SRD mentioned at Elohimfest that his current editor doesn't approve of 'high style' or elaborate language and made him tone it down a lot. I find that hard to swallow. These books are guarenteed best sellers. He could write them how he likes surely. He's not some kid who can be pushed around by his...

You are still missing one thing: The Land is absent. The Land as the character that we know and love. It is non-existent in this first book. Why? Because the writing does not bring it to life. Yes this is true and valid. The Land and Covenant are both missing. I miss both. But above all I don't wan...

But the writing style is changed, and changed not in a good way. That is why I didn't like the book. It's unarguable that the style has changed, but it changed between the first chronicles and the second as well, and for the better I should say. This is a more subtle writer and mature writer for my...

If this is the story I think it is then Runes was very necessary in the form it is in. Foul could not simply resurrect again to his former power without ruining the end of 'White Gold Wielder.' After all this time he is still but a mischevious ghost, much reduced in force, or was till Linden stepped...

I agree with some of what is written here. The writing style is much less rich than before - there's less 'hurled like a jerrid' type stuff. The plot of Runes is very much extended prologue - nothing much happens. Linden Avery is not in any way an attractive or admirable character. No-one seems to a...

Darth Revan wrote:And I completely see your point Creator.

I thought it was my point

I think a rival for Linden's affections with Covenant. He obviously has the hots for her in an earth mother kind of way and she's oblivious. The bath scene with the towel in Revelstone was a dead giveaway. Donaldson has a thing about towels iirc - remember Elena. So it'll be a romantic triangle bet...

And Linden cursing like a sailor? I don't think I like the idea very much. I must have missed all that. I don't recall any particular bad language on her part, but then I tend to ignore such things anyway. For me the main problem with Linden Avery is and always has been that she isn't Thomas Covena...

OK I get it. You use this black spoiler thing, right? I have to say I did enjoy RotE tremendously and read it in two sittings like I was 10 years old again, but question 1... ...how dumb is Linden Avery? Doesn't she realise that what she did to get her hands on the artifact she needed has got to now...

Hello. New here. I read RotE a couple of weeks ago courtesy of a friend who had an advanced copy and I still don't know what to think of it. I think I've figured out at least some of the meta-plot but I'm not sure where the appropriate place to discuss it is. People seem rather spoiler averse in spi...