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Thank you very much!
I'm glad this site has some people with taste, cause I just got on and was about to leave based of this thread. I mean I can understand people not liking the things same things as me, everyone has the right to opinion, but it seems like they are going to far, maybe because he is popular idk.
Patrick Rothfuss' "Kingkiller Chronicles" is excellent. Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" and "Neverwhere" are excellent. I'm looking for others myself, being on Erikson's Book #3 of the Malazan series...I do have time. :-)
thanks, read all of those. I've been into Gaiman a lot lately, he has a different sort of vision than most fantasy writers, and I like that.
I totally agree with your thoughts on TWOK. I feel everything has a purpose and though it moves slowly at times, it has such meaningful moments and the ending as well. I feel the writing is terrific.
A new writer? I'm sorry, but that's utter crap.
His first published work, Elantris, came out in 2005.
The Way of Kings was published in 2010. Not to mention, he was working on this particular fantasy for over ten years.
His dialogue is weak. I cannot tell you how many times I actually cringed reading Shallan's ridiculous quips. He confusingly mixes the archaic structure of language (given the setting of the novel) with modernisms.
Using the word Storm all the time as a curse gets old, especially considering the title of the series.
His prose is rather weak compared to works like the Kingkiller Chronicles or Malazan. Granted, there's absolutely nothing wrong with having accessible prose. It's part of what makes him popular, and his magic systems are very unique.
And I enjoyed Mistborn. I thought the second book plodded along too much, and the third had the biggest ex machina I've ever witnessed, but overall it was enjoyable despite my issues with Vin and Elend as characters.
The Way of Kings I expected far more from an author who said that he had written thirteen novels before being published, and had written more than a few before The Way of Kings hit shelves.
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I'm glad this site has some people with taste, cause I just got on and was about to leave based of this thread. I mean I can understand people not liking the things same things as me, everyone has the right to opinion, but it seems like they are going to far, maybe because he is popular idk.
Patrick Rothfuss' "Kingkiller Chronicles" is excellent. Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" and "Neverwhere" are excellent. I'm looking for others myself, being on Erikson's Book #3 of the Malazan series...I do have time. :-)
thanks, read all of those. I've been into Gaiman a lot lately, he has a different sort of vision than most fantasy writers, and I like that.
I totally agree with your thoughts on TWOK. I feel everything has a purpose and though it moves slowly at times, it has such meaningful moments and the ending as well. I feel the writing is terrific.
A new writer? I'm sorry, but that's utter crap. His first published work, Elantris, came out in 2005.
The Way of Kings was published in 2010. Not to mention, he was working on this particular fantasy for over ten years.
His dialogue is weak. I cannot tell you how many times I actually cringed reading Shallan's ridiculous quips. He confusingly mixes the archaic structure of language (given the setting of the novel) with modernisms.
Using the word Storm all the time as a curse gets old, especially considering the title of the series.
His prose is rather weak compared to works like the Kingkiller Chronicles or Malazan. Granted, there's absolutely nothing wrong with having accessible prose. It's part of what makes him popular, and his magic systems are very unique.
And I enjoyed Mistborn. I thought the second book plodded along too much, and the third had the biggest ex machina I've ever witnessed, but overall it was enjoyable despite my issues with Vin and Elend as characters.
The Way of Kings I expected far more from an author who said that he had written thirteen novels before being published, and had written more than a few before The Way of Kings hit shelves.
