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Originally Posted by Culhwch  I'm still intending to give Erikson another shot. I have to say it wasn't any confusion on my part that drove me away, but rather just a lack of interest and a failure to engage on any level with the story or characters. Which is a shame because Erikson is clearly a gifted writer. I do come up against the 'persevere, it gets better' argument fairly regularly here, but honestly I do think this is a failing by the author. You shouldn't have to be promised better things to come to get you through the mire of the introductory book. I wonder if GotM was that little bit more accessible, just how much more popular Erikson would be... |
I'm with you, except on the confusion part. I was confused by the too many characters and whatnot, and I stopped reading about 2/3 of the way through. It just bogged me down and I couldn't get past it.
I also don't like the "persevere, it gets better" argument. It should grab and hold from the beginning, and this one doesn't entirely do it for me, either. I persevered for as long as I did simply because we bought the first five books in the series, and I'm cheap - hate a waste of money. Luckily, now dh is reading them, and he's loving them - but he's also got a mind like a steel trap and can keep the details straight, which I can't.
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Originally Posted by Culhwch Tell me that's an exageration, or I'm afraid I won't be revisiting Erikson. |
Seriously, no kidding. That was another of my complaints - too many confusing nonsensical names that, quite frankly, I have a difficult time slotting into my memory in such a way that I can create order out of it.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Dh loves the books so much that I was starting to get a complex.
