It didnt feel slow to me but I get where you are coming from. Though you have to remember that we are viewing the events as Fitz viewed them when those events occurred and his thoughts on them. As he grows, he becomes privy to more information which throws more light on the events that have already occurred.
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Read all 'Realm of the Elderlings', you are not going to get dissapointed. Farseer is good, but the second trilogy in the saga is one of the best trilogies in the genre ever.
Yes. But definitely worth the read.
It's picking up a bit, I think.
It's difficult to ascertain just how far into the first novel I am, as I bought the trilogy on Kindle and all three books appear as one.
Galen just suffered a beatdown at the hands of Burrich.
It's difficult to ascertain just how far into the first novel I am, as I bought the trilogy on Kindle and all three books appear as one.
Think you have the omnibus edition. Pretty early in the Book 1, I think. Keep going...
I read the omnibus as well. It actually feels like a single book in any case.
Did you go on to read more of the series?
Yeah I've read the first 3 trilogies. It's in my top 3 fantasy series' ever and Robin Hobb is quite easily my 2nd favourite author. She's brilliant.
Also my username is inspired by this series as you'll find out.
How you getting on with it?
Still going, though I haven't read in a couple of days (been very busy).
I will definitely finish the trilogy.
I will definitely finish the trilogy.
Thats good, it's one of my favourite series so I dont think you'll be disappointed.
feck off Malazan. Just as I started to figure things out, he just had to change the entire cast for the second book, didn't he? Now, I am in total dark again.
I finally got to properly sit down and read The Lies of Locke Lamora. It's been brilliant so far, I think I'm about 2/3's through it and hope to get it finished tonight, but it's been fantastic despite not being the kind of setting I usually like.
It's very good. The sequel is decent but not as good. I wasn't much of a fan of the third.
Liked both sequels to be fair, especially the third book. But they are not as good as the first book which is an all time great in the genre.
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Yeah, theres basically 3 continents in Malazan, each with their own pile of characters.
You've just been introduced to the second group. So it eases off now till about the 5th book when he goes and introduces a whole new continent
Wasn't a massive fan of the third, though liked the second better than most did. I found the ending quite unsatisfactory.
Finished the Iron Druid Chronicles
Was a fun read and went through quite fast. Now onto Codex Alera.
Was a fun read and went through quite fast. Now onto Codex Alera.
Any read Kings of the Wyld yet and would you recommend it?
I loved the Codex Alera; started off with a bang and kept going.
Going on holiday tomorrow - what to read out of Dark Tower, Lightbringer, The Black Company or The Witcher?
Lightbringer,
read it decades ago and want to know if its worth re reading
You can be my guinea pig
I am just about finishing the first Black Company trilogy and it is quite a strange one.
Book 1 was weird due to the writing style.
Once I got used to it book 2 was really great and also had a good storyline.
Book 3 is a bit of a mess again.
Overall I quite enjoyed it but I am not too keen on reading further.
Has anybody read the Raven's Shadow series by Anthony Ryan? If so, do you recommend it?
I've exhausted all my current books, so thought I would give this try. Thing is, I'm sure I tried to read it a few years a go and couldn't get into it. But I could be wrong about that.
I've exhausted all my current books, so thought I would give this try. Thing is, I'm sure I tried to read it a few years a go and couldn't get into it. But I could be wrong about that.
Have read the last three, I would say that The Black Company is the best of them, followed by Witcher and Lightbringer. Lightbringer is still not finished though you can postpone it after you read the other two.
All three of them are worth it though, really good sagas.
You definitely haven't considering that it is a new series (assuming that he is talking about Brent Weeks series)Lightbringer,
read it decades ago and want to know if its worth re reading
You can be my guinea pig
Book 1 was weird but I loved the third one. For what is worth, the series changes a lot after the first three books. Book 3 and the last one being my favorites.
I have. The first book is amazing, the second one is decent and the final one is arguably the worst book I have ever read (and everyone who has read it hates it, its status in asoiaf forum is similar to Fellaini's status under Moyes here).
Either do not read it at all, or stop after the first one (it was meant to be a standalone either way, so it works by itself).
Ah that's a shame, I wanted a new trilogy to get into. Maybe I'll just try and finish the WoT series again instead. Fourth times a charm!
I abandoned it about halfway through. It felt like a ham fisted allegory about being in a rock band in the 70's.
Thats what I feared it might be. I read the sample on play books and the prose didn't jump out at me, and even that had a few too many band references in it. I'll give it a miss I think.
Do that. Sanderson's books (bar the middle one) are really great.
Am I missing something? WoT is not a trilogy, and it is not by Sanderson.
It was finished by Sanderson.
He has read first 8-9 books of WoT as far as I remember, so it is essentially another couple of Jordan's books and then Sanderson's final three books which make the saga great again.
Took me 3 attempts at it before I finally finished it. Had to start from the beginning every time as I left so long before restarting.
The 3rd quarter of the series is a slog unfortunately but Sanderson does well (along with Jordan) in the last three books. Really saves it.
Kings of the Wyld is great! I absolutely loved it. I seem to be in a minority, however.
It doesn't start well, tbf but it's such a fun read.
I am in the same boat. I have read from the beginning 3 times now, and I've never made it to the end. And because I leave it so long between readings, when I do try and pick it back up again I always need to start from book 1.
Fortunately my last attempt at the WoT series was only a few months ago, and I made it midway through book four. So I'm just going to pick up from the start of book 4. The furthest I have progressed is book 9, but I can't remember enough of what happens to start off from there. I'm so desperate to actually finish the series, but because I tend to binge read then I just burn myself out before I get close to the last book.
Crossroads of Twilight (Book 10) is the real slog. The pace picks up after that.
So, I recently got back into Fantasy. I read The First Law and loved it. The characters are incredible and I like his sense of humour. I am now reading Rothfuss' books (I'm on the second one) and really like them. What next? For reference, I tend to prefer trilogies rather than a standalone book or a ten book series.
Excellent. Thanks