when it comes to their books.
The way LOTR was written made it so fucking boring, I dropped it halfway through The Two Towers.
The Twilight series, on the other hand, was so entertaining that I read it till the very end. I don’t care if the characters are trashy / drama is crap / whatever; I just want to be entertained.
Hmmm. I like The Lord of the Rings more overall, but it could feel…draggy at points.
The only part in the first two Twilight books I liked when I was was told to read them when I worked at Borders was her use of empty chapters to represent depression and the passage of time. I’m a sucker for using the medium like that.
I should read House of Leaves.
House of Leaves drags at times. At times it’s gripping, and at times I was bored stiff. It’s interesting, I think it’s nutty, I think it’s a real reach and ought to be lauded, but I just never thought it was that good. I’ve discovered I’m just a sucker for classic epic fantasy though, so perhaps it just weren’t for me. I also read it 20 years ago at this point, and so perhaps with my maturity I might enjoy another read. My brother in law just got me a copy actually, which is good because my original copy disappeared.
I never read Twilight so I have nothing to add there.
It still feels like something I should try and read, House of Leaves. I don’t think I’ll suuuuper enjoy it, mostly because horror is very much not my jam, but use of medium very much is!
Twilight was easy to read is another bonus for it. You can tear through them quickly. Which is what I did when told I had to read them by my boss. I read the first two in…twoish days, returned them, said “Okay I’ve read the first two, please don’t make me read more” and she said okay.
Just curious, why did your boss require you to read Twilight?
It was Borders and sometimes she just wanted us to read a popular book so we could talk to customers about it. It was right before the midnight release of the 4th book, and I’d be register that night, so she wanted me to…try and talk about it, I guess.
I just sold them the books and wished them a good night and hoped they enjoyed it instead!
Have worked at Barnes and Noble before, the Harry Potter Craze was insane, I get it