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I'm apparently the only person who thought these books were terrible. I barely made it through Wizard of Earthsea. The story meandered and never seemed to go an
by thordenmark 1y ago
I'm apparently the only person who thought these books were terrible. I barely made it through Wizard of Earthsea. The story meandered and never seemed to go anywhere, the names were unpronounceable and unmemorable, and the ending dragged on and on.
- UncleSlacky 1y agoYou're not the only one. I think I may have read no more than a dozen pages before being bored silly. By way of contrast, I've just finished "Gravity's Rainbow".
- csense 1y agoI thought they were terrible too. I don't have much memory of specifics, as I read it a very long time ago.
- 9337throwaway 1y ago[dead]
- dcminter 1y ago> the names were unpronounceable Each to their own, but this seems an odd criticism; do you have an example of a name that struck you as such in it?
- fmajid 1y agoNot him or her, but I'm guessing Kurremkarmerruk...
- thordenmark 1y agoTo clarify and elaborate on this point, I tried reading it aloud to my kids at bedtime. As someone else mentioned, Kurremkarmerruk is a prime example. Other than the occasional "Sparrowhawk" many of them just didn't stick well or roll off the tongue.
- taude 1y agoI ended up using the audible as asmr to help me fall sleep...