Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:09 pm
I resisted reading Harry Potter for a long time. When I finally started the series (sometime between when books 3 and 4 came out) I got hooked.
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:55 am
Star Maker. I gave it a shot, but I'm not even sure it's a novel.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:38 am
I had the same thing with Runes...
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:03 am
Eons ago in this thread I mentioned my difficulty in starting LOTR. It took me a long time, but this year I finally got over Tolkien's style and managed to enjoy the books.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:22 am
Yay! I love LotR. Glad you were able to enjoy them.matrixman wrote:Eons ago in this thread I mentioned my difficulty in starting LOTR. It took me a long time, but this year I finally got over Tolkien's style and managed to enjoy the books.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:45 am
Farm Ur-Ted wrote:Star Maker. I gave it a shot, but I'm not even sure it's a novel.
Personally, it's a masterpiece. Oh well, each to their own.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:50 pm
Was it the flashbacks?matrixman wrote:Eons ago in this thread I mentioned my difficulty in starting LOTR. It took me a long time, but this year I finally got over Tolkien's style and managed to enjoy the books.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:49 pm
I resisted reading HP until all seven books were out. Then I read it straight through. Said "meh". And moved on.Auleliel wrote:I resisted reading Harry Potter for a long time. When I finally started the series (sometime between when books 3 and 4 came out) I got hooked.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:55 pm
Does it have any dialogue? I read the first 15-20 pages, and I'm not even sure there were any characters. It was just a bunch of philosophical musing, which isn't my cuppa.Loremaster wrote:Farm Ur-Ted wrote:Star Maker. I gave it a shot, but I'm not even sure it's a novel.
Personally, it's a masterpiece. Oh well, each to their own.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:19 pm
Sword of Truth. I've tried several times, but I really can't seem to get passed the writing style. I find myself thinking I could've written it better.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:44 am
The flashbacks didn't bother me. I just had a hard time adjusting to Tolkien's "dream-like" prose, if I may call it that. His language sometimes took on flights of fancy that made it hard for me to comprehend what he was trying to say. But as I said, I got over it (for the most part).jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Was it the flashbacks?matrixman wrote:Eons ago in this thread I mentioned my difficulty in starting LOTR. It took me a long time, but this year I finally got over Tolkien's style and managed to enjoy the books.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:20 am
No it does not, but the book is a journey; dialogue would just get in the way.Farm Ur-Ted wrote:Does it have any dialogue? I read the first 15-20 pages, and I'm not even sure there were any characters. It was just a bunch of philosophical musing, which isn't my cuppa.Loremaster wrote:Farm Ur-Ted wrote:Star Maker. I gave it a shot, but I'm not even sure it's a novel.
Personally, it's a masterpiece. Oh well, each to their own.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:50 am
I had the same struggle with the 'dream-like prose' (good description!) - and struggled through the Fellowship... but managed to get past it and enjoyed the rest of the story.matrixman wrote:The flashbacks didn't bother me. I just had a hard time adjusting to Tolkien's "dream-like" prose, if I may call it that. His language sometimes took on flights of fancy that made it hard for me to comprehend what he was trying to say. But as I said, I got over it (for the most part).jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Was it the flashbacks?matrixman wrote:Eons ago in this thread I mentioned my difficulty in starting LOTR. It took me a long time, but this year I finally got over Tolkien's style and managed to enjoy the books.
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:48 am
A song of ice and fire -- a couple my watcher friends reccomended it, and SRD himself likes it, but its too damn convoluted for me to get through.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:09 am
I'm trying to get up the nerve to try Gene Wolfe's, Evil Guest again. Got about 30-40 pages into and put it down last time. Too confusing. But read a good review of it in Wierd Tales and wondering if I ought to give it another chance.