It's not even like a diary entry, it's like he's talking to you as if it were a conversation. Like you sat down in a bar beside him, said "What did you do last week?" and were ...treated to a 300+ page answer. Because he's just cool enough to be able to do that. It's very annoying.
Anyway, yeah, I wouldn't suggest them to you. It's not torture to read them once you've picked them up, but not picking them up is a better choice, really.
You know, I picked up an R.A. Salvatore book a few years back - one of the Drizzt ones, cause of all the hype - and it... I know I started reading it. I know I did. It had one of my fancy bookmarks in it to prove it. But I can't remember a damn thing about it. At ALL. That NEVER happens to me. I'm the sort that can stop reading a book part way through and pick it up six years later like I only put it down a week ago. Good or bad, I couldn't tell ya, but his stuff certainly doesn't seem to stay in my memory. (But now I'm curious. You're the second person in as many days to suggest that Salvatore's books aren't to be touched with a ten foot pole.)
Nothing turns me off books faster than the SHE IS A WOMAN thing - and is it me, or does it seem like when you read books featuring WOMEN (as written by men) or MEN (as written by women) that you can't help but be subjected to whatever the author's kinks/fetishes/preferences are?
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Anyway, yeah, I wouldn't suggest them to you. It's not torture to read them once you've picked them up, but not picking them up is a better choice, really.
You know, I picked up an R.A. Salvatore book a few years back - one of the Drizzt ones, cause of all the hype - and it... I know I started reading it. I know I did. It had one of my fancy bookmarks in it to prove it. But I can't remember a damn thing about it. At ALL. That NEVER happens to me. I'm the sort that can stop reading a book part way through and pick it up six years later like I only put it down a week ago.
Good or bad, I couldn't tell ya, but his stuff certainly doesn't seem to stay in my memory. (But now I'm curious. You're the second person in as many days to suggest that Salvatore's books aren't to be touched with a ten foot pole.)
Nothing turns me off books faster than the SHE IS A WOMAN thing - and is it me, or does it seem like when you read books featuring WOMEN (as written by men) or MEN (as written by women) that you can't help but be subjected to whatever the author's kinks/fetishes/preferences are?
Also, what else could there be to epic romance?