Nathan Caroland Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I 'was' a big fan of Laurell K. Hammilton up until her last book in the Anita Blake series, 'Incubus Dreams'. All the books before this latest one were damn interesting, full of action, and had me wondering what was going on next. There was a bit of sex in them but considering it was only a few pages here and there, or a chapter at most, I got over it. It helped the story along as her life got a bit more complicated. Apparently she had a mid-life crisis right in the middle of my damn book. Incubus Dreams starts off with sex. Ok, no biggie. Then I get a 'hint' of something else, like a clue, a mystery that she is going to get ahold of and the book is off to a decent start right? Wrong. I feel like I just read a pornographic book and I'm not happy about it in the least. In the first 24 hours of the book she has sex thirteen or fourteen times (I lost track) and with ten different men/creatures. Sometimes one at a time, but usually two or three, vampires, werecreatures, whatever. Bestiality, blood letting during sex and about every other word was 'F**K ME'. I swear she used it over a 100 times in the span of 40 pages. Honestly, I'm not exagerating in the least bit. I bought the book to read about Vampire hunting, werecreature killing, mystery solving. Not how WIDE some guy is, how wet she gets, how she needs every hole filled over and over and the slight pain and S&M that she gets into. Its like the woman hit a spot in her life where all she is interested in is sex and it went over to her writing rather severely. I hope she got her jollies, because believe me, her character Anita Blake was shaggin' everything that she could lay a hand on. I read it because I figured, it HAD to get better - you're kidding me right, all I'm going to read is 'F**K ME'?? After about 250 'screaming in heat and liquid sex' 'F**K ME's it finally got good. Yup. 35 pages left to the book, and it ACTUALLY focused on what the series was about and to be honest, was damn good for those few pages. I feel jipped. This is possibly the only book that has ever actually made me angry. I was ranting to my co-workes about it every few minutes and it got to be a joke around here 'how many has she screwed in this last chapter'? I'm sure I'm thought of as some pornographic scum now. How the editor let this one get off the cutting table I never will know. If there ever is another Anita Blake book, I'm going to get some reviews before I just blithly snatch it up. Excuse me, I think I need to go have a mental enima now to get rid of this crap. Bleah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praetorian0_1 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 That sounded nauseating. Lovin' reduced to gruntin with abhumans- nasty at best. i do wonder how she did her research- pictures nasty old lady hanging out in Vampire/bloodletters club, blahh. If a book has ever ticked me off- I usually don't have the intestinal fortitude (esp if I'm on the can- sorry) to finish it. I have felt embarrassed for some writters in fact, more often for childishness or predictability- my mother in law dared me to read one of her crap dime novels once, made it to the end of chapter one then- fling, the book went on the floor lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green stuff Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 This will probably not be as funny as your story Nathan, but the book did seriously piss me off. So here goes. Back in 1995 (man time flies by fast, *** shivers ***) I had to read one of Michel Buttor's books "L'Emploi du Temps" for my studies during my summer holidays; the title roughly translates to "The Time Table", or "The Agenda", or "How I Spent my Time", something along those lines. Mr Buttor is a contempoary french author supposed to be part of the "Nouveau Roman" trend. I start reading the book and basically find out that after needing 15 pages to describe how the hero waits for a train, that he's leaving France to England for an office job. Here on, the author just keeps rambling on about everyday boring issues ... but at about half of the book it starts to become a detective story because there is a murder ... only to be abandoned 30 pages later . The author keeps going on adding more and more boring details every now and then poping the fact that the hero fantasises on this english lady. To make things shorter (because I'm affraid I'm being just as boring as Mr Buttor), I skipped a few pages and finished the book feeling I had been robbed of my time. Summer ends, school starts. French class comes and we start discussing the book. Our teacher asks us what we thought of the book. Those who had finished it said it was great! Inside of me, I was going WHAT??? And then they were saying how the part where the hero is tricked by the english lady and his friend was the best part. So here I go furiously flipping through the pages to try and find the one interesting part that I had skipped ... I never found it. Damn book :blowup:. A bit OoT : Since, I've fallen in love with David Gemmel's writings which I highly recommend. He's this 2m10 (6 feet 11 and 3/4th of an inch for our american friends ) english fellow who paid his studies by being a bouncer at night. After graduating, he became a journalist. And now he writes high adventure fantasy novels. Imagine a mix of Conan and LotR with less magic but with some second degree humor. Plus when he describes a hand to hand combat, you can feel that the breaking nose sound is something he's lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemunkie Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 If I'm not into a book after a chapter, it gets dumped I'm afraid. Haven't got the time or the inclination to persevere with something that is a hassle. As for disgusting books, try Irvine Welsh's 'Filth'. Absolutely revolting main character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritual Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Not a particular book, but... A long time