The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. It was my first experience with what could be considered a “grimdark” or where things consistently go wrong no matter how well the protagonists achieve their goals.
It was just a constant stream of the main character getting shit on and failing the people around him (despite doing his very best not to) without any successes. I think I got through two books before I finally had enough.
I’m sure people enjoy it, and it’s well written… it just did not fit me at all.
I hated this, too for…tangential reasons. Bad things don’t just happen, see, they happen because the protagonist, the antagonists, and basically everyone in the entire book the author bother to give a name takes every available opportunity to fumble around and fuck things up.
If you’ve ever heard of “competence porn”, just imagine the exact opposite and you pretty much get the gist.
The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. It was my first experience with what could be considered a “grimdark” or where things consistently go wrong no matter how well the protagonists achieve their goals.
It was just a constant stream of the main character getting shit on and failing the people around him (despite doing his very best not to) without any successes. I think I got through two books before I finally had enough.
I’m sure people enjoy it, and it’s well written… it just did not fit me at all.
The Farseer trilogy is one of my favorite book series but that’s a fair assessment.
I hated this, too for…tangential reasons. Bad things don’t just happen, see, they happen because the protagonist, the antagonists, and basically everyone in the entire book the author bother to give a name takes every available opportunity to fumble around and fuck things up.
If you’ve ever heard of “competence porn”, just imagine the exact opposite and you pretty much get the gist.