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.