I’m more than halfway through the book and like… what am I actually reading? Why is it accounted as high fantasy, considering that well over chapter 50 I’m still reading about a dude playing lute at a tavern? Why was it among the “must read if you like B. Sanderson, high fantasy and complex world building”? Where’s the actual world building here. I feel like I was scammed. It’s literally just the sad story of a guy who lost his parents to some evil creatures in an absolutely mainstream and plain conventional fantasy setting. I don’t get why was it even compared to Sanderson’s magic systems and world building. Please please someone tell me it’s still worth reading and that something will eventually HAPPEN that will shake this boring account of a sad university dude.
Best regards, Disappointed reader
It’s like a D&D campaign, but only the side quests, and
somewriter insertion.I’ve come to the conclusion that the people who claim it’s a good series are inflating it with their own imagination. Unreliable narrator seems to be a common excuse from the fans of bad fiction, who can’t come to terms with having bad taste.
The prose is fine, and worth talking about. But considering it fails on every other front, I can’t call it a good book or series (if something that will never be finished qualifies as a series).
If you’re already not enjoying it, drop it. It’s extremely consistent at what it is.