link hereI hate trashy fantasy novels. While swords and sorcery type fiction can be fun and well written, the world is full of totally predictable, fantasy books. You can spot them just by looking at the cover. It will typically have a muscle bound hero or scantily clad woman on the cover and be called Dragon Song, book eighty four of the Dragon Wing trilogy or some such.
If you read the book's back cover, the plot is always the same. Some peaceful kingdom is under threat. The band of heroes must complete the quest (gather bits of a smashed amulet or something) before the time limit (three moons rise in the sky etc) or the kingdom will suffer some eternal doom (Lord Skullface shall become all powerful or whatever).
The book then follows our heroes as they go about their quest. Lord Skullface sends his minions to get the bits of the amulet (usually he gets one, so the heroes have to sneak into Castle Doom to get it). After the big showdown, the hero puts the completed amulet onto the altar of hope just as the three moons are rising, whew, the kingdom is saved!
These novels are just literary junk food. Worst of all, my wife's nose is always stuck in one! They are as bad as trashy romance novels.
I hate those stupid books and the way they have made me a trashy fantasy novel widow. Please stop reading them, they are just rubbish!
Nov 22 3:13 PM MST