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ixoy · 13-01-2011 3:51pm

Reading "The Painted Man" by Peter V. Brett. Enjoying it so far - it's still small scale but I reckon it has potential to explode into a bigger story.

fionny · 13-01-2011 3:54pm

Currently Reading through the Farseer Trilogy:

Assassins Aprentice,
Royal Assassin,
Assassins Quest

by Robin Hobb

Really enjoying them, had read the Liveship Traders before which technically come after these books but im finding this series better.

She also has a few other series all set in the same world, working my way there

O-Deazy · 13-01-2011 9:23pm

Attempted to start Malazan Book of the Fallen but couldn't get into the first book at all! Decided to start Simon Scarrow's 'Eagle Series'. Page 9, so far so good

Zapp Brannigan · 13-01-2011 10:18pm

O-Deazy wrote: »

Attempted to start Malazan Book of the Fallen but couldn't get into the first book at all! Decided to start Simon Scarrow's 'Eagle Series'. Page 9, so far so good

Go back to it, my favourite Fantasy series. The world is so massive, it just takes a while before you 'get' it.

On Knife of Dreams now. Have to finish it before Monday. And then I get to read Stonewielder.

Shryke · 13-01-2011 11:14pm

ixoy wrote: »

Reading "The Painted Man" by Peter V. Brett. Enjoying it so far - it's still small scale but I reckon it has potential to explode into a bigger story.

I really liked The Painted Man. It was simple but fresh. The second one, The Desert Spear, was alright but didn't improve in quality greatly from the first. I'll probably read the next but the second book has left me very tepid.

Decided not to jump into Banks after all yet and I'm already over half way through Mr. Nice. It's a good read and a nice break.

sentient_6 · 14-01-2011 1:03am

O-Deazy wrote: »

Attempted to start Malazan Book of the Fallen but couldn't get into the first book at all! Decided to start Simon Scarrow's 'Eagle Series'. Page 9, so far so good

Man thats hilarious i literally did the complete opposed a few months back. Started book 1 of Eagle Series but gave up on it, & picked up Gardens of the Moon which i had given up on a few years previously, i'm now half way through the 3rd book Memories of Ice & thoroughly enjoying it! The second book Deadhouse Gates was a hard slog but im glad i got through it.

O-Deazy · 14-01-2011 10:08am

sentient_6 wrote: »

Man thats hilarious i literally did the complete opposed a few months back. Started book 1 of Eagle Series but gave up on it, & picked up Gardens of the Moon which i had given up on a few years previously, i'm now half way through the 3rd book Memories of Ice & thoroughly enjoying it! The second book Deadhouse Gates was a hard slog but im glad i got through it.

haha.. In the end up I went back to Malazan and thought I'd stick it out! The second book is hard to get through? So far I'm finding this first one all over the place.. Theres only good reviews about the series so I'll stick with it!

AnCapaillMor · 14-01-2011 12:43pm

sentient_6 wrote: »

Man thats hilarious i literally did the complete opposed a few months back. Started book 1 of Eagle Series but gave up on it, & picked up Gardens of the Moon which i had given up on a few years previously, i'm now half way through the 3rd book Memories of Ice & thoroughly enjoying it! The second book Deadhouse Gates was a hard slog but im glad i got through it.

I've tried 3 times now to get into Gardens of the moon and whatever it is about the books i just can't get into them, which is killing me because i keep reading how good they are and everytime i read a post like this i die a little inside. Must give them a go again after i finish the wheel of time books.

mcgovern · 14-01-2011 1:07pm

I'm 200 odd pages into the second one at the moment, and only now started to have a faint idea who everyone is again. It's like there is a great story there, but its just below the surface, ready to jump out when it all clicks into place, so I'm sticking with it!

O-Deazy · 14-01-2011 1:30pm

Does the first book start making sense at all? I can follow the storyline but it's very jumpy and I'm still not fully sure whats going on.. I'm determined to keep reading it all the same, if I ever get these exams finished of course! :cool:

Shryke · 14-01-2011 1:45pm

It pulls together a little bit toward the end so that you just about have an idea of the picture being painted. The second one is easier to get into although it's a book of two halves. One terrible story line and one fantastic story line but the good outweighs the bad. If your looking for some small explanation you could try starting a "Gardens of the Moon support topic" and a few of ye might pull through together!

