What's 8wayrun Reading?

UnseenWombat said:
WHOA, WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. What is wrong with you buddy? Hatchet is one of my favorite books. And D&D books are literary garbage, sorry, but it's true. I actually read more than one. I don't know what I was thinking.
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To each their own I guess. Hatchet pissed me off so much, I kept turning the pages wishing he'd get attacked by a bear or something (which is the only thing I can recall ever happening). The D&D books are usually cut and dry adventures, so the only series out of all of them that had a real grip on literary BRILLIANCE was The Blade of the Flame Trilogy by Tim Waggoner.

Out of all the D&D books I read, those were the ones that were actually captivating on an emotional scale, not just the thrill of the common RPG adventure. It was pretty much about an ex-assassin turned priest "trying to find peace in a land that knows only blood." It was first series I read and actually felt connected to because of the relatable characters and their personal dilemmas. Otherwise, all the other books I read were just to whet my apetite for all else that came after.

But yeah...what was it about Hatchet that you found so appealing? I tried so hard to enjoy it like many of the books we had to read in other grades, but it irked me so bad that yeah, I swear to God, I lost my motivation for reading because of its blandness.
 
MorsCodeStutter said:
To each their own I guess. Hatchet pissed me off so much, I kept turning the pages wishing he'd get attacked by a bear or something (which is the only thing I can recall ever happening). The D&D books are usually cut and dry adventures, so the only series out of all of them that had a real grip on literary BRILLIANCE was The Blade of the Flame Trilogy by Tim Waggoner.

Out of all the D&D books I read, those were the ones that were actually captivating on an emotional scale, not just the thrill of the common RPG adventure. It was pretty much about an ex-assassin turned priest "trying to find peace in a land that knows only blood." It was first series I read and actually felt connected to because of the relatable characters and their personal dilemmas. Otherwise, all the other books I read were just to whet my apetite for all else that came after.

But yeah...what was it about Hatchet that you found so appealing? I tried so hard to enjoy it like many of the books we had to read in other grades, but it irked me so bad that yeah, I swear to God, I lost my motivation for reading because of its blandness.
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That's cool, but stories about political intrigue in imaginary kingdoms, and personal dilemmas, and feelings, usually just bore the snot out of me. Also, I do love fantasy, and sci fi, (they're actually my favorite) but sometimes I like something more realistic, like Hatchet.

Do you enjoy shows like "I Shouldn't Be Alive" or "Man vs. Wild"? (Ignoring that Bear Grylls is a big phony). I think it's fascinating to see how people survive when they're in hostile conditions and especially when the only person they have to rely on is themself. And like I said, it's something I could imagine actually happening to me. Also, just about every other story written is about conflicts arising from social interactions with other people, and first of all, I find that I have enough of that IRL thank you very much, and secondly there's so many stories like that that it's a nice change of pace to cut through all the human interaction BS and see the only adversary being the environment. Did you ever read Robinson Crusoe? Did you like that?

And I'm pretty sure he was attacked by a moose. The bear just left him alone IIRC.
 
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