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I read book 4 and while it was at least BETTER it wasn't good enough to keep me reading beyond that, soo.
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Fuck you George R R Martin.
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I also read the Tim Tebow autobiography. There are some interesting tidbits in there but overall it isn't very good.
It's a good book. I wouldn't call it one of the two best pieces of literature ever, but it's well worth reading. I've read it twice and enjoyed it both times.
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It's funny, there's a scene in it that has been very vivid in my mind for years, but when I reread it, the scene was completely different (aside from the general location) than I recall. Crazy memory.
Warning if anyone gets this on Kindle; the kindle version has ALL sorts of horrible errors. Random hyphens in words, missing paragraph breaks, tons of misspelled words. I really wish they'd add some sort of quality control for Kindle books. It's not been quite enough to make me put the book down, but it's been close.
WiiU - vamenn (MONSTER HUNTER!!!)
XBL - dachishbudoka
PS3 - dachish
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This is one of the first books i'm reading on my Kindle and I'm finding i'm reading faster than normal. Anyone notice this happens with them?
If you read fast enough, turning pages on a physical book can slow you down a noticeable amount. There might be other factors at work, too, but that's been my experience.
Now a friend lent me "Day of the Triffids" ... apparently the inspiration for "28 days later". Anyone read that?
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That man could write, obviously, but he could think (which is generally a similar plus) just as well without losing a sense of humor about himself.
And, considering he died in '36, it's surprisingly prescient for WWII. Didn't expect that, honestly.
Really? I love 28 days later. I may have to check that out.
only the zombies are plants, they are smart and have poisonous stings.
the thing that could make it similar to 28dl is the fact the main character wakes up and its already been the apocalypse, then the few non-dead non-handicapped(read to find out) gather and try, well, to survive. I think this is the first two chapters or so, not spoiling much
read it like 4 years ago, so i dont remember much. I was 14-15 and I liked it a lot back then, but i dont know if id like it now
Yesterday I finished Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind and I did not care for it. Holy crap I don't think the story actually shows up in this first novel of probably a trilogy, Some parts are interesting, but it definitely could have stood to lose around 200 pages and sped through some stuff to get somewhere interesting and actually showing Kvothe doing something that made him the hero he apparently is in the world. Shit, it couldn't even finish the story of Kvothe in University.
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I completely disagree. The 'story' is about Kvothe, so I don't understand how the story doesn't show up in the first novel, when it is about him...Yes he doesn't shoot fireballs out of his nostrils but I found the stories of his life interesting and well-written, whether he was an orphan in the city or a student at the academy, I enjoyed the story. The magic system is unique and well thought out as well. I don't know, differing opinions obviously but I loved both this and the next novel about Kvothe.
Bad news for the second. Apparently, it sucks.
Good new for "On Writing". It is amazingly good.
Yeah ... I already read it years ago, but in the German translation. I have never read a book of Steven King, but just reading this I could see why he usually sells like hot cake. Dude can flat out write ...
Magell - I agree completely. The Name of the Wind is the most absurdly over-hyped fantasy series of the last few decades. There is no story to speak of, and Kvothe is a fucking terrible character in every way.
I'm reading Otherland book 2 at the moment. The story is great, but the book is seriously twice as long as it needs to be. Once I started just skipping entire paragraphs of description and character's feelings, I started to love it. As soon as I slowed down and tried to take in every word, I began to rage.
I really enjoy The Name of the Wind, but Rothfuss' editor should be dragged out behind a barn and shot for letting so unpolished and bloated a book get published.
I really do enjoy Rothfuss' writing and I think if you read them as the story just being about this guy like Cheese says rather than what the plot of the books is actually supposed to be, they're much better. The thing is there IS a story that isn't about Kvothe and it's brought up right at the start of the book and then not really mentioned again in any way until the second half of the second book.
And they could both be trimmed by at least half of their length/400 pages and be much better reads.
All that said, I really do enjoy Rothfuss' writing and I like the world he's building and everything. The books have a lot of technical problems but I think they have a lot of heart, too, and that makes up for the other errors for me. At least enough that I enjoy reading them and look forward to the next book.
Of course, anyone ever in the IRC knows I'm not shy to go off on raging tangents about the problems they have as well, sooo.
Anyway! I'm currently reading The Passage, which I'm only about 100 pages into but I'm really enjoying. It's taking me forever to get through it, though, and I'm not sure why. Hopefully it picks up for me soon because otherwise I'm liking it.
Now I'm reading a Flannery O'Connor collection, starting with the short stories, Distrust That Particular Flavor, and Maine. Flannery O'Connor so far reminds me of the Coen Brothers. Something about the southern dialect, stark and alien settings, the sudden violence in some of the stories. I would love to see what they could do with A Good Man Is Hard To Find.
Maine I struggled with at first. Between the review blurbs plastering the dust jacket and the first 30 something pages, it was verging on being one of those sappy "dysfunctional families torn apart and brought back together by their familial love" stories which make me want to go read something else. I soldiered on for another 100 pages or so, and more hate seems to be flowing. Then I went to read some reviews on Amazon and people were disappointed that the story wasn't happy/uplifting/funny (it is actually grimly funny at points if you ask me) like the blurbs implied. So I guess I'll read the rest of it. I actually like the technical aspects of the book. Her descriptions of Maine itself and each character's life and personality are vivid and distinct. Too bad most of the family are terrible people. With any luck, it'll all end with the House of Usher.
As mentioned above, I've had problems with Gunslinger on previous attempts at it.
When it goes over the events in Tull, it's actually Roland telling them to the dude who lives in the shack growing beans, the one with the crow that talks.