but then again I read them YEARS ago.
Ironically some people find them longwinded, but there is entertaining long winded and then there is boring long winded. Hehehe don't ask me to explain. I mean eg a good writer can convey a lot about a new character with just a couple of well chosen sentences. Others, not so much.
I think books need to start with a lot more action. I could probably take detailed discussions of the characters raising eyebrows etc during conversations once I got to know them, but not right at the start.
I did really love the Thomas Covenant books, but then again I read them YEARS ago.
Ironically some people find them longwinded, but there is entertaining long winded and then there is boring long winded. Hehehe don't ask me to explain. I mean eg a good writer can convey a lot about a new character with just a couple of well chosen sentences. Others, not so much.