[Tapper]

Lemme see.

Warded Man and follow-up(s), for exactly the same reason as Morgoth.
Tigana, for some reason it is the one GGK book I can't get into. Fourduth
The Brothers Karamazov - I can't get further than a 100 pages for some reason, and have tried to do just that on what feels like 200 attempts.

[Goaswerfraiejen]

I'm a big hater of the Sword of Truth novels and their quote-unquote author. Not that I made it past the third.

[Salt-Man Z]

lastname, on 09 January 2014 - 04:32 AM, said:

Tales of the Dying Earth - managed to read everything except Rhialto the Marvellous and found the compilation ... dull.

Yeah. I actually look back on The Dying Earth (the short story collection and first "book" in the omnibus) with some fondness, but that series as a whole didn't do anything for me. Especially the Cugel stuff; everyone seems to think Cugel is so awesome, but I found his books to be mean-spirited and just plain boring.

QuickTidal, on 09 January 2014 - 12:54 PM, said:

Feist. Anything after the first Magician: Apprentice book (and yes that includes the second half of that story). Tried multiple books, and all of them just seems like standard fantasy quest farmboy shit. Garbage.

The only Feist I've read (and will ever read) is Magician and I agree wholeheartedly.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 09 January 2014 - 12:54 PM, said:

Feist. Anything after the first Magician: Apprentice book (and yes that includes the second half of that story). Tried multiple books, and all of them just seems like standard fantasy quest farmboy shit. Garbage.

May not stand out now, but when it was written there were a lot less farmboys around questing for shit.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 09 January 2014 - 03:56 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 09 January 2014 - 12:54 PM, said:

Feist. Anything after the first Magician: Apprentice book (and yes that includes the second half of that story). Tried multiple books, and all of them just seems like standard fantasy quest farmboy shit. Garbage.

May not stand out now, but when it was written there were a lot less farmboys around questing for shit.

True; I read it like 12-13 years ago, in my early 20s. Of course, at the time, I only had (more or less) Richard Adams, Tolkien, and Piers Anthony (maybe Donaldson at that point?) under my belt for fantasy, and I still hated Feist...

[Stormcat]

I have never heard of Tigana. Every time I see it I think of Teavana and I want a gourmet cup of tea.

[Tiste Simeon]

James Hutton, on 09 January 2014 - 01:35 PM, said:

Tiste Brent Not Abyss Weeks Simeon, on 09 January 2014 - 11:05 AM, said:

The only character I vaguely liked was the dude with the epic magic, can't remember his name

Spoiler

he walks away from Kellhus at the end of the trilogy.

Achamian. Yes, I think he's the one that, besides the epic magic, you can most easily identify yourself with -- or appreciate or something.

Ah yes good old Drusas. The only vaguely "human" character in the series...

[Studlock]

Books I've read but had to put down:
The Way of Kings (it's an eighty fantasy that makes less sense the more I think about it...Sanderson is not, despite his reputation, not a very good world builder to me), the non-Dresden series of Jim Butchers (not that I think Dresden is all that great, I read them for the same reason I watch stupid action movies), the Name of the Wind (which is sincerely `that`book I just don`t understand all the accolades it has, literally one of the worst books I ever read it`s ham-fisted shat).

Series I find problematic but still read anyways:

Dresden Files (I honestly don't think it's well written nor do I think it can be considered 'good' in any other term than 'dumb fun'), the Second Apocalypse (it's not badly written so much as it's written by a person whose view of reality I find repulsive and that view finds its way into his books sometimes...but he plays his setting so straight I want to see how it ends).

[lastname]

James Hutton, on 09 January 2014 - 10:54 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 08 January 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:

THE WARRIOR PROPHET - Considering how much I enjoyed the first book in Bakker's series, I was astonished at how fast I hated the second. Never bothered with the rest.

I actively disliked all Bakker's books for the fact that everyone has a name that's at least 5 syllables long. Like that get's a story flowing nicely... BUT, I ploughed through and now I'm very much enjoying WHITE-LUCK WARRIOR. The 3 POVs (in spoiler blocks) are I think all interesting personalities.

Oddly enough, the names are one of the few things that I enjoyed about the PoN trilogy. I thought they were interesting, distinct, and evocative. It takes balls for an author to call a major character Anasurimbor, rather than Rand, Pug or Fitz

I'll second Coldfire and Liveship as well.