O-Deazy · 14-01-2011 3:10pm

"Gardens of Moon support topic", not a bad idea but I'll keep going and see how I get on! If it gets any more muddled up I might just start it

Seems like 1 or 2 people have similar problems!

Zapp Brannigan · 14-01-2011 3:14pm

When you get on to the second book; all I have to say is 'Chain of Dogs'

O-Deazy · 14-01-2011 3:24pm

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

When you get on to the second book; all I have to say is 'Chain of Dogs'

Ok.. right now that means absolutely nothing to me! :P I'll take your word for it!

sentient_6 · 14-01-2011 5:55pm

The Malazan world is so vast & complex & i remember when i first tried Gardens i felt like i was literally plonked into the middle of a story with no explanation of what was going on. What helped me big time as a started the 3rd one was i went on to a wiki thing for the books & read up about a few things that i didnt fully understand, like the warrens for magic, & how some of the races interlink & get a clearer picture of what exactly some of them are & where they came from, like the Barghast.

Nothing that gave away anything story wise but gave some greater understanding of the world in general.

http://malazan.wikia.com/wiki/Malazan_Wiki

pljudge321 · 14-01-2011 9:13pm

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

When you get on to the second book; all I have to say is 'Chain of Dogs'

Out of everything I've ever read nothing has come close to topping that entire sequence.

Goldstein · 16-01-2011 4:07am

Passage at Arms by Glen Cook.

It's not bad but not grabbing me quite the way I thought it would.

Although I'd previously finished a pretty tough act to follow - Scott Westerfeld's excellent Succession series - "The Killing of Worlds" and "The Risen Empire" which are were right up there with the finest examples of military science fiction.

BlaasForRafa · 17-01-2011 7:29pm

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

When you get on to the second book; all I have to say is 'Chain of Dogs'

Yeah the Chain of Dogs plot was easily the best thing in the book. It would have been better if he focused on that (and shaved a few hundred pages off the book) rather than faffing around on subplots that seemed more about setting up characters for subsequent books.

At the moment I'm reading Rise of the Iron Moon by Stephen Hunt which is the third in his "Jackals" series of fantasy steampunk novels.

ixoy · 17-01-2011 8:10pm

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

At the moment I'm reading Rise of the Iron Moon by Stephen Hunt which is the third in his "Jackals" series of fantasy steampunk novels.

What's that series like? I thought about getting it but then I seem to think about trying every Light-damned series out there.

17-01-2011 10:00pm

Finished Children of Dune, it was somewhere in the 6 or 7 out of 10 category for me. Started Hyperion, 50 pages in and loving it. It reminds me of the start of The Reality Dysfunction, before things got a bit crap.

OwaynOTT · 20-01-2011 11:48am

I read Memories of Ice and haven't read any of the rest. I thought it was a good book but reading about Gardens of the Moon here has put me off a little bit. Keep looking at the book in the shop but just always seem to postpone it.
Having a bit of trouble trying to read books lately.At the moment have half read a few and bit started a couple others.
Paul Kearney's Hawkwood and the Kings. I read good things about it but it just hasn't really grabbed hold of my imagination. I'm nearly two thirds of the way through the first book, the new editions where the lumped the series together.
Another is Jack Vance's Tales of a Dying Earth. Again started this and a fair bit through it. This I think I won't read straight through as I want to digest each story. Usually don't enjoy short story collections but so far this is the exception.
Tad Williams and his Dragonbone Chair is one which after over a hundred pages in, I cannot be arsed with it. Cannot at all motivate myself to read it more than a few pages. Again another book that generated good reviews. As it stands I'll never finish this.
Raymond E Feist's Magician, I havent read more than ten pages of this. Just can't seem to work up the desire.
Started David Farlands Runelords series. Read the first book and thought it was okay. Bit like superheroes with all the endowements though. Again can't be arsed finishing it.
I was thinking I'm burnt out on fantasy books but Joe Ambercrombie's next book will be bought and read I have no fear and Patrick Rothfusses Wise Man Fear will also be bought and digested.
Are them other books just a bit blah? Or do I need to read some other completely different books? Tim Powers books sound good. Would anyone recommend them?

