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I hate prologues.
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Yossarian_42
Title: RUSH > ALL
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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6/3/10 8:15pm
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I hate prologues.
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Can't stand them. If I am considering a book and it has a long prologue I tend to put it down. There are two basic types of prologue and I really don't know which I loathe more; the epic world building prologue is almost unreadable in its boringness but I loathe ANY chapter from the POV of an irrelevant character and so many authors introduce the enemy, conflict, etc. through a prologue using the eyes of some random nobody.
It drives me to distraction prologues are so boring.
On the flip side I love epilogues and I don't think I've ever read one that was of a satisfying length for me.
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-Chanell-
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Registered: 2006-6-27 13:44:22
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I hate prologues.
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Same. Prologues, introductions, really long table of contents. They all drive me nuts.
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GrimTempest
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I hate prologues.
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what i hate more are first chapters that are really prologues in disguise. you spend the entire chapter trying to get a grasp on whats going on and whose who and then the second chapter is years later, different characters, whatever and your like wtf?
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Yossarian_42
Title: RUSH > ALL
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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Date Posted:
6/3/10 8:15pm
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I hate prologues.
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Especially since authors think introductory chapters are license to be vague.
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-Chanell-
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I hate prologues.
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Just give me my story ffs. Be a good author and give backstory with the rest of the story.
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Date Posted:
6/3/10 8:15pm
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I hate prologues.
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For me its maps. I books with maps.
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Caoilin
Title: Instigator
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Registered: 2001-11-20 00:03:45
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Date Posted:
6/3/10 8:15pm
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I hate prologues.
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i books with words.
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Yossarian_42
Title: RUSH > ALL
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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Date Posted:
6/3/10 8:15pm
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I hate prologues.
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I accidentally the whole thing.
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vn_jurojin
Title: Insolent Insomniac
Posts: 205
Registered: 2001-12-20 03:26:39
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Date Posted:
6/3/10 8:15pm
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I hate prologues.
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I agree for the most part. I liked the Eye of the World's prologue, which showed Lews Therin. There are a few others, but for the most part prologues suck. I even read a book where the entire thing was a prologue to the actual story. Pissed me off. It was called Dark Glory War.
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