I got a little frustrated with the first book. Every time I started to really start getting interested in one setting, plot, and group of characters, Bakker would abruptly switch everything on me.Encryptic wrote:Am I the only one who felt "The Darkness That Comes Before" was hard to get into?
I gave it a try last week but Bakker's style just didn't grab me at all. Some interesting ideas, but perhaps not as accessible as some authors. Still, I'm willing to give it another chance at some point.
By the end of the book, he does start weaving all of the plots and characters together.
After that weaving happens, the narrative flows much more smoothly for the subsequent books.
I am really glad I stuck with it; I find Bakker to be a truly remarkable writer.