> the mage has found a direction where not doing anything or much is the way That is completely fine in the real life and it also happens to many people. I jus

> the mage has found a direction where not doing anything or much is the way That is completely fine in the real life and it also happens to many people. I just don't find it engaging in a book, you know? It's like you expect an action movie when going to the cinema and you get two characters smoking and drinking and discussing life during the entire length of the movie. Maybe in certain moods you will love that but you have expected action that evening and everything else comes across as weird (or even dumb). Or you have an awesome date with a lady, you are so ready for sex 3 hours later, she seems that she wants it too and then she invites you to her place and dead-seriously asks you to play chess for a few hours with her and expects you to go back to your home after. Things like that. It's a disconnect of expectations, sure, but even recognizing that didn't help me appreciate the books.