ajotatxe he/him Posted June 6, 2023 Posted June 6, 2023 I'm rereading Stormlight Archive. I find difficult to read parshendi POV chapters. I feel the style slow and less "nimble" than chapters with human POV. Perhaps is for the Spanish translation. I had the same feeling the first time I read it. But thought that it was for that the first time I read it, but the second I feel the same. Even more. 1
JohnnyKaizen he/him Posted June 6, 2023 Posted June 6, 2023 The style is certainly different from the humans, but I always felt that was on purpose? The Parshendi have a culture that's uniquely distinct from any other people group that's been described in the Cosmere so far. I also assume that those distinctions will be used to unload some massive amounts of knowledge about early Roshar (at some point in the future), if not about the Cosmere as well. If the style is more of a hindrance to your re-read, then you could always skip those chapters, and read a quick summary instead? Better to enjoy your read than feel like you're struggling through it?
Quantus he/him Posted June 6, 2023 Posted June 6, 2023 For me that hold true until Rhythm of War when Venli's story really got moving with current events. Before that the Parshendi chapters were either flashbacks, cultural peaks, or teases of big twists to come. Compared to the big Three pov's Venli and Eshonai were simply not carrying a big chunk of the plot progression for those novels.
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