CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net to Books@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat book did you push through despite wanting to put it down/rage quit/bail on?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhat book did you push through despite wanting to put it down/rage quit/bail on?CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net to Books@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareTerevoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoMalazan: Book of the Fallen. Having no idea what’s going on and not really even being able to comprehend what I’m reading should not be a ‘feature’ of a fiction book.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoExactly the same here! I did quit after the first book, though. I still have no idea what the hell did I read.
minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI know exactly what you mean. It suffers from the very worst fantasy tropes of meaningless words. I did not finish.
minus-squareTerevoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt got some really good reviews, but man… That is definitely not my style.
Malazan: Book of the Fallen.
Having no idea what’s going on and not really even being able to comprehend what I’m reading should not be a ‘feature’ of a fiction book.
Exactly the same here! I did quit after the first book, though. I still have no idea what the hell did I read.
I know exactly what you mean. It suffers from the very worst fantasy tropes of meaningless words. I did not finish.
It got some really good reviews, but man… That is definitely not my style.