[Ingram]

Hello

I have recently just started reading The Kings Buccaneer, I'm about 130 pages into it and its rather un-eventful, but by geezus am I enjoying it, Don't you think that is weird? Enjoying a book where virtually nothing has happened?
The characters in the book pull me in, and maybe because I always thought of a good book based on a character where we see him/her/it live his/her/it’s normal life for awhile before the big DRAMA happens and the action begins, unlike some books out there that just begin the action straight away and we don’t really see how the characters lived there live before hand. I also must admit again that a Feist book has done this to me another time, I read the whole of ‘A Rise Of A Merchant Prince’ in only 2 days, and I was very young and it was the second fantasy book I had ever read. For those who have read the book I’m sure you understand nothing WOOA actually happens. Maybe I’m soft or something, but I sure enjoy books that don’t require TONES OF ACTION to keep me entertained. Another example of this would be the excellent (AUSSIE) Author, Sara Douglass with here Crucible Series, although the action is there, 85% of it is more character development.

I’ll shut up now…

[Alle]

hmmm...I guess for me, it depends on my mood, and of course, the quality of writing. In the first part of Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb, not too much happens, but I loved it all. But other books without too much action seemingly drag on endlessly. So its just a matter of taste (as all reading preferences are) and my mood. *s*

Alle

[allanon]

I love that book. Feist rules! "Rage of a Demon King" is his best!

[Kingslayer]

If it's a good author, I don't mind a lack of action.Actually, I'm put off by too much action and hardly any description or character development.

[ChrisW]

page 130 eh? Hrm well I just checked my copy and the action is just about to start. :D

[Ingram]

Originally posted by Caldazar
page 130 eh? Hrm well I just checked my copy and the action is just about to start. :D

Yeah, heh it's a well planed attack

[Mamb]

this happens to me all the time. i noticed it in the Kings buccanner as well.
the best example is in the middle books of Robin Hobb's trilogies. i know a few people that find the plot loses its way and so don't like it, but i read on purely because i find it so enjoyable. the beauty of hobb's writing is that when the plot is fairly uneventful, she focusses on developing the characters' personalities and building the world around the characters. so i still enjoy reading it. and of course, the prospect of action in the third instalment.

[milamber_reborn]

Every Jordan and Feist book peak my enjoyment.