I'm reading WD. But did anyone else find this book really dry? Honestly, I feel as if I don't know what the heck these rabbits are talking about half the time. And the descriptions! Those might be worse than the actual rabbit-speak. I'm trying to push through it, but I don't know; twelve chapters in and I'm bored out of my mind. Though I'll admit there's a couple quotes here or there or a chapter or two that's enjoyable enough.
wow, I did not feel that it was dry at all! I was entranced, I wanted to find out what they were going to do next. The language was a bit hard to muddle through, hard to figure what they were talking about sometimes, but there is a glossary of terms that may help (either in the back or front of the book I can't remember)
It's probably just the way it's written. It's a very old book, a classic. I haven't tried reading it yet.
I disagree. He writes very clearly when writing in plain English, he just makes up his own language so it's hard to follow sometimes. If you think WD is hard, try reading Maia, another one of his books. It's near impossible to understand and follow. Worse than The Scarlet Letter! Not only that but it takes awhile for the action to pick up and quite frankly, I'm on page 415 waiting for the action to pick up. I actually had put it down for months and just picked it back up (and I can barely remember what was going on). But I want to finish it just to say I read it.
Makes up his own language? I must check this out. Out of curiosity though, how many of you read a lot? Is English your first language? I promise I'm not trying to put anyone down, but if English isn't your first language, reading his books will be difficult. It just takes practice. (: You can always use sparknotes as a guide to help you understand whats going on. I do that quite often.
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