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Originally Posted by Overread  I my opinion - the transition from book one to book two is a massive shift - but once you get past that, you start to see the links (and some characters from book 1) appear inthe second book. Then I also felt that the story in book 2 was, in some ways, better than that in book 1.
Though I do agree that as a series it takes time to get going, but lets be honest here - LotR takes a whole book to really get going - and its true for a lot of fantasy - we have to have that slower start sometimes to get us into the new world that the author has crafted - and the more complex and different the world, the more of an introduction we need into it. Some people don't like this in thier fantasy = they want a DnD type adventure which is easy to read and uses the "common" themes - and sometimes so do I = just got to accept that this is not one of those series (though it does have good action!!0 |
I dont mind the slowness but cause the uninteresting characters i gave up on DeadHouse Gates. I liked only Kalam,Sapper(sp?) in it.
I missed too much Kruppe,Parn,Wiskeyjack and co
The story of DHG didnt do for me enough to struggle through more than 200+ pages of the book. Parn's sister Fel something annoyed the hell out of me and she is a big reason i gave up.
I think i will read book 3 and if its as good as or better GOTM then i might go back for Deadhouse if i have for story's sake.
I think its shame thanks to the new characters and the story it didnt excite me as Darijustan part of GOTM did.