[Ukjent]

I'm join the Hobb club, theres something annoying about her books. And then we have a author I really can't understand why people find enjoyable, Bernard Cornwell. It should be stated that I have only tried the Norwegian translation but still. The language was dull, everything just felt wrong and I was not able to read more then a hundred pages before I had to quit.

[Macros]

Have you tried Sharpe though?

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

The Blade Itself - one of very few books I've been unable to finish. Generic fantasy poorly written for me which surprised me because so many people highly recommended Abercrombie. Horses for courses and all that. Also, stop saying "snarled", "sneered" and "scowled". There are other words for vocal expression!

Hobb's Rainwilder Chronicles - I finished them, but they were very underwhelming.

Wheel of Time - Curious love-hate relationship with the series. I gave up twice, only to be brought round again by getting The Gathering Storm in a 3 for 2 (it was the least worst option for the free book). I'm pleased I managed to get to the end, but then I gave the whole series to a friend because I will definitely drive nails into my eyes before I attempt reading them again.

[Ukjent]

Macros, on 10 January 2014 - 07:22 AM, said:

Have you tried Sharpe though?

Can't say that I have.

[Cause]

Anything Written by Feist, Abercrombie, KJ Parker or Trudi Caravan perplexes me!

lastname, on 09 January 2014 - 04:32 AM, said:

Crossroads of Twilight - need I say more?

Nobody likes Crossroads of twilight so it does not really belong in this thread

This post has been edited by Cause: 10 January 2014 - 12:34 PM

[Abyss]

Brent-Man Weeks, on 09 January 2014 - 04:00 PM, said:

Abyss, on 09 January 2014 - 03:56 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 09 January 2014 - 12:54 PM, said:

Feist. Anything after the first Magician: Apprentice book (and yes that includes the second half of that story). Tried multiple books, and all of them just seems like standard fantasy quest farmboy shit. Garbage.

May not stand out now, but when it was written there were a lot less farmboys around questing for shit.

True; I read it like 12-13 years ago, in my early 20s. Of course, at the time, I only had (more or less) Richard Adams, Tolkien, and Piers Anthony (maybe Donaldson at that point?) under my belt for fantasy, and I still hated Feist...

12-13 years ago was 2000. MAGICIAN was written in 1982.
Which doesn't counter your point that even with limited farm boys in your background, you didn't love it, but does make my point that back when Feist wrote it, there weren't many farmboys around.

Stormcat, on 10 January 2014 - 12:28 AM, said:

I have never heard of Tigana. Every time I see it I think of Teavana and I want a gourmet cup of tea.

You're better off that way.

Studlock, on 10 January 2014 - 05:10 AM, said:

... the Name of the Wind (which is sincerely `that`book I just don`t understand all the accolades it has,...

I didn't love this, for reasons that go well beyond the dragoncow. I found the relationships tedious especially the unrequited love crap, the characters unoriginal, and the overall the young Kvothe story boring. Also, dragoncow. I attribute the accolades to the fact that when it was pub'd in 2007, the Harry Potter series was wrapping up and a multitude of readers who had grown up with HP were looking for something similar but just a tiny bit more grown up.

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Series I find problematic but still read anyways:


Dresden Files (I honestly don't think it's well written nor do I think it can be considered 'good' in any other term than 'dumb fun'),...

YOU SHUT YOUR HERETIC MOUTH NOW

[QuickTidal]

I really want to read TIGANA now to see what's so bad about it.

I had been planning on it anyways, but maybe better to grab it from the used bookstore than brand new?

[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 10 January 2014 - 04:42 PM, said:

I really want to read TIGANA now to see what's so bad about it.

I had been planning on it anyways, but maybe better to grab it from the used bookstore than brand new?

It's easily worth the $2 I paid for it at Half Price Books. (But then again, I loved it.)

[Abyss]

Brent-Man Weeks, on 10 January 2014 - 05:37 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 10 January 2014 - 04:42 PM, said:

I really want to read TIGANA now to see what's so bad about it.

I had been planning on it anyways, but maybe better to grab it from the used bookstore than brand new?

It's easily worth the $2 I paid for it at Half Price Books. (But then again, I loved it.)

Yah, reading it and making your own mind up is pretty much the only way to go. The forumsplit on it is grounds for going cheap tho'.

[Kanese S's]

Goaswerfraiejen, on 09 January 2014 - 03:28 PM, said:

I'm a big hater of the Sword of Truth novels and their quote-unquote author. Not that I made it past the third.

Most of the people on this forum are.

[Morgoth]

I enjoyed tigana. You people have no taste.