I read the books 4ish times. 1st time, RJ died so I took a few years off and read it start to finish on my 2nd attempt. Another couple years pass, and I got to book 10 and couldn’t do the hunt for Falie again. Stopped. My last attempt was last year. I got to book 4, and then my kid got a PS5 for christmas. I was a real gamer back in the day, and I read all day at work, so I just stopped. I don’t read recreationally at all now. It’s kind of like how the last thing a chef wants to do when they get home is cook.
Anyway, there’s no way in hell that I’d ever pronounce the names right. Some of the more intuitive ones, maybe, but the rest? I’d probably blunder.
Arguably the worst book in the series is 10. I got slagged for 4 years at that point until surrendering to the audiobook. It felt like a disjointed midpoint with nowhere to go. So, feel you on just abandoning joy because quitting wasn’t an option.
I read the books 4ish times. 1st time, RJ died so I took a few years off and read it start to finish on my 2nd attempt. Another couple years pass, and I got to book 10 and couldn’t do the hunt for Falie again. Stopped. My last attempt was last year. I got to book 4, and then my kid got a PS5 for christmas. I was a real gamer back in the day, and I read all day at work, so I just stopped. I don’t read recreationally at all now. It’s kind of like how the last thing a chef wants to do when they get home is cook.
Anyway, there’s no way in hell that I’d ever pronounce the names right. Some of the more intuitive ones, maybe, but the rest? I’d probably blunder.
Arguably the worst book in the series is 10. I got slagged for 4 years at that point until surrendering to the audiobook. It felt like a disjointed midpoint with nowhere to go. So, feel you on just abandoning joy because quitting wasn’t an option.