fionny · 20-01-2011 12:01pm

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I read Memories of Ice and haven't read any of the rest. I thought it was a good book but reading about Gardens of the Moon here has put me off a little bit. Keep looking at the book in the shop but just always seem to postpone it.
Having a bit of trouble trying to read books lately.At the moment have half read a few and bit started a couple others.
Paul Kearney's Hawkwood and the Kings. I read good things about it but it just hasn't really grabbed hold of my imagination. I'm nearly two thirds of the way through the first book, the new editions where the lumped the series together.
Another is Jack Vance's Tales of a Dying Earth. Again started this and a fair bit through it. This I think I won't read straight through as I want to digest each story. Usually don't enjoy short story collections but so far this is the exception.
Tad Williams and his Dragonbone Chair is one which after over a hundred pages in, I cannot be arsed with it. Cannot at all motivate myself to read it more than a few pages. Again another book that generated good reviews. As it stands I'll never finish this.
Raymond E Feist's Magician, I havent read more than ten pages of this. Just can't seem to work up the desire.
Started David Farlands Runelords series. Read the first book and thought it was okay. Bit like superheroes with all the endowements though. Again can't be arsed finishing it.
I was thinking I'm burnt out on fantasy books but Joe Ambercrombie's next book will be bought and read I have no fear and Patrick Rothfusses Wise Man Fear will also be bought and digested.
Are them other books just a bit blah? Or do I need to read some other completely different books? Tim Powers books sound good. Would anyone recommend them?

God... maybe fantasy just isn't your genre? Im especially surprised at the dislike of Magician, this is in my opinion one of the best fantasy books around... Riftwar Saga and Serpant War Saga are both brilliant series... Also the co-writen Empire series are even better!

ixoy · 20-01-2011 8:58pm

Currently reading "1984" by George Orwell. Surprisingly haven't read this before, even though I enjoy dystopian sci-fi worlds.

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I read Memories of Ice and haven't read any of the rest. I thought it was a good book but reading about Gardens of the Moon here has put me off a little bit.

You read it out of sequence? :eek: It's a difficult first book but the pay off for the series is worth it.

Tad Williams and his Dragonbone Chair is one which after over a hundred pages in, I cannot be arsed with it. Cannot at all motivate myself to read it more than a few pages.

I loved this series! Thought it was a great trilogy in the vein of the classic LotR style.

Raymond E Feist's Magician, I havent read more than ten pages of this. Just can't seem to work up the desire.

Giving up after ten pages on one of the all-time deserved classics? Blood and ashes!

Are them other books just a bit blah? Or do I need to read some other completely different books? Tim Powers books sound good. Would anyone recommend them?

The ones above are good! If you really need to try something a bit different than have a look at China Miéville and Scott Lynch.

Trojan · 20-01-2011 10:42pm

Just finished The Riftwar Legacy series, or at least the ones written.

I was looking forward to this because I'm finally getting to some of the Feist series that I hadn't read (the others are Daughter of Empire and Conclave series).

It had huge potential because there's a big gap in there between Sethanon and King's Buccaneer and James & William were great characters to work with.

But what a letdown. I gave the first one leeway because it was based on the game and was slightly forced along a linear path. The next two are rushed: the plot and characterisation was unpolished, like the cheap work of a young apprentice let loose at his master's forge.

Krondor: The Betrayal 5/10 (being generous)
Krondor: The Assassins 4/10
Krondor: Tear of the Gods 3/10

The series is clearly unfinished. Crydee.com says there were plans for 5 books in the series, the last two being Krondor the Crawler, and Krondor the Dark Mage.

If you haven't read The Riftwar Legacy yet, stay away at all costs.

I know Feist can be amazing but I'll need to give it some time before I can face Empire or Conclave

ixoy · 20-01-2011 10:59pm

Trojan wrote:

The series is clearly unfinished. Crydee.com says there were plans for 5 books in the series, the last two being Krondor the Crawler, and Krondor the Dark Mage.

I actually recalled reading a post on his newsgroup years ago and, with a little bit of searching, have rooted this out URL="https://groups.google.com/group/alt.books.raymond-feist/msg/e7085fafc7e28b67?hl=en&dmode=source"]link[/URL:

Yes. I have no contract for those books, and they will almost
certainly not be published in that form.

It's far too complex to detail (and besides, it's none of your
business) but because of the demise of Pyrotechnix and the sale of
Sierra to Vevendi by Havas, things at Sierra are . . . unpredicatble.
Until I get certain rights back, I will not be finishing the Krondor
series.

