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my brother in law says that when I get around to reading earthsea (it's in my pile  ) to just not even read the third one. He said it doesn't add to the story at all and probably detracts from it.

I read this series by Elizabeth Haydon... Symphony of Ages. So she makes a second series to go with the first and right in the middle of this book (I think it was Elegy for a Lost Star) is this horrible scene, I mean you don't see it coming at all and blithely read right through it before you realize what you've done and then you wish you could scrub your brain with bleach and steel.

Then again, her stuff isn't what I'd call 'clean' either, but I'd invested all this time I felt I ought to keep going, until that part, I haven't even considered reading her newest one.

Another one that I read, but I think this is a series of books I read in one of those all in one books, was the 'Deeds of Paksinarion'
Now it wasn't that bad, I was waiting for some sort of love story that never showed up, but for the most part it was pretty okay, I even found one part very poignant. However, she (Elizabeth Moon) has this torture scene near the end of the book that drags on forever! Probably a chapter at least, she goes into such detail and the whole while you just wish you could skip it and move on, but you know she's gonna drop something hugely important into the middle of it (which she does). That really annoyed me, I don't do well with violence, it gives me bad dreams 

My husband one time, while searching through all the DVD extra's, asked me who on earth would waste there time watching an entire movie with people talking over it.

In a little voice I said, "Me."

Sometimes we just don't understand each other. 

I'll look for that.

I agree that Eragon was somewhat lacking, and had a lot of elements from books the author must have read. I like to read for enjoyments sake though and so I was fine with the general storyline, although I saw through the plot fairly quickly (to much reading). But the movie killed me, it was like one of those cheap 'b' movie sci fi's that my husband likes so much and forces me to watch. They HURT, I can't stand sitting through them and I often wonder why I have to watch these when he won't watch chick flicks.

Anyway, If you're gonna make Mistborn a movie, make sure they have the budget to do a top notch job, is all I'm saying. Even the worst book can have a better movie in the right hands (although that rarely happens)

But your probably right. He's more eccentric than crazy.

and ehler's this is just for you, my husbands response to the same question:

Nope I don’t think he is portrayed as insane in the least.  If anything at all, the brilliance of his plan, and the accuracy of his prediction how the mass would react to his death, and his foresight in having his Kandra convince everyone he is a god show up show him extremely sane.

He doesn't act like most people do.  If he isn't careful he'll move up into the next step and be truly crazy.  Right now he's harmless, but still a bit off his rocker, and not living with the rest of the world, but he can do what normal people do when he needs/wants to.

Thankyou for saying what I was trying to say. Yes, Skar, my head is hurting a bit... is that why?

And Ehlers you keep talking about his well planned killing... okay, that's smart, but he's heartless about it, he's cold and heartless and enjoys it and to me those aren't the types of behaviors a normal person has. Add to that his internment in the Pits and what Rainbow said fits.

I actually don't think I've ever been in this thread before...  but welcome! And this is probably the last time I'll remember to look at this thread, so to everyone that goes beyond my post welcome to you too.

wouldn't rakish imply

a man who is licentious;

  (that's from the dictionary.com for rake).