ago I started to read the first book in the 'Wheel of time' series by Robert Jordan. I didn't know much about fantasy litterature at the time and was happy to find something that looked exciting in my local library. I discovered that there was a second part so I borrowed that one when I had finished the first. Then, I found a Sci-Fi/Fantasy bookstore in Stockholm and discovered that there were 6 or 7 books in the series and that apparently, it wasn't finished yet. That pissed me off so I stopped reading! I can't stand these never-ending fantasy soap operas. :vb_mad2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted November 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Yeah, I've read a couple of books that just make you roll your eyes or fight to just keep the damn things open. Usually I carry one with me for long trips in the car, breaks and lunches at work, etc. Sometimes its enough that I read just to be able to stay awake. As for the WoT series, completely agree with you Anders, that man is an idiot. Well, maybe not, he's got a large following and everyone keeps buying his books, but I for one have gotten quite sick of it. Gemmel - read a bit from him, can't remember anything being that 'great' though. Might have to give him another shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green stuff Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Gemmel - read a bit from him, can't remember anything being that 'great' though. Might have to give him another shot. The Druss books are good (especially Legend; the description of the siege is really great : the fear of the defenders, their efforts to get ready, and then the siege itself). Waylander is just plain cool. Some cross between Han Solo, Aragorn, and William Tell; all of this mixed in a potion of death wish . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Farstrider Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I am with Spacemunkie. If it does not grab my attention after the 1st few chapters then I stop reading. I found the the writing style of C.S. Friedman really annoyed the hell out of me. And I could never get into Heinlien. :sleeping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi6ers Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 And I could never get into Heinlien. :sleeping: What book have you tried? Stranger in a strange land was very good IMO, even Starship Troopers was ok. A few books have pissed me off - Tolkien bores my ass off, The last in the Deathstalker Series was pretty crappy. Arthur C Clarke has done some really bad collaborations. I find I enjoy pretty much everything by Ian M Banks, Kevin J Anderson, Brian Lumley & China Mieville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 I wanted to respond to this thread in a more timely manner, but for the life of me I couldn't remember the name of the book that pissed me off so. I was in a book store and stumbled across the book again... I read (or started to read) this book a few years back. The foreword told how this fellow was laid up by some accident and not able to move around, so decided to write a book inspired by Tolkein's middle earth. The book is not so much a inspiration than a blatent RIP OFF. First off, he has a charming group of halfling sized furry footed characters called WARROWS....The main character is called Peregrin and dreams of adventure. Some mysterious dwarves appear and want to take him on an adventure, so he sets out with handyman halfling Cotton...BLAH!! I'm getting annoyed just typing about it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted March 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Heh, I love this book. Or I should say, I really enjoyed the Iron Tower Trilogy. Some of the first books that I read way back when and they have a special spot for me. Personal opinion, they are better than Tolkien as I really don't care for his writing, though to be 100% honest, it takes a large bite of his ideas and premise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Had I not have ready Tolkien, I may have liked it too. Just too blatent for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawn Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Well, Anders (I think) beat me to knocking the Wheel of Time. I LOVED it - for the first three books...after that I felt like I needed to keep a list of ALL the characters - not the main characters, but all the characters. They kept popping up later in the story and I seemed to spend a lot of time flipping back through the books trying to figure out who the heck they were. I finally got sick and tired of trying to keep up with them and stopped reading them. I'm glad I did - Scott/Grumb threw the last one across the room he was so pissed off that the guy didn't wrap things up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I kept up with the books until .... I think book six, or was it seven. Hell I don't know. I really enjoyed them up to five or so, but I think there are about 20 MAIN characters, 30 or so SUPPORT characters and so many damn plots and sidelines that its not even funny. That and for some flippin' arsed reason, he has several of the characters named very simuliar which just drives me crazy trying to figure out which is which. I was actually keeping up with them until I read an interview they did with him and he said that he was taking the series out to 13, possibly 15 books. I stopped having any interest at the very moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawn Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 UGGGHHHHH!!! I thought I just had to wait until book 12!!! When he was finished with them ALL, I was going to have a Robert Jordan marathon - just start back at the beginning and read them one after another. My Dad is ready to kill me - I got him hooked on Jordan and then the guy goes and pulls this crap. Not sure if my Dad is ever going to forgive me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Have him read David Eddings, you'll win the mans love back quite quickly. GREAT author and