I love describing Jojo's to people, because when you break it down into its base components it is complete lunacy. Oh, what happens in part 2? Giant naked men made out of rock fight a New Yorker with a broken Newton's pendulum and special breathing powers. Also, one of the main protagonists is a Nazi cyborg!
I guess i'm the only one who thinks Jojo got kinda boring after stands were introduced. Joseph>>>
Watched one punch man on whim since i saw so many fallout mods about it, and you all were right about that one 100%.
Lots of people think that part 3 drags pretty hard in the middle, you're not alone. In part 4 Araki starts making stand powers more esoteric, so you should give it a shot when it comes out this spring.
I think my answer is every open world game Bethesda has made since Oblivion. Morrowind is one of my favorite games of all time; I love its janky mechanics that allow for ridiculous (and game-breaking) creativity, and its setting is one of the most unique in all of gaming. Every subsequent game has been streamlined and improved, but just feel soulless in comparison. It's very clear why everyone adores Oblivion and Fallout and Skyrim, but they just don't scratch the same itch for me.
I'm with you, Kvothe is easily the worst part of those books. He's displayed as this perfect charming genius, but most of the time he just comes off as a huge jerk who causes all his own problems. I can only hope this is intentional on Rothfuss' part, because if Kvothe's assholery isn't directly thrown back in his face in the next book, I'm going to be disappointed.
I'd also posit that most of the stuff I really dislike in the series comes from the middle of the second book (where, coincidentally, Kvothe is removed from all of the interesting side characters). Like, there is so much poorly-paced bullshit between Kvothe leaving and returning to the school that it boggles the mind. His becoming a sexomancer taught by a sex-goddess is the worst (and it goes on for around 40 pages!).
Despite all this, I still think Rothfuss is a pretty solid author with a talent for prose that most fantasy writers lack.
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