Jiren
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Post by Jiren on Nov 6, 2017 23:14:31 GMT -5
Dracula is a fantastic read, I really liked the way it was told as a serious of various journal entries. Unless you really want to know everything there is to know about the history whaling... skip Moby Dick. Depending on your definition of "Classic" the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy are my favorite trilogy of books... all 5 of them <_< though Mostly Harmless the last book is by far the worst in the series. If you can overcome the bloated nature of it, the Lord of the Rings is extremely easy to lose yourself in. I honestly found that a chore to read. I heard it once described as a wonderful story told horribly... and I can't disagree... the story is good and Tolkien went out of his way to build a world... but damn does he get caught up in background information that has little to no bearing on what's going on or side plots that literally add nothing to the narrative. This may sound like Blasphemy but IMO I found the movies better (Cut the unnecessary fluff and merged characters to add more development), And while they do drag in parts (Especially Two Towers) it's nothing compared to the book. The book moves at the pace of a tectonic plate |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 6, 2017 23:35:18 GMT -5
I heard it once described as a wonderful story told horribly... and I can't disagree... the story is good and Tolkien went out of his way to build a world... but damn does he get caught up in background information that has little to no bearing on what's going on or side plots that literally add nothing to the narrative. I'd describe it as an epic story that isn't in any hurry to get where it needs to go. As I said, it definitely needed an editor, as it's long been acknowledged that Tolkien really didn't know what he was doing. Rather than plan out the books and fill in the gaps, he simply sat at his typewriter and made it up as he went along. That's how the story introduced the tool of ultimate evil, capable of corrupting absolutely anybody and anything... except a supernatural being who lives in the woods, so better throw in some line later on about how he'd just forget about it if it were entrusted to him. But everybody else is capable of being corrupted... well, apart from the little brother of the member of the Fellowship that the ring did corrupt, who literally says he wouldn't pick up the ring if he found it lying by the road. Still, for all its flaws and pacing problems, it's still a book I revisit every couple of years. |
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