When I do, it will almost certainly be some kind of "stand alone" book
that comprises both characters of the Crawler and the Dark Mage.

Best, R.E.F.

Trojan wrote: »

I know Feist can be amazing but I'll need to give it some time before I can face Empire or Conclave

Don't give up! The Empire series is great - very different, with the Eastern feel to the Tsurani kingdom. Also it's a co-written effort, which gives a different writing style. Mara's a very interesting character.

Conclave of Shadows is quite enjoyable too. It's certainly above the Krondor series, which is the nadir of the Midkemian series.

Shryke · 20-01-2011 11:59pm

Hey OwaynOTT. I'd consider some of the stuff you named to be a bit blah myself. Tim Powers is a great author. Get The Anubis Gate. You won't be disappointed. Scott Lynch is good also, and China Mieville was mentioned as well. I'd suggest George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb too.

fionny · 21-01-2011 1:14pm

Trojan wrote: »

But what a letdown. I gave the first one leeway because it was based on the game and was slightly forced along a linear path. The next two are rushed: the plot and characterisation was unpolished, like the cheap work of a young apprentice let loose at his master's forge.

Krondor: The Betrayal 5/10 (being generous)
Krondor: The Assassins 4/10
Krondor: Tear of the Gods 3/10

Feist let himself down alright, I only bothered with the Betrayal one and left it at that... I think he got other people to write that whole series.

Seriously the Empire Series are actually the best of the lot... the story is fantastic, the world in depth, it ties in with the riftwar books nicely, actually gonna to re-read this series soon as just thinking of them is bringing back fond memories.... the politics etc is all brilliant!

Try the Robin Hobb stuff, I started with the Liveship Traders series and now went back and am on the third book of her first series the "Farseer Trilogy" and they are bleedin brilliant... Looking forward to tearing in to her other series.

Anyone who hasnt read George R.R Martins Song of Fire and Ice series is missing out big time, top tip is there is a HBO made series being released in the next 2 months based on these books and Sean Bean is one of the main actors.... Its gonna be great!

pH · 22-01-2011 9:39am

Finished Hamilton's Void Trilogy great read, thoroughly enjoyed, if a little disappointed by the ending.

Just starting American Gods, seems to be a cracking read.

Corsendonk · 22-01-2011 1:13pm

Trojan wrote: »

Just finished The Riftwar Legacy series, or at least the ones written.

I was looking forward to this because I'm finally getting to some of the Feist series that I hadn't read (the others are Daughter of Empire and Conclave series).

It had huge potential because there's a big gap in there between Sethanon and King's Buccaneer and James & William were great characters to work with.

But what a letdown. I gave the first one leeway because it was based on the game and was slightly forced along a linear path. The next two are rushed: the plot and characterisation was unpolished, like the cheap work of a young apprentice let loose at his master's forge.

Krondor: The Betrayal 5/10 (being generous)
Krondor: The Assassins 4/10
Krondor: Tear of the Gods 3/10

The series is clearly unfinished. Crydee.com says there were plans for 5 books in the series, the last two being Krondor the Crawler, and Krondor the Dark Mage.

If you haven't read The Riftwar Legacy yet, stay away at all costs.

I know Feist can be amazing but I'll need to give it some time before I can face Empire or Conclave

The Daughtor of the Emprire Trilogy is way better in standard than the muck that Feist has produced lately. I rate them behind the Magician book, the other Riftwar Trilogy books I thought were very weak.

I started to read Janny Wurts after trying out the Daughtor Trilogy. Her Wars of Light and Shadow are really good. My only gripe is that its another series that I await the ending of in the future. It gets head wrecking to reread Jordan. Martin, Wurts and Erikson to keep the plot fresh in my mind for the next release.

I recommend reading Ian Cameron Esslemont Night of Knives and The Return of the Crimson Guard for any fans of Erikson Malazan World. I found him easier to read than Erikson and it gives you more background on some of the key charactors. Night of Knives is a good assassin book if you do some background reading on the Malazin Wiki site if you haven't read the Erikson books.

22-01-2011 1:45pm

pH wrote: »

Finished Hamilton's Void Trilogy great read, thoroughly enjoyed, if a little disappointed by the ending.

How did you find them compared to the reality dysfunction series?

pH · 22-01-2011 2:35pm

baz8080 wrote: »

How did you find them compared to the reality dysfunction series?

