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There was a moment, someone in the middle of Taltos, where I genuinely wondered what would happen next. I developed a degree of anticipation. And then I found out what happened next, and continued on, as I had until then, pushing on in hopes something interesting would happen. A hundred pages after that, with no recurrence of genuine interest, I stopped reading.
There are a number of issues with Taltos, including it's weirdly complacent attitude towards sex with children, but the main problem is, it's just not interesting. The story wanders here and there without taking focus, the characters never come off the page even though there is a sense of desperation in Rice's attempts to make them interesting.
I should mention that this is the third book of a trilogy and I haven't read the other two; I just found this in a giveaway pile. But while reading the other books might have made me feel more interested in the characters, it wouldn't have helped with the haphazard story.
When I decided to stop reading, I did go to wikipedia to find out how it all turned out. From what I read, giving up was a solid choice.
There are a number of issues with Taltos, including it's weirdly complacent attitude towards sex with children, but the main problem is, it's just not interesting. The story wanders here and there without taking focus, the characters never come off the page even though there is a sense of desperation in Rice's attempts to make them interesting.
I should mention that this is the third book of a trilogy and I haven't read the other two; I just found this in a giveaway pile. But while reading the other books might have made me feel more interested in the characters, it wouldn't have helped with the haphazard story.
When I decided to stop reading, I did go to wikipedia to find out how it all turned out. From what I read, giving up was a solid choice.