Interesting... it was on another site, so I think I should not C&P someone else's words, but someone recently said that they found IMB hard work because there was just too much to absorb: it was so information-rich they found it overwhelming.
There's probably some general point in here about how one thing can't please everyone.
I recently set aside book 2 of N K Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy. I may come back to it, but while it is very original, it is at heart a post-apocalyptic fantasy series, and I am just not very into fantasy.
Yes this is a multi-award-winning series that's been praised to the skies.
Similarly several friends were recently delighted to get commemorative editions of John Crowley's Little, Big -- for me, one of the single least enjoyable, most irritating books I've ever forced myself to finish.
There's probably some general point in here about how one thing can't please everyone.
I recently set aside book 2 of N K Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy. I may come back to it, but while it is very original, it is at heart a post-apocalyptic fantasy series, and I am just not very into fantasy.
Yes this is a multi-award-winning series that's been praised to the skies.
Similarly several friends were recently delighted to get commemorative editions of John Crowley's Little, Big -- for me, one of the single least enjoyable, most irritating books I've ever forced myself to finish.