Who is a reader?

[Mike41793]

I did read Harry Potter--it petered out to a pathetic, half-hearted ending. I TRIED to read Tolkien. I read The Hobbit. I started on the trilogy, and put it down about halfway through.

I just couldn't get past the 'son of such and such, sired by whosit, descended from whatshisname', style. It was like reading Beowulf--which was fine, but only in a small dose. I've always had issues with 'high fantasy' anyhow, though. I can't do Asimov, either--'hard SF', lol. I don't mind flowery, long-winded writing (Lovecraft, etc), but something about that particular style just didn't do it for me.

More Jim Butcher, less Robert Jordan, lol.

I know exactly what you mean. None of his works are really easy reads. BUT if you just ignore that stuff on the first read through then youll still understand like 90% of the story. And then when you read it a second time it makes it like a billion times easier to connect dots and stuff.