D, on 24 December 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:

I hope you like them, too. It's the only case I can think of where I've followed forum advice on books, and decided I didn't agree, so odds are you'll like 'em. The story kept me reading, but I didn't think the Romans-in-another-Universe/Pokemon thing worked, and I didn't particularly enjoy reading them due to Butchers writing style. Or lack of one.
Briar King, on 25 December 2012 - 12:40 AM, said:
Malaclypse, on 24 December 2012 - 01:27 PM, said:
polishgenius, on 21 December 2012 - 11:10 PM, said:
Traveller, on 23 December 2012 - 11:28 PM, said:
Malaclypse, on 19 December 2012 - 05:38 PM, said:
Does it get better? Spoilers don't bother me, btw
I'd say, no, it doesn't.
I kept reading as everyone was telling me it would get better, and then later I felt I should finish the series as I'd started it. By the last one I was trudging through, and at the end I wish I'd read something else instead.
Something good, for example.
So despite what a lot of other people will say, I would think that if you didn't like the first one, you're really not going to suddenly change your mind by book 2, 3, or even 5.
Thanks. I can't see it getting any better. For similar concepts, Barclay does a much better job dealing with a more interesting scenario, ie. the birth of magic in a similar world. Cry of the Newborn is a solid book.
Thats a bummer. Atleast try to get to bk 2 where all the rest of us are saying how the story explodes all your joy sensors in your brain.
See, this is what I was told when I voiced doubts about book 1. I got a unanimous 'keep reading, it gets much better.' So I did, yes, there are some good elements to it, but I personally found the lead characters very shallow, and Butchers writing... incredibly amateurish. Constant repeated phrases, and everyone talking 'quietly' to each other all the time for no apparent reason, drove me mad as I wanted to read the story but the problems were too distracting. When you find yourself scanning down a page to see just how many more times the same words or phrases appear, you know you're not getting on well with it. I don't know about joy, mostly I was torn between wanting to find out how it would end, and throwing the book at the wall in frustration.
This post has been edited by Traveller: 25 December 2012 - 07:48 PM