Moar books!

[kiena_tesedale]

So my computer's been broken for weeks. This means I've read a lot of books. Some were rereads, some were brand new. And I don't think this was all of them, but I didn't have my computer to take notes on, sooooo.... Also, starting a new list for 2011.

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[freemonoid]

Yaaay! Someone else who didn't like The Name of the Wind. I had a lot of the same problems, plus I dislike it even more after I went on my Ursula Le Guin binge last year and realized how...well...unoriginal his book felt. I'm hoping he develops the plot into something a lot more interesting, but I personally feel like his book is mostly A Wizard of Earthsea spread out over three time the length and with a more douchey main character. I know he's got more planned than that, but standing alone I don't think the first book holds up that well.

I am going to read the next book, just so I can hopefully learn more about that awesome faerie guy that is so totes in love with Kvothe. He was by far my favorite part of the first book. :-p

[kiena_tesedale]

I'm just dreading what he's going to do with the main love interest, whatever-her-name-is. (No, really, is he gonna find out her real name?). And I agree that the faerie guy is interesting, and I hope he actually shows up in the second book - the way the 'current time' parts were worded, it sounded like he was fairly new in the scheme of things, so he might not come in until the third book.

And it's nice that someone else doesn't adore the book as well, haha. So many people I know have really liked it, and I always feel like I'm harshing their squee when I don't like it as well. :P

Overall, I kind of feel like it's a decently-written generic fantasy novel with poor female characters. Decently-written generic fantasy novels are rare enough I'll still read the next two, but they're not on my 'must-buy' list or anything.

[freemonoid]

"Decently-written generic fantasy novels are rare enough I'll still read the next two" has to be one of the saddest statements about the quality of fantasy novels ever.