That is the narrative. It isn't a question of moving it along, that is the whole story, and it will continue to be so until Aaron finishes. It isn't even a question as such. This does seem to divide people that read Aaron.
The story is not the thing being withheld. When there was a mystery as to who Thor was that wasn't what the story was about, that was just a withheld piece of information. This isn't a story about whether Odinson will ever be worthy again (he will), or why he isn't worthy (we know why and always kind of did), or even how he will become worthy (we have enough clues to know the general gist of that). The story is what is going on along the way. The story is about examining Thor as an idea, a deity and a hero. The examination is the whole point. If you don't like that then it really is time to stop reading, because that is what Aaron does. That is his process. To carefully examine everything through analogy and tease out the nuances through context and comparisons. If you don't engage with that as an approach then you won't enjoy the book.
It is a bit like criticising Moore for deconstructing things, and wishing he would just be done with it so we could get to the story. For Moore and Aaron by different means, the deconstruction is the story. When that is over the story is finished.
spoilers:
The narrator was Malekith. Both highly unreliable and biased. |
end of spoilers