On the whole judas unchained/void series was better, that said the whole

people coming back from the dead and inhabiting other bodies

plot really grated on me so I didn't enjoy those novels to the full!

Just to add - based on the recommendations here I'd bought the first malazan book - now it's post after post of people dissing them!

Trojan · 23-01-2011 4:56am

Commonwealth Saga > Void Series > Reality Disfunction.

(Fallen Dragon > them all

)

> meaning greater than

OwaynOTT · 24-01-2011 11:32am

Shryke wrote: »

Hey OwaynOTT. I'd consider some of the stuff you named to be a bit blah myself. Tim Powers is a great author. Get The Anubis Gate. You won't be disappointed. Scott Lynch is good also, and China Mieville was mentioned as well. I'd suggest George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb too.

Have read a lot of Robin Hobb and found her material to be totally not blah but actually great. Same for Mr Martin as well.
Tim Powers I well be checking out very soon, ordered a couple of his books. The other too was thinking about as well and probably check out Scott Lynch not to sure about China Mieville.

Starting to get into The Magician now. I think the problem I have with some of the books was the all are a bit generic at the start and at this stage I'm fed up with young boys with amazing inert talents and or are the chosen one.
And thats what Dragonbone Chair and Magician seemed to be like at the start.

24-01-2011 11:43pm

Trojan wrote: »

Commonwealth Saga > Void Series > Reality Disfunction.

(Fallen Dragon > them all )

> meaning greater than

Thanks guys, good to hear. I felt deflated after finishing the few thousand pages of the reality series. I'm feeling a bit better about starting on the void series now!

Dan_Solo · 25-01-2011 12:08am

20 years later I'm back for a re-read of Dragons Of Autumn Twilight.
Not very good, is it?:o

djjdomahony · 25-01-2011 12:32am

Right

someone mentioned enders game --- classic!

i'm reading dune by frank herbert again and it is an absolute must for any sci fi lovers

id also recommend cloud atlas
endymion
the rise of endymion
anything by orson scott card

thing thats my first post on the boards...Boom:D

BlaasForRafa · 25-01-2011 4:24pm

ixoy wrote: »

What's that series like? I thought about getting it but then I seem to think about trying every Light-damned series out there.

I've enjoyed the series. It does have some of the typical steampunk tropes like being set in a Victorian/Edwardian period and a some of the backround characters have a typical stiff upper lip, tally ho attitude but Hunt tends to play the major characters off against this and shows the absurdity of their attitudes. It has whimsical flights of fantasy but has a dark edge to it.

Its different from most other steampunk though in that its not set on earth of a hundred or so years ago but its more like a secondary world and thus Hunt is able to use wilder fantastical ideas. I'd reckon that trad fantasy fans who are wary of the trendiness of steampunk would be able to get into it.

Shryke · 25-01-2011 9:49pm

I finished Mr. Nice which was a great story, although I think Howard Marks romanticized his own exploits a little.
Now back to Banks properly and well into the swing of The Algebraist. Like most of Banks works, I've not been blown away by the first few one or two hundred pages but the guy has a talent for making a novel culminate. I reserve all judgment until I've finished it. I've read everything chronologically up to this and have never been disappointed, although Excession was weaker than the rest.

O-Deazy · 26-01-2011 9:11am

Well I stuck with Gardens of the Moon although I haven't got much more of it read. I was starting to really get into it, getting a good feel for the characters and a solid grasp of the storyline and where it was headed and the BAM.. end of book one!

Back to square one once again with new characters and a new coinciding plot. So I persevered (a word I noticed used a lot in relation to 'Gardens of the Moon') and once again I was getting a grasp on things and once again the book ended. I found this style very jumpy and to be honest very frustrating! How and ever I know I'm only half way in so I won't give up yet.

Coming very close to it though!

26-01-2011 10:22pm

Just finished Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Despite the abrupt ending and the variable quality of the individual stories I found it to be an excellent book.

Moved onto A Scanner Darkly now and it is the discordant dystopian read that I was expecting.

Demeyes · 27-01-2011 8:50am

O-Deazy wrote: »

Well I stuck with Gardens of the Moon although I haven't got much more of it read. I was starting to really get into it, getting a good feel for the characters and a solid grasp of the storyline and where it was headed and the BAM.. end of book one!

