When I was younger, a few decades ago, I'd finish a book, no matter what. As I became older, I decided that life was too short. If a book doesn't do it for me, off on the giveaway pile it goes. Besides, there are too many books out there that MIGHT be more interesting.
Yes, it's definitely a function of age. I am willing to give 100 pages or so, because some books start out slowly, but I've finally realized that not every book is to my taste, and I have no obligation to spend my time reading things I don't enjoy.
You stick thru 100 pages? You're more patient than I have become. I don't give up after the first chapter, but, if it doesn't resonate with me by then, it's not likely to get better. Still I stick around, just in case, until I decide that enough is enough. A miniature version of that also occurs to me when I read novellas.
I didn't care for the first one in this second trilogy.
But the latest one, Kushiel's Mercy, knocked me out.
I'm looking forward to Naamah's Kiss (June), which sends us back to the world of Imeril's first wife, who tragically died, in order for him to fulfill his destiny to marry his true love. (Some sarcasm here intended, yes.)
I am not looking forward to her Saint Olivia, yet another contemporary werewolf paranormal entry into the overcrowded same-same-fornication and violence subgenre of non-humans competing with each while munching down on us mere mortals at whim.
As I told one of the DAW people the other day when he phoned to chat about something else, if there's never another of these books published again it would be a Good Thing!
I have been avoiding the non-Kushiel Careys, and by your description, that sounds like a good thing!
I am waiting for Mercy in paperback - I am too poor to buy hardcovers. I am glad to see, by the first chapter of it, that Imriel has to work to get his one-true-love. And yes, of course she had to die so he could be happy. Carey would not write her hero into so untenable a situation for the entire series. It must be nice to have an author.
You are going to really love Kushiel's Mercy. Maybe you can find it your public library?
The novel isn't only about Their Great Love of the Ages either, which is why it is so good. I was very impressed by Carey's skillful management of Fantasy tropes and her own worldbuilding to run a paradigm in this novel that could, in a Fantasy way, explain what happened to our own nation in the last 8 years.
Someone else who did this, quite some ago, was Guy Gavriel Kaye, with his seminal Tigana, which is still far and away his most successful book, and which many Fantasy writers have mined for elements in their own work, as with Robin Hobb and her Fool.
The library has copies, but I have plenty 'nough to read, so I am in no hurry. I save these books for when I need something that will absorb me, because I need to hide from the stress of my own life.
Based on what you said, I am looking forward even more to the new book!
Tigana was fantastic, and I liked a lot of his other work, too. I haven't finished the Byzantine-ish series yet, though.
Hmmm... I haven't read the Fool books yet, only the Assassin ones, and it has been about a decade since I read Tigana. Maybe I should reread it soon....
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But the latest one, Kushiel's Mercy, knocked me out.
I'm looking forward to Naamah's Kiss (June), which sends us back to the world of Imeril's first wife, who tragically died, in order for him to fulfill his destiny to marry his true love. (Some sarcasm here intended, yes.)
I am not looking forward to her Saint Olivia, yet another contemporary werewolf paranormal entry into the overcrowded same-same-fornication and violence subgenre of non-humans competing with each while munching down on us mere mortals at whim.
As I told one of the DAW people the other day when he phoned to chat about something else, if there's never another of these books published again it would be a Good Thing!
Love, C.
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I am waiting for Mercy in paperback - I am too poor to buy hardcovers. I am glad to see, by the first chapter of it, that Imriel has to work to get his one-true-love. And yes, of course she had to die so he could be happy. Carey would not write her hero into so untenable a situation for the entire series. It must be nice to have an author.
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The novel isn't only about Their Great Love of the Ages either, which is why it is so good. I was very impressed by Carey's skillful management of Fantasy tropes and her own worldbuilding to run a paradigm in this novel that could, in a Fantasy way, explain what happened to our own nation in the last 8 years.
Someone else who did this, quite some ago, was Guy Gavriel Kaye, with his seminal Tigana, which is still far and away his most successful book, and which many Fantasy writers have mined for elements in their own work, as with Robin Hobb and her Fool.
Love, C.
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Based on what you said, I am looking forward even more to the new book!
Tigana was fantastic, and I liked a lot of his other work, too. I haven't finished the Byzantine-ish series yet, though.
Hmmm... I haven't read the Fool books yet, only the Assassin ones, and it has been about a decade since I read Tigana. Maybe I should reread it soon....