Are there any readers in the audience tonight?

[andrewducker]

I just finished "The Knife of Never Letting Go", which annoyed me in parts,
but was generally quite good.

How good are the other two parts of the trilogy? Is it worth picking them
up too?

Comments

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

How good are the other two parts of the trilogy?

Very.

Is it worth picking them up too?

Yes.

[andrewducker]

That's that sorted then. Thanks!

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

I read most of Book 2, but I ran out of steam somewhat and haven't finished. They're interesting but I found the style (which I found really intriguing in Book 1) got exhausting. YMMV.

[andrewducker]

I found the style intermittently exhausting in book 1.

I mostly got fed up with the writer's repeated "And now I will tell you what's going on. Oh no, the characters were interrupted before they could tell you!" - particularly when one of the characters did discover something, but the audience didn't. Which felt altogether too much like teasing the audience for extra suspense.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Books 2 and 3 are a war story rather than a chase, and they add extra points of view. So there's less of that, I think (although there are some other quirks you may also find tiring).

[andrewducker]

Thanks. Extra info always good.

I'll definitely pick them up, I might just intersperse them with other things :->

[calum]

Guess I should pick up the other two books too. Not sure I liked them enough to give them space on the bookshelf, so maybe ebook.

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

Vaguely related, I finished "A game of thrones".

How long should I wait before picking up the second one?

[andrewducker]

See latest post.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the series yet, but I'm planning to.

I have so much stuff in my "to read" stack! I wish I could stop time to get some more reading in.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad you asked this. I read the first one and it whipped through my brain like a whirlwind. I've been wary of reading the next ones

[andrewducker]

Glad to be of service!

[anef.livejournal.com]

Definitely, though I predict that the things that annoy you will continue to annoy you all the way through. Still worth it, though.