Back to square one once again with new characters and a new coinciding plot. So I persevered (a word I noticed used a lot in relation to 'Gardens of the Moon') and once again I was getting a grasp on things and once again the book ended. I found this style very jumpy and to be honest very frustrating! How and ever I know I'm only half way in so I won't give up yet.

Coming very close to it though!

I normally don't give up on reading something but I quit half way through the 2nd book. I wasn't really loving the series after the first but I kept going, the second didn't really grab me too well either so I drifted away from it and started another series. I'd heard such good things about the series but it does nothing for me.

AnCapaillMor · 27-01-2011 9:48am

baz8080 wrote: »

Just finished Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Despite the abrupt ending and the variable quality of the individual stories I found it to be an excellent book.

Moved onto A Scanner Darkly now and it is the discordant dystopian read that I was expecting.

You have to read Endymion next, if Hyperion was good, endymion is fantastic.

ixoy · 27-01-2011 10:37am

Currently reading "Towers of Midnight" by Brendan Sanderson and Robert Jordan. Wheel of Time is a-turning still. Too early to judge yet, but I did enjoy the re-vitalisation that Sanderson brought with "The Gathering Storm" so hope to see the same again here.

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

You have to read Endymion next, if Hyperion was good, endymion is fantastic.

Yep, a very good sequel. Unlike "Olympos" though which was (IMO) a very poor sequel to "Ilium".

pH · 27-01-2011 10:48am

Just started THE HEROES by Joe Abercrombie - loving it already.

27-01-2011 11:29am

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

You have to read Endymion next, if Hyperion was good, endymion is fantastic.

Good to hear! Wikipedia has the next book in the series as "The fall of Hyperion" though. Is it the case that Endymion is a more direct sequel?

Nevyn · 27-01-2011 11:55am

On a Patrica Briggs binge atm on book 4/5 of the Mercy series.

AnCapaillMor · 27-01-2011 12:13pm

baz8080 wrote: »

Good to hear! Wikipedia has the next book in the series as "The fall of Hyperion" though. Is it the case that Endymion is a more direct sequel?

Yeah actually thats next. I picked up the omnibus version when i read it and keep thinking of it as 1 book. Endymion and the rise of endymion are set a few years after. and the fall of hyperion is another step up from hyperion.

fionny · 27-01-2011 2:02pm

ixoy wrote: »

Currently reading "Towers of Midnight" by Brendan Sanderson and Robert Jordan. Wheel of Time is a-turning still. Too early to judge yet, but I did enjoy the re-vitalisation that Sanderson brought with "The Gathering Storm" so hope to see the same again here.

Its a great book one of the most enjoyable WoT books in ages! Only one to go!

5starpool · 28-01-2011 3:59pm

I bought the first of the Erikson Malazan books when I went on holidays just before Christmas. Perhaps it was because I was trying to read in airports, and on a plane, but I only got about 100 pages in befoer I had to stop as it was hurting my head. It is a bloody difficult read I ahve to say for someone more used to Jordan/Sanderson/Feist/Martin type books. So much detail that it is very hard to make head nor tail of it at times, and I find myself glossing over the latest character to be given a backstory, or random placename.

I do intend at some point to get back into them as I have seen them recommended here a lot, but I really hope that it does get a bit easier to read, as I don't think reading is meant to give you a headache much

Robin Hobb Assassins books are high up on my list as well I think.

O-Deazy · 29-01-2011 12:44pm

5starpool wrote: »

It is a bloody difficult read I ahve to say for someone more used to Jordan/Sanderson/Feist/Martin type books. So much detail that it is very hard to make head nor tail of it at times, and I find myself glossing over the latest character to be given a backstory, or random placename.

I totally agree with you there. However the more I read (still on the first book) I am beginning to enjoy it. Erikson's style is completely different to anything I usually read and he's not very 'run of the mill' but I think if you work on it, the result will be worth it. I mean if it's so highly recommended by those that read more than us it must be good!

5starpool wrote: »

Robin Hobb Assassins books are high up on my list as well I think.

I enjoyed the first two books in this series and was really looking forward to the final book. However I personally think it was a huge let down. From starting off so strong Hobb had me completely absorbed in the storyline and the world she created but I really didn't enjoy the final book. Was a disappointing end to a series that had such great potential!

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