I can believe that. Where were you assigned? That profession is hard for the mental and emotional health of the workers. Not to mention physical too.Kelyn wrote: ↑02 Aug 2019, 00:23Well, it was certainly an interesting job. Working in the ER there was, to coin a phrase, never a dull moment. It can be stressful, too, though, as you might imagine. The outcomes are not always as positive as one might wish for. // I found Tolkien challenging to read as well with the copious detail that I often found unnecessary to the actual story. His storylines were so compelling though that it didn't stop me reading the way it did with Asimov.briellejee wrote: ↑01 Aug 2019, 23:54Wow, my dream job is to be an army medic at some point. I, too, having enough knowledge about the medical world, didn't find the terminology exhausting. Instead, I find it quite stimulating by reading it. I agree with your frustrations about Asimov hahaha I tried reading it but end up frustrated because it's too much information all at once.Kelyn wrote: ↑31 Jul 2019, 22:39 I have a background as an army medic, where I worked for several years in the ER, so most of the medical terminology wasn't' a problem for me. However, I do understand how dragging it makes reading a book when terminology is used that you don't understand (or need to understand actually). Look at almost any Asimov book. Paragraphs upon paragraphs of how the technology works. Uuuggghhh! Using technical language a bit more sparingly would have helped many readers with this book.
Speaking of Tolkien, even I am a fan (as noted on my signature), I find it the same as well. But I enjoy his words or his phrases, I think they were interesting enough even if it wasn't part of the storyline. I read the Fellowship twice before understanding all of it. hahaha. Asimov, on the other hand, is just too literal and too academic that my head spins when I read it. hahaha