I've reread many of his series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almathea toes Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 I have to admit That I took one look at the abstracts (I forgotten the regular word for it) of the Anita Blake books, and went, this is going to turn into hre having random and explicit sex with monsters, especially as soon as the word incubbus was used in a title. So, I'm rather glad my unfounded cynicism came true. Sorry you had to read it though, sex is fine, but really unless something plot important happens during said activity, coome on, let us know it happened then move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze 1 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 You're definitely right about the Anita Blake books. I just recently picked up what looked to be a good novel about vampires from an author I'd never heard of : Jennifer Armintrout. It turned out to be a pretty good read as books on vampires go. But, like the books featuring Anita Blake, the sex was just filler that could have been left out. But unfortunately, somewhere along the way someone decided that vampires were sexy. Sex sells. So what ya gonna do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted June 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 She has a new one out, Mika, but I'll be damned if I'll pick it up. I thought about it, really did, and want to read it, but I read the jacket of it and already she was having hot liquid flashes on the airplane in the two paragraphs and I decided against it. She's also go a fairy one that I read two books into a series of .. five? Anyhow, she's writing about a fairy who has ubber sex drive and blah, blah, airtight, blah ... Please, lets just put in a bit of murder in the story to act like we have a plot other than a written porno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebrushworth Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I've read the first ten Wheel of time books, and will probably read the eleventh one when it comes out in paperback. I'm somewhat miffed at the glacial pace at which his series is progressing, but at the same time I think the characters are interesting, and I've invested so much time in them that I can't stop now. Besides, I like the way he's turned it from pretty traditional sword and sorcery in to a series about politics and court intrigue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegamer Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I can't stand these never-ending fantasy soap operas. :vb_mad2:Me either. These days if I find out a book is part of a series I make sure the author is dead before reading any of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegamer Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 What book have you tried? Stranger in a strange land was very good IMO, even Starship Troopers was ok. It helps to get into him when young. First one I read was Have Spacesuit Will Travel, when I was about 9 or 10. One book that pissed me off was a text book for a science fiction literature class. Lots of great stories followed by a series of commentary and essay questions by Isaac Asimov. Bastard. I'd read some really fascinating Robert Bloch or Ray Bradburry story delving into the human psyche when subjected to extremes and then Isaac would proceed to tell me what crap it is because the actual speed of Deimos, the first moon of Mars, is xxxmph, not yyymph which means none of the story could actually take place.... What really pisses me off though is crappy movie adaptations of great works of literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegamer Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Sorry about the multiple posts but I only just found this thread. Well, Anders (I think) beat me to knocking the Wheel of Time. I LOVED it - for the first three books...after that I felt like I needed to keep a list of ALL the characters - not the main characters, but all the characters. They kept popping up later in the story and I seemed to spend a lot of time flipping back through the books trying to figure out who the heck they were. Reminds me of when I slogged through the Silmarilian. See, Tolkein's elves are immortal. I remember reading a passage and some elf pops along and everyone treats him special like I'm supposed to know who he is. I have to go sifting through the beginning of the book to find last time he'd showed up was over 500 years (and over 100 pages) earlier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmortis Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 I'm a big King fan. The series I enjoy the most is The Dark Tower Saga. For those who have not read it I advise it, if you have read it you may know where this is going. This series consists of one small book and 6 bricks. Through 7 books you learn to care about these characters and hope for a happy ending for them...but this is King after all. So last book things get bad, which is fine it's a fine ending. The part that kills me is the very end of the last book. Just before the book ends you, the reader, get a message from king telling you that you have done enough, that you don't have to read more that the story is at it's end. As I had read everything else I decided to read the last bit. 5 minutes later I threw the book across my bed room ripping it from the spine. 5 minutes after that I was in my car driving to get a new copy because it really was the perfect ending. So there, somewhere in my ramblings, you have one of my most pissed off/ happy moments of reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolomyte Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 I hate Jim butcher. The dresden files books are annoying and redundant. I feel like I can point out him spending 2 or 3 pages describing the same character multiple times. I don't need to know the length and color of dresden's trenchcoat and how it flows 6000 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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