It has nuns, convent and a church, but the naming is as far as links to Christianity is. The religion in the books is quite distinct and though there are references to that religion, the actual plot has little to do with the religion. But then with the nun/monastery/convent terminology, it's hard to not get the christianity impact.
Lovely read. A stark memoir'esque writing style that reminds you of Black Company. Told from 2 major perspectives of a newbie superhero and a Super-villain. Ticks all tropes in a light and refreshing way. A fresh take on the superhero fantasy.
Nice read. A strong female reformed super villain as the protagonist is so refreshing to read. Super villain Kill Bill with none of the romantic tropes associated with women characters, just kick ass! Taut plot, crisp writing and overall great book.
Currently reading The 3 Body Problem and The Gathering Storm.
I've just got to the end of the Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynn.
I will definitely be taking a look at these. Sounds like something a bit different from my usual reads.
I'm going to give this a shot. I checked them on Goodreads and it's nice to see the ratings of the books increase from 1 to 3.
It’s how I consume the majority of FF novels now. I do a helluva of of driving so it suits me.
Indeed it is. A bit juvenile at times (Karpyshyn's first novel), but quite good and gives insights to the thinking of Sith. Quite often I even felt sympathy for them while reading the books.
Many of the regular posters (Akash, Raptori, Orduck) have been banned/left, which might explain the decline in posting here.
Just picked these up as well.
Yeah. Red Sister is the best of the lot, but still an entertaining series.
Lovely book. One of the few SW books, I liked.
Worst banning by far
I will get back to your query in a few hours. Right now I need to tug my braid, rearrange my skirts, lump an entire gender into one category, scowl, then witness the Aiel and the phenomenally interesting minute details of every single one of their god damn customs.
Dunno what he did, but Raptori was 'geebsed ' for a single comment, one day after other mods saw the comment, criticized it but didn't ban Raptori. Was pretty sad, considering that Raptori was one of the nicest guys in the Caf.
I understand what you're saying, but book 5 is one of the greatest books in the genre IMO (for me second only to ASOIAF 3). Books 8-11 have little substance (bar the occasional chapters typically near the end of it), but have a lot of annoying things, tugging the braid, having an endless bath.
I finished book 5, but I was tired by that point, yet still wanted to go on. It was really book 6 where I completely lost the will. I've picked it up and put it down so many times, even tried the audiobook. The braid tugging, skirt arranging and weird gender ideas I could probably get past on their own. It's the Aiel that were the straw that broke the camels back. Constantly hearing about how great they are and all their customs, it felt like I was being beat over the head with it when braids weren't being tugged. Even though I'm saying this, I'm thinking right now I might give it one more go. Deep down I know at the next Rand chapter I'm going to get annoyed again.
I'd suggest just skipping past those. Definitely annoying and continues for next couple of books. Then it gets back to awesome and at the end the strong finish makes up for the weak middle.
I think that there is less of Aiel fetish* after book 6 or so. The book 6 has one of the best climax's ever.
The lowest point in saga are books 9 and 10. 7, 8 and 11 are worse than the other books, but still okayish, 9 and 10 are close to unreadable (despite strong finishes).Partly agree. For me...
Moiraine is fecking fantastic.
Good to see a bit of love for The Hedge Knight! Classic FF. I genuinely enjoyed the three novellas more than ASOIAF.
