DrJonLJ Wrote:I was simply wondering what you guys thought of Reborn. I just finished reading it. I don't want to be offensive to anyone here on the board, but I have to say it was the first FPW book I didn't really enjoy reading. It may have simply been the subject matter, but I just didn't like it that much. I understand that it was imperative for the continuing story - especially the end. Is the rest of the Adversary Cycle a more enjoyable read? I have read The Keep, The Tomb, The Touch, and The Fifth Harmonic and enjoyed them all (although The Fifth Harmonic wasn't really my style). I hope this doesn't step on any toes, but I was just curious....
DrJonLJ Wrote:I was simply wondering what you guys thought of Reborn. I just finished reading it. I don't want to be offensive to anyone here on the board, but I have to say it was the first FPW book I didn't really enjoy reading. It may have simply been the subject matter, but I just didn't like it that much. I understand that it was imperative for the continuing story - especially the end. Is the rest of the Adversary Cycle a more enjoyable read? I have read The Keep, The Tomb, The Touch, and The Fifth Harmonic and enjoyed them all (although The Fifth Harmonic wasn't really my style). I hope this doesn't step on any toes, but I was just curious....Reborn is really the catalyst that sets the finale in motion, IMO. I did enjoy it because it is pretty character drive, which is my style. The characters play major parts in Reprisal and Nightworld, where the proverbial shit hits the fan.
DrJonLJ Wrote:I was simply wondering what you guys thought of Reborn. I just finished reading it. I don't want to be offensive to anyone here on the board, but I have to say it was the first FPW book I didn't really enjoy reading.
DrJonLJ Wrote:I was simply wondering what you guys thought of Reborn. I just finished reading it. I don't want to be offensive to anyone here on the board, but I have to say it was the first FPW book I didn't really enjoy reading. It may have simply been the subject matter, but I just didn't like it that much. I understand that it was imperative for the continuing story - especially the end. Is the rest of the Adversary Cycle a more enjoyable read? I have read The Keep, The Tomb, The Touch, and The Fifth Harmonic and enjoyed them all (although The Fifth Harmonic wasn't really my style). I hope this doesn't step on any toes, but I was just curious....
DrJonLJ Wrote:I suppose my feeling may be because I don't usually read "horror" books. I didn't find The Keep disturbing. Perhaps it was the fact that I read most of Reborn in the midst of a very stressful business trip with screaming children on planes and late flights, etc. etc... I guess the change in setting and time may have thrown me off in regards to the whole Adversary Cycle. It goes from The Keep to The Tomb and then to The Touch (which I didn't understand where it fit in the cycle until the final pages of Reborn), and then on to Reborn. I guess I'm feeling a lack of continuity or something. I will stick with it and finish the cycle, but I was simply wondering about what others thought.The Tomb, The Touch, and Reborn introduce characters integral to the story in the final two books.