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By Planck Energy Go To PostBuy them all 5 times so Bakker can stop working at Burger King to make ends meet.

Though I should say I loved the first book right away for various reasons.

I didn't like it. I can't put a finger on exactly what it is that I don't like about his books, I just know I didn't enjoy them much. If it's the exaggerated introspection by many of the characters, how he writes, something completely different or if it's a combination of things.

A series I warmly recommend is the books about Eddie LaCrosse by Alex Bledsoe. They have become some of my favourite fantasy books.

By zon Go To PostI didn't like it. I can't put a finger on exactly what it is that I don't like about his books, I just know I didn't enjoy them much. If it's the exaggerated introspection by many of the characters, how he writes, something completely different or if it's a combination of things.

A series I warmly recommend is the books about Eddie LaCrosse by Alex Bledsoe. They have become some of my favourite fantasy books.

A lot of people find it too nihilistic or depressing. Or they feel there's no one to cheer for (kind of hard to argue this one, at least in the traditional sense).

By Planck Energy Go To PostA lot of people find it too nihilistic or depressing. Or they feel there's no one to cheer for (kind of hard to argue this one, at least in the traditional sense).

Hmm, I can't say that was my issue with his work. I've read the Farseer Trilogy and that got me depressed. Maybe it's because there's no one to really cheer for, although I did cheer for Cnaiür to an extent. There's just so much nothing in the books, that's what it feels like. There's so much thinking about thoughts and emotions, and then speaking about thoughts and emotions. Most of it, to me, never felt relevant to move the story forward, it was just there.

I'm usually better at describing what I don't like about books. That's why I remember Bakker, I don't like it but I can't formulate why.