Hey! I really enjoyed this video. This is the most important series in my life and I'm so glad to see people discussing it! Even if you didn't love all of it, I think you presented your thoughts in a very fair and well explained manner :D Happy future reading!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video and its a relief to hear a fans feedback. I wanted to have an overall positive vibe for anyone on the fence about reading.
I still have three books to go in this series and I am feeling a bit disappointed. I find the books difficult to read (don't know if it is because English is my second language or what), but I think the books get really bogged down with all the names... so many characters with difficult names. Sometimes the names are so long and sometimes a character has more than one name (this is character 'bla bla' of 'bla bla bla' al 'blah', also called 'blaaaa blaaa', I just lose interest because what does all of these names matter to the story. I can't wrap my head around it. I'm also not sure what the plot is, if there is one. At least in the short stories there seemed to be plot...and strangely enough, I actually liked the short story collections better than the 'normal' novels, so far. As you said, why isn't there a map? Sometimes I wonder why people complain so much about Dresden of the Dresden files and his 'male gaze...', but those same people love this world and series, in which women are treated and displayed horribly? I don't understand? At the moment I try to read 1 Witcher book a month, but it seems as if I have to force myself to continue, I'm not very motivated to finish the series, but the books are on my shelf, so I will finish, just not with a lot of enthusiasm.
The writing style is a bit difficult and I agree the short stories felt like they flowed together better than the main novels for some reason. I kept going because I owned them too, and don't recommend doing so especially if your disliking more than enjoying them. I've never understood the talk against Dresden but maybe I'm just overlooking it while reading. Here I can see it showing horrible treatment of women but I believe its intentional, that your supposed to be upset by how they are treated.
I've just finished the first one. ;ildly disappointed in the short story collection format. Also disappointed in the (mostly) abismal portrying of women. An enjoyable read for me, but nothing to white home about.
The format of the books will change a bit with Blood of Elves. I can't really remember how the female characters are painted in the short stories anymore. The series overall does try to show horrible treatment of women in the world so maybe it is along those line there too?
