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Originally Posted by AndrewH
Oh! Well, that makes sense. However, this fact could have been mentioned earlier in the novel... 20% of the way through and I'm thinking these people really are named "Whiskeyjack", "Hairlock", "Sorry", "Nightchill", "Dancer", and "Surly". (Sorry, Dancer, and Surly? Sounds like they could fit right in with Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy.)
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The thing about names are subtly mentioned in the first book.
I also had to struggle with Gardens of the Moon. A friend of mine is a huge fan of this series and heartly recommended it to me.
After three attempts I finished this book. (First: printed English, second: printed German, third: ebook English).
The names weren't the problem, it is more the lack of information.
Let me put it this way:
If you are looking for a hardcore fantasy series with an unique world, full of badass characters, with a complex timeline and you also don't mind to be thrown into the world without an introduction from the author, than I am pretty sure, that this is a perfect series for you.
However, you have to be some kind of hardcore reader... and I am just not that kind of reader.
I fully understand your situation, AndrewH, it is not an easy beginning.
In the future I will probably try to read the second book, I hope it will get better.