the name of the wind

[mimesere]

so, I bought this book because...uh. Well, because it was there, mostly, and it was a nice thick book and the reviews were good and the back cover copy was suitably interesting.

you guys. you guys. it's really kind of pretentious. also in first person. also about a person who is kind of iffy on the ethics. also the first part of a trilogy. AUGH.

AUGH. DAMMIT. WHY DO PEOPLE PERSIST IN THIS NOTION THAT MORAL AMBIGUITY = "COMPLEXITY"? I HAVE YET TO SEE MORAL AMBIGUITY DONE IN A WAY THAT SAYS SOMETHING OTHER THAN, "LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME I'M A SELF-CENTERED, THOUGHTLESS ASSHOLE."

/grumpy

i'ma go read another ggk book. good people doing fucked up things ftw.

Comments

[nyagosstar.livejournal.com]

thank god you've written this. i've had no less than three people whose opinions about books i value, tell me i would love this. but the cover puts me off and i just, i'm all, *shrugs* about it.

and i hate first person. i feel like if i'm reading first person, it should be fanfiction and it should be for free.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

i'ma go read another ggk book. good people doing fucked up things ftw.

Holycow just finished Al-Rassan. So, very very yes.

[cupiscent.livejournal.com]

I keep picking that up in bookstores for similar reasons, but then I open it up and read a few sentences of "let me tell you the tale of my awesome" first person and I break out in Anne-Rice hives or something. I don't even know. I want to read it, but I just can't quite believe I'll enjoy it.

[kidchyron.livejournal.com]

Aw, I really quite loved that book... :-(

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I liked it a lot, actually. But the part that totally drove me crazy about was the female lead. UGH AUTHOR YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY WRITE GIRLS BECAUSE THERE WERE ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR WHO I LIKED SO WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE MYSTERIOUS AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE AND UNATTAINABLE ALL MEN LOVE HER ALL WOMEN HATE HER ~~~~SPECIAL CLICHE FOR HER.