Комменты к недавнему посту об Игре престолов подтолкнули меня прочитать целиком первые две книги серии (до этого читала в 2011 году и много пролистывала), чтобы уж точно составить мнение. Если коротко: very bad writing.
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рецензию с goodreadsчитать дальшеDespite trying inject the book with history and realism, he does not reject the melodramatic characterization of his fantasy forefathers, as evidenced by his brooding bastard antihero protagonist (with pet albino wolf). Apparently to him, 'grim realism' is 'Draco in Leather Pants'. This produces a conflicted tone--a soap opera cast for an existentialist film.
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There's also lots of sex and misogyny, and 'wall-to-wall rape'--which can feel real, if its handled well. Books shouldn't shy away from sex--or from any uncomfortable, unpleasant reality of life. The problem is when people who are not comfortable with their own sexuality start writing about it, and it seems to plague every mainstream fantasy author.
Their pen just gets away from them, their own hangups start leaking into the scene. It's not about the characters anymore, it's the author cybering about his favorite fetish--and if I cyber with a fat, bearded stranger, I expect to be paid for it.
I know a lot of fans probably get into it more than I do (like night elf hunters humping away in WOW), but reading Goodkind, Jordan, and Martin--it's like seeing a Playboy at your uncle's where all the pages are wrinkled.Еще этот рецензент составил
список фэнтэзи-рекомендаций, который начинается с "Горменгаста" и этим полностью заслуживает моё доверие). Правда, в нелюбимое фэнтэзи у автора попали "Гарри Поттер","Властелин колец","Плоский мир" и "Хроники Нарнии", но его критические отзывы читать интересно. Местами я с ними согласна, хотя все равно люблю эти книги.