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Post by lisajane on Jul 23, 2008 5:25:00 GMT -5
I realised today when I hit about page 200 of The Braided Path about why I generally don't read fantasy.
I hate description, especially description that carries on and on and on. The description does get to the point eventually, but it's a long and exhausting trip there which could usually be summed up in a single paragraph (maybe this is why I stick with writing short stories...)
I enjoyed the characters (except Kaiku, couldn't stand her) and liked where the plot was eventually going, but it took too long to even start to get there for me. Maybe I'll pick it up again one day, maybe after I've finished my current book which is more my style ('Atomised' by Michel Houellebecq), but at this point, Broken Sky remains my favourite Wooding novels.
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Post by Aryeec {E.F. Forester} on Jul 23, 2008 6:51:01 GMT -5
The Braided Path definitely isn't for everyone. If you ever pick it up again and get to the third book, the plot will blow you out of your mind.
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colleen
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Post by colleen on Sept 19, 2008 15:29:46 GMT -5
I have to say I kind of agree with the whole over describing that Chris tends to go overboard with. Don't get me wrong, I love all Chris's books BUT could go without a few extra descriptive words. And I could be wrong for blaming Chris for that. Maybe his publisher wanted more descriptive words. Anyways, that never keeps me from reading his books and trying to convert everyone to fall in love with his books, hmm..which reminds me. I haven't gotten back any of his books that I loaned out.
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Post by Pombar on Jun 19, 2009 21:03:15 GMT -5
The best thing about books is that it's really easy to tell where the description ends, so you can skip it relatively painlessly. It's what I did when I was first getting into fantasy, and it certainly helps to wean you into it. But I'm surprised at that, Colleen. I find Chris is usually only heavily descriptive of things I was, moments before, asking the book 'but what does it look like?' Or sometimes not, when he wants to string out the anxiety of not really knowing what it is.
Also, hate to burst any bubbles or anything, but I think Broken Sky can pretty firmly be classified as fantasy also.
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Post by Aryeec {E.F. Forester} on Mar 7, 2010 21:17:09 GMT -5
I reread the trilogy over last summer and I still greatly enjoy Chris' great description. The first time I read through them I wasn't a big fan of reading about the political scene, but on the second go I really started to appreciate how it all tied things together. Without the politics in the books, 15-20% of the trilogy wouldn't quite make sense.
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