D&D General No One Reads Conan Now -- So What Are They Reading?

Clint_L · 2025-03-14T03:26:01+0000

innerdude said:
Can totally relate --- I literally hurled my 1100-page hardbound copy of Wise Man's Fear across the room against the wall after finishing the first sex goddess chapter. My wife had to reprimand me for the audible four-letter profanity that accompanied said hurling.

I got 70 pages into Name of the Wind and quit. And I seldom quit novels. Rothfuss is not for me. I think he's a terrible writer - expository, with ridiculously cliched characters. The only popular genre book that has irked me more is Three Body Problem.

tombowings · 2025-03-14T03:50:26+0000

SkidAce said:
I thought (honestly) that Wizard's First Rule was pretty good.

It was every book in the series after that, that made me think "this is really horrible writing and stuff".

I have an unusual relationship with Goodkind. His writing is sloppy, his characters are generic, his imagination is depraved - and yet I've read the series twice. Something about this books just - well - works. At least for what it is.

Paul Farquhar · 2025-03-14T07:36:46+0000

Clint_L said:
I got 70 pages into Name of the Wind and quit. And I seldom quit novels. Rothfuss is not for me

I had pretty much the same reaction. Tried it, didn't enjoy it, quit.

Clint_L said:
I think he's a terrible writer

However, this does not follow. Lots of people enjoy his work, including a good many on this forum. Ergo he cannot be "a terrible writer".

Clint_L said:
expository, with ridiculously cliched characters

Some people enjoy exposition (and lore dumps generally), and one person's cliché is another person's classic archetype.

D&D General No One Reads Conan Now -- So What Are They Reading?

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