![]() ![]() For instance - stone eater travel could have resolved all tribulations of the stillness and the characters in the story. ![]() Changing rules/systems along the way challenges the reader/listener"s belief in the story - and abruptly ends the suspension of disbelief. If a rule for the magic has been established - then it can't be ignored half a book later. ![]() But even magic and the fantastical needs to be consistent. Magic and the fantastical is part of the beautiful escape of the fantasy genre. Sadly, for me that just emphasises the wrongness and strains the character's credulity. It seems that the author is concerned that the reader/listener will not follow her development - so she over explains. They author struggles to make some of the key characters believable. Please don't make epics out of a one book novels! As for the Broken Earth trilogy, a drawn out storyline is not the only problem unfortunately. Authors, editors and publishers - Please start making single novel fantasy stories. It is a pain to listen to plot elements that would have been exiting in a 5-10 minute frame, being dragged out for over an hour. It keeps going long after the reader/listener has lost interest. Being stretched over a trilogy means that it looses its momentum. ![]() The Broken Earth story has material for one book - at max two. This lengthy format addiction means that too many authors stretch their material to fit. T is sad that fantasy fiction has somehow latched itself to the trilogy format. ![]()
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