mjmonarch
Dreamer
Book one was no problem. Flew through it 350 pages in 3 months at night and weekends. Set up for book two great, except the story is getting complicated.
Ancient magic, so people have it...good and bad, some in between. Two characters bleed back and forth from bad to good. One is good. One is bad. One is bad, but could be good (think darth vader) some are good but could be bad (insert personal grab for power here) one is pure chaos (just kills for the sake of killing, no attachments to anything or anyone)
3 different wars. 68 sub-characters of which only 8 are dead.
1 main character dead (good guy)
Multiple planes of existence. upper lower etc.
8 different but somewhat linear stories traversing to crossing singular points
I guess I ask, at what point does complication detract from a good read? And does epic necessarily involve saving the entire world, or just some of it?
Ancient magic, so people have it...good and bad, some in between. Two characters bleed back and forth from bad to good. One is good. One is bad. One is bad, but could be good (think darth vader) some are good but could be bad (insert personal grab for power here) one is pure chaos (just kills for the sake of killing, no attachments to anything or anyone)
3 different wars. 68 sub-characters of which only 8 are dead.
1 main character dead (good guy)
Multiple planes of existence. upper lower etc.
8 different but somewhat linear stories traversing to crossing singular points
I guess I ask, at what point does complication detract from a good read? And does epic necessarily involve saving the entire world, or just some of it?