Sep-30-2010, 04:30 PM (UTC)
I haven't even come across those characters yet - I've read just the first three books. Still has some amusing names like "Iskaral Pust".
As for whether I would recommend the series: not really. He has a good imagination but an anoying tendency to explain too little. The first book especially gave me a headache. It drops you smack-bang into the middle of the story and gives very little clues about who the characters are, why the whole war is being fought and how the magic works.
The following books explain more and thus are more comprehensible, but they're very heavygoing at times. And freakishly long. (Memories of Ice is 1200 pages in some printings.)
All in all, it's a very polarizing series that most people either love or hate. And while I don't quite hate it, I'm not exactly the biggest fan.
As for whether I would recommend the series: not really. He has a good imagination but an anoying tendency to explain too little. The first book especially gave me a headache. It drops you smack-bang into the middle of the story and gives very little clues about who the characters are, why the whole war is being fought and how the magic works.
The following books explain more and thus are more comprehensible, but they're very heavygoing at times. And freakishly long. (Memories of Ice is 1200 pages in some printings.)
All in all, it's a very polarizing series that most people either love or hate. And while I don't quite hate it, I'm not exactly the biggest fan.
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