HI. Could we discuss the Culture series? I have for so long felt like I should read and love that series, and I keep starting Consider Phlebas and bouncing right off it. The problem is that there are no characters. I mean, there are names on the page, but no actual people, it feels like, in the beginning of that book, and that makes it hard for me to deal with the very questionable decisions the narrator makes, and eventually I am filled with loathing and stop reading.
BUT. If it gets better, I am capable of powering through it. Or if the problem is the first book, I am capable of reading spoilers and skipping to the second. Or if I am just reading it wrong, that would also be valuable to know. And I really do want to read and love these books. PLEASE TELL ME WHY YOU LOVE THE CULTURE BOOKS, is basically what I am saying. Feel free to spoil me as needed; I am not spoiler averse, and would much prefer to have them for things like, you know, my squicks. (Animal harm or death! Child harm or death! Embarrassment!)
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Date: 2011-08-17 06:57 am (UTC)BUT. If it gets better, I am capable of powering through it. Or if the problem is the first book, I am capable of reading spoilers and skipping to the second. Or if I am just reading it wrong, that would also be valuable to know. And I really do want to read and love these books. PLEASE TELL ME WHY YOU LOVE THE CULTURE BOOKS, is basically what I am saying. Feel free to spoil me as needed; I am not spoiler averse, and would much prefer to have them for things like, you know, my squicks. (Animal harm or death! Child harm or death! Embarrassment!)