Definitely can be a common thing. I remember people talking about not liking the Sansa chapters of the early ASoIaF books. Even in Memory, Sorrow, Thorn there were some POVs here and there that weren't as enjoyable, but none I downright hated.
Finished empire of the wolf trilogy. Enjoyed it quite a bit. I think the first book is the best of the three. starting the lost city of z as a fantasy palate cleanser. My wife wants me to read fourth wing so I’ll do that after (in exchange for her reading DCC lol).
Honestly felt this way too but I ultimately loved the trilogy. Grave Empire is a banger as well to start that trilogy.
Finish a second read of Witch King so I could refresh my memory of the story and world before starting Queen Demon.
I finished Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson the other day and it was such a banger opener to a trilogy. The man simply doesn't miss.
the book I was struggling a bit with that I mentioned was Grave Empire. I absolutely loved the Empire of the Wolf trilogy, one of my favorites in a long time. I even started this one and gave up on it a little way in a while ago before trying again. well, I just finished it this morning and I have to say that I was very wrong and it was dumb and silly to give up on it the first time. fantastic book. to me, Empire of the Wolf had such a great hook so-to-speak, with the Justices traveling the land, and then also amazing characters with such interesting and complex relationships that I loved spending time with. I got ahold of The Scour as soon as I learned about its existence and basically read it in one sitting just to spend more time with Vonvalt and Bressinger. Grave Empire was much more of a slow burn for me, but it got better and better as it went along, and it's killing me that I can't just keep reading right now and will have to wait a few weeks / months until I can get my hands on the next one. the Von Oldenburg sections were the ones I was struggling with. I just didn't really like him as a character, even though I could tell these sections were important to the overall story. I don't think Richard Swan made a mistake or anything (aside from the minor quibble that Yelena is the better character and maybe would have been a better POV), it was just a weird personal thing for me where I was clicking with the other sections 100% and not with these. I do think it was more down to me not having as much time to read as I would like and having to read in small chunks with long gaps of time in between, which always makes it a little harder for me to really get into a book, which also gets more frustrating the better a book is, if that makes any sense.
I agree with all this (conceptually; I haven’t read the books yet). Momentum is a big factor in my enjoyment of certain books. It’s funny how that can throw you off.
I went to a giant used book sale today. Picked up a whole lot of Raymond E Feist simply because I heard Henry Cavill mention him before. Anyone have any experience with the author?
I've never read any of his books. My only experience with him at all was buying this computer game when I was a kid but it wouldn't run on my PC because I didn't have enough memory or some other spec was off -->
no way, used book sales are the best - they're the only time I can go wild and buy whatever books I want! only way I get to pad out my shelves these days there's a day in the summer where most of the libraries in the towns around us all do them and we hop from one to the other
I was at Savers grabbing clothes for work, and this one has a pretty big used book selection, but it's only vaguely organized, and the fantasy / sci fi section is very small, but I snagged these two:
The paperback Hunger Games with hardback CF and MJ is criminal. I wish I could find things at used sales. Feel like I always swing and miss.
I completely agree. I searched for way too long for the hardback Hunger Games, alas it was not to be.
I've only read most of his Memory, Sorry & Thorn trilogy - I never finished the third book, although I don't remember making a conscious decision to stop, it was more that I slowed way down and didn't pick it back up for a long time and then when I did I didn't have ahold of the plot. I own that trilogy, plus The Heart of What Was Lost & The Witchwood Crown, and I absolutely plan on going back and rereading the first trilogy and continuing on. Amazing world and he is an incredible writer.
Feist is really good by the way. Very influential. I’ve read a couple of his books; I think @Vivatoto has read them all?
Yeah read all of Riftwar. It was an absolute delight. It’s a really one of a kind feeling, how epic a story can get in 30+ books.