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May 21, 2010 06:39

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dhuaine May 21 2010, 23:20:00 UTC
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Just started. I don't expect to love this book, but I hope I will enjoy it.

Yesterday I finished Blood Rites by Jim Butcher, the 6th volume of Dresden Files. This is the last Dresden on my list. I'm dropping the series. The books are all the same and Dresden annoys me... Too much of the world spins around him.

I don't have defined to-read list now, but Heroes Die by M. W. Stover is pretty high on it. :)

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sorcha_ruel May 24 2010, 14:00:15 UTC
I only read the first Dresden and wondered why everyone I know seems to like it so much.

As for the Rothfuss, it's been laying on the floor since I put it down 3 weeks ago. Definitely not a book to love for me either.

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dhuaine May 24 2010, 16:15:32 UTC
I don't really get it either. I managed to get so far only because a) I craved horribly urban fantasy that is not paranormal romance, b) people kept telling me it gets better. It never did; quite the opposite, it became clear that all volumes are written on the same plot template. What's worse, it seems in further volumes even villains are recycled. I read reviews of volumes 7-11 and I'm certain I don't want to read any more.
A shame, really. The main concept of a modern wizard was promising, IMHO.

May I ask where did you stop? I'm on page 160 out of 860 now. The book is not boring, but it's rather tiring - so far Rothfuss managed to surprise me only with the amount of cliches.

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sorcha_ruel May 24 2010, 16:27:04 UTC
I stopped at Chapter 16, so page 122. I suppose it isn't boring, but I find myself searching for the reason it won the Quill award and so much hype.

About the Dresden series, I agree it had a lot of potential. I actually bought the first book for a friend as a birthday present just because I wanted to hear what she'd say about it. She's quite a series reader so she may like it.

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dhuaine May 24 2010, 17:18:18 UTC
I'm at the beginning of chapter 17. Chapter 16 actually made me put down the book yesterday.
Everybody seems to be praising Rothfuss's style, which I admit is better than average, but style alone doesn't make a book great.

Dresden Files is not a series that could be read one after another... Maybe if there's a year break between the volumes, it becomes more interesting. As it is now, I find it hard to even care about the characters, since they're always saved by some last burst of energy or clever trick etc, bordering on deus ex machina.

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