Book Thread: VGChartz gotta start readin'!

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SvennoJ said:

haxxiy said:

SvennoJ said:
I ran out of sci-fi to read a couple years ago and switched to fantasy for now.

I'm currently reading The sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind. I'm in the 4th book, Temple of the winds. It's been awesome so far.

Terry Goodking, may he rot, started writing a bad Atlas Shrugged in Middle Earth (better to say Randland, since he copied Jordan the most) after the first two or so books. I know I may sound a little rude by bashing simple opinion like this, but when that man is involved, I can't help but point people to get as far as possible from his books. Go read some decent fantasy like Steven Erikson or George Martin or Guy Gavriel Kay.

That's a bit harsh. Yes there are a lot of simularities with Robert Jordan, but I enjoy it anyway. At least his books get going a bit faster then Robert Jordans'. I just started the 4th book, so my opinion can still change. The first was definitely the best so far.

Before Jordans' work I read Memory, Sorrow and Thorn from Tad Williams. Pretty good story but it was extremely slow going at times.

Anyway Steven Erikson is next on my list.

The forth is probably a decent book to stop on in the series. By the fifth/sixth they become overly political and in an obvious way. If that sort of thing gets on your nerves it may be a good point to stop. The later books in the series also start to feel a bit contrived and some of the scenarios are a bit too forced. I still enjoyed the series but I know a lot of people that struggled with it.