Book Thread: VGChartz gotta start readin'!

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Ajescent said:

sapphi_snake said:

Khuutra said:

sapphi_snake said:

MrBubbles said:
Song of fire and ice is serious junk. george martin is seriously fucked. the characters are shallow and hollow...he turns to cheap crazy things to try and give them depth...oh look [character] fucks a black chick and talks about licking semen off her own face and fingers while referring to them as people see how deep her character is now! most characters can be summed up in just a few words...some even less.

his main plot driver happens to be the murder of main characters and introduction of new ones (some who only last a couple chapters). i like murdering and maiming main characters...it creates suspense when they get into dangerous situations... but its more surprising when the characters dont die...except that since they are alive it means they still have the opportunity to die. mass character wipeouts should occur near the end or at a few critical moments throughout(large battles for example). murdering them pretty constantly throughout just makes it expected.

Wow, this sounds terribly lame. Guess it all goes downhill after the first book.

I sincerely disagree with M. Bubbles, for the record. The series is excellent throughout.

I'm inclined to take his word for it, mainly considering I didn't really enjoy the series in the first place.

lulz, this doesn't bode well for me, I've just started reading from the first book, If it's as bad as you say then the next 750 pages are gonna be hell.

Na'h you'll be fine I'm with Khuutra on this one, having said that there isn't a book on this earth that where all going to like.

has anyone read the Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay, I at first put it off many years ago since it involved character's from our modern world going too a fantasy World and I never liked the approach of modern guy/girl goes to another world and lo and behold he/she can handle a sword etc. with expertise.

Fortunately apart from one character and his prowess was more brute strength combined with a war axe they weren't like that at all and i ended up really enjoying it, looking back if reread  today with all the Tolkien enspired Fantasy that saturated  the market it might seem to lack some originality but still be a great read and well worth it  even if for some it is just to visit the world that is the core to a lot of his work and referenced in Tigana among others.

Another set of books is the  Mordant's Need  Novels The Mirror of her dreams and A man rides through by Stephen Donaldson.