Paul J. Andrew
Newest Sword of Truth novel, Phantom
I don't know what to think. I knocked it out in about three days of medium/heavy read time. I feel very torn about how I should feel about these books. On the one hand, I must continue reading to the very end to see how things conclude in the storyline. On the other hand, these characters (with few exceptions) all speak very much the same (and at great length) in wide swaths of dialogue. Speaking of dialogue... these characters all talk in long drawn out monologues, more often than not as if they are talking directly to the reader than to whomever they are supposed to be talking to in the story. And yet, despite how aggravating I find this, I must continue to the end of the series. It makes me wonder if that is some kind of writers badge - the ability to annoy the hell out of your reader and yet keep them hooked because of how much they care about your longwinded characters.
I don't know what to think. I knocked it out in about three days of medium/heavy read time. I feel very torn about how I should feel about these books. On the one hand, I must continue reading to the very end to see how things conclude in the storyline. On the other hand, these characters (with few exceptions) all speak very much the same (and at great length) in wide swaths of dialogue. Speaking of dialogue... these characters all talk in long drawn out monologues, more often than not as if they are talking directly to the reader than to whomever they are supposed to be talking to in the story. And yet, despite how aggravating I find this, I must continue to the end of the series. It makes me wonder if that is some kind of writers badge - the ability to annoy the hell out of your reader and yet keep them hooked because of how much they care about your longwinded characters.