Do you like Gillam‘s writing style at the beginning of the book "House of Eire" ?

[AntonelaMaria]

I feel the same. I haven't read the previous book either. I would say the writing is a bit dry. I don't know. It takes time to get into it.

Dry. That's the word. The writing at the beginning is not seasoned in a way that motivates the reader to keep on reading and connect with the story. I did not finish reading the book.

Agreed. I didn't feel compelled to keep reading. And I didn't feel like it picked up very much during the course of the book. I struggled through the whole thing. I guess the style just wasn't to my liking.

I completely understand. I admit the writing style is not for me either.

[Mbrooks2518]

I agree, it did feel a little dry and heavy at times in the beginning. Although, I think some of it was because the author was setting up the story and characters as I've experienced that with other books, too.

[Smiley 25]

Reading the beginning I wondered if I was missing something because I didn't read the first novels in this series. Probably it's just not my kind of novel.

I don't think it's just you. I felt the same way about the beginning of the book. Also, the characters didn't really feel as developed as they should be. When I'm reading a series, I like for each book to stand alone. This one didn't have that feel. I'm glad to hear someone else saw it the same because I thought it was just me.

[Smiley 25]

At the beginning of the book , i had difficulties in understanding . The first few pages seemed heavy for me . As I struggled reading , I began to enjoy it and got the Rhythm of the book . The writer used this pattern and tools to capture the readers .

I had a really hard time getting into the book at first as well. I don't know if it was the author's style, or the fact that I didn't really feel like I knew the characters before she jumped into the story. Either way, I'm glad to hear that I wasn't the only one.

[Dannyphery]

I think the writing style was OK....
It just took some time to get use to it in the beginning but it was still nice.

[Nerea]

I feel the same. I haven't read the previous book either. I would say the writing is a bit dry. I don't know. It takes time to get into it.

Dry. That's the word. The writing at the beginning is not seasoned in a way that motivates the reader to keep on reading and connect with the story. I did not finish reading the book.

Sorry to hear that but I completely understand. I did have to "make" myself keep on reading. But the later on it did became better. Or I just got to used to it. Better luck with your next read.

Oooooh, that's great. I guess I gave up quickly. Thanks.

[Nerea]

I feel the same. I haven't read the previous book either. I would say the writing is a bit dry. I don't know. It takes time to get into it.

Dry. That's the word. The writing at the beginning is not seasoned in a way that motivates the reader to keep on reading and connect with the story. I did not finish reading the book.

Agreed. I didn't feel compelled to keep reading. And I didn't feel like it picked up very much during the course of the book. I struggled through the whole thing. I guess the style just wasn't to my liking.

True. Sometimes when you are not connecting with the story, you may struggle reading through the story.

[Brenda Creech]

I had some trouble getting into the story. Maybe it was because I have not read the other books in the series. I finally got interested and finished the book.

[raylenejanice]

Reading the beginning I wondered if I was missing something because I didn't read the first novels in this series. Probably it's just not my kind of novel.

I feel the same. I haven't read the previous book either. I would say the writing is a bit dry. I don't know. It takes time to get into it.

Dry. That's the word. The writing at the beginning is not seasoned in a way that motivates the reader to keep on reading and connect with the story. I did not finish reading the book.

I was confused through most of the first half of the book. The author's transitions were sudden-- she didn't take the reader with her. There were three times in the book she described a character throwing their hands in the air and waving them, but she never says why. Just randomly they would wave their hands in the air for no discernable reason. In the very beginning when they are at the restaurant in the USA, the table suddenly stops talking and stares at Hilary. Again: WHY??? There are just no transitions Things happen, and the reader isn't given enough clues to understand why.

[Nerea]

I feel the same. I haven't read the previous book either. I would say the writing is a bit dry. I don't know. It takes time to get into it.

Dry. That's the word. The writing at the beginning is not seasoned in a way that motivates the reader to keep on reading and connect with the story. I did not finish reading the book.

I was confused through most of the first half of the book. The author's transitions were sudden-- she didn't take the reader with her. There were three times in the book she described a character throwing their hands in the air and waving them, but she never says why. Just randomly they would wave their hands in the air for no discernable reason. In the very beginning when they are at the restaurant in the USA, the table suddenly stops talking and stares at Hilary. Again: WHY??? There are just no transitions Things happen, and the reader isn't given enough clues to understand why.

Exactly. Something should be done about the issue.

[Nikolas Farmakis]

I agree with you, as the beginning of the book was indeed confusing and it did not have a good coherence or logical structure.

[AJ_Drenda]

At the beginning of the book, I had difficulties in understanding. The first few pages seemed heavy for me. As I struggled reading, I began to enjoy it and got the Rhythm of the book. The writer used this pattern and tools to capture the readers.

I like her cinematographic style of writing, like shots and scenes in a movie. It's fast-paced and submerges you in the story instantaneously. And you're right, very rhythmic.

[Juliet+1]

I liked the writing style. My problem was more with the pacing of the story. It took a long time to get going. That can happen sometimes when the author insists on dropping a ton of backstory into the first part of the book.

[Larkspur]

At first I almost stopped reading the story after I did not understand the first few pages. Later on I got used to it and actually liked the writer's style

[FABIAN_BATS]

I usually get the writing style of authors quickly. It would be interesting to read a book with a complex writing style.