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I've completed all Tolkien, GRRM books. Loved both, completed WoT, Shannara universes. Completed Potter books as well. Looking for something new. I like traditional fantasy more but willing to try new stuff
If you liked WoT, you'll like this. There are no universally liked books I'm.
Give Robin Hobb or Patrick Rothfuss a go. Maybe books of the malazan?
If you are getting up there in age (I am) you might want to give Mr. Rothfuss a miss. "The Name of the Wind" the first book in "The Kingkiller Chronicle" series was published in 2007, the second book was published in 2011 and he's still working on the third book. People a little on the older side could easily be dead and gone if he decides to make the series an extended one.
I'm similar to you in what I've read so far, but I've also read Stormlight and Kingkiller. Started Blade Itself but didn't get far into it, intend to pick it up again soon though. Stormlight is a slight step down prose wise imo from GoT or even HP, but there's a lot of action in it and the story and characters are cool. Kingkiller there's less action but the prose is high quality and I've read it 2-3 times. I'd recommend hitting up amazon's 'Look Inside' feature or downloading a sample and just reading a couple of pages and see what style interests you. For me writing style does matter a lot in whether I like a book or not.
Soooo ... which one did you dislike least?
If you are getting into Stormlight, I'll recommend reading the Mistborn Trilogy before starting Stormlight as it's part of a connected universe and the events of mistborn precede those of Stormlight.
On Mistborn, I read negative feedback on the writing
Dune is easily better than anything in the first Malzan books, but after the second book, Dune becomes downright awful, while Malazan is just incomprehensible. As the old saying said, pick your poison
Writing is a bit awkward, but the story is so good, and compensates for it. I think that the original Mistborn trilogy is a must read for any fantasy book fan.On Mistborn, I read negative feedback on the writing
Is there a original mistborn and another mistborn?
It'll feel YA to you. I went back to it after some years and it hasn't aged well. Ender's Shadow and Ender's Game were good reads.
Yeah Mistborn trilogy (original) and Wax and Wayne (sequel) trilogies.
Help me out here, So I should do Mistborn original and Stromlight?
If prose is important to you then I’d perhaps put Mistborn on the back burner. Though the plot is decent at times it reads a bit like fan fiction.On Mistborn, I read negative feedback on the writing
Mistborn is the first trilogy, Stormlight is a follow up series. All of Sandersons books are part of an overarching storyline, so if you are to read them it would be best to do it chronologically. For what it’s worth Sandersons writing ability has improved since Mistborn.
Correct, though I would recommend Kingkiller before Mistborn, even though it isn’t finished either.
Farseer is actually just the first trilogy in 'Realm of the Elderlings' which contains another three trilogies and a 'quantology'. I think that the entire 16 books are worth a read (bar perhaps the fourth saga), but you can stop at the end of Farseer considering that it has a good and complete ending. For what is worth, I think that the second trilogy is easily the best one in the saga, with the first, third and firth being very good too.
Farseer is about 16 books and complete
Surely this must be a mistake? I haven't read Kingkiller, but I find the thought of Pat Rothfuss writing in Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere hard to believe.
I'm hoping this is a trilogy contained within itself and doesn't depend on MistbornI read Stormlight before reading Mistborn and there's really no overlap. Maybe some bits of magic are similar but there's no characters that appear in both, aside from 1 random dream-like guy that appears for like a couple of pages if I remember correctly. Personally I didn't really enjoy Mistborn as much as Stormlight, the style seemed a bit more kiddy though the plot was ok.So, I ended up taking the Stormlight Archive instead of Farseer/Mistborn as the first books in both those series were out in the local library
Not a trilogy but 10 Books. @Revan's post above comprehensively covers the book series which form part of Sanderson's Cosmere saga. While each series is self contained there are aspects in each of them that can be understood when taken as a wholeSo, I ended up taking the Stormlight Archive instead of Farseer/Mistborn as the first books in both those series were out in the local library
There are two confirmed characters that have appeared in both books. One is in an interlude chapter, who also makes an unconfirmed (so far) appearance in Oathbringer. The other character though has a small role in Mistborn but has appeared in all of Sanderson's books including Stormlight Archive where, in fact, he has more screen presence. This is apart from characters from other books appearing in Stormlight Archive. Some of who are easy to identify if you have read the other books.
@fishfingers15,
Thanks @marktan and @harshad
Alright thanks man. I think once you start a series, ultimately you end up doing all the books, especially if you have access to library like I do. Literally, it doesn't cost a penny
I think it's just a question of should I start the Brian Sanderson universe or something different like Farseer.I wouldn't worry about which one you start with for Sanderson. While he has his Cosmere stuff, really each of the different series are entirely self contained in terms of stories. It's only in the Stormlight one where he starts to actually put the Cosmere stuff into writing, and even then I wouldn't worry as it is still only just touching upon the idea at this stage. For all the other series, it is more of a case of he had a tiny easter egg in a random unnamed character who wasn't overly relevant to the plot and his description is the same as the other series. Without the internet and Sanderson talking about it, no one would even know reading the book.
I’m not a fan of Sanderson though I don’t think it helped that I had read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow before it so the prose seemed, well, laborious to read. His characters seem quite shallow and the way he attempts to add history and depth to them is forced. The way they converse with one another also seems contrived to me, and the banter is a bit off.Alright thanks man. I think once you start a series, ultimately you end up doing all the books, especially if you have access to library like I do. Literally, it doesn't cost a penny
I find it difficult to read books where the writer has no feel for language. Even if the prose is simple, the words should be well-chosen. For many fantasy writers the language is just a vehicle for moving the story from A to B: any lumbering, old jalopy will do as long as it gets the job done.
