EPTWhat Are You Reading 2018 - Page 2
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Sermokala
United States13924 Posts
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Silvanel
Poland4726 Posts
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oEkY
Germany648 Posts
found this in my local library and borrowed it, but havent found the time to read it yet, so i'd like to have an objectively feedback first? | ||
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farvacola
United States18825 Posts
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Archeon
3253 Posts
On January 02 2018 03:55 maybenexttime wrote: The Alloy of Law is high on my list of books to read (already bought it). Is Sanderson as good as people say he is? Sanderson is an interesting fellow, his books have often interesting approaches in terms of magic and how it would possibly influence society. But his story arcs are somewhat similar. I definitely recommend Elantris and the mistborn trilogy, Alloy and Steelheart are more light (still fun though). He wrote the best wheel of time book by far, a memory of light is a brilliant book and it isn't even his series. | ||
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maybenexttime
Poland5552 Posts
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Sermokala
United States13924 Posts
On January 08 2018 18:47 Silvanel wrote: Can You give some examples of "smart people books" ? The first page of the thread. | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On January 08 2018 11:49 Sermokala wrote: I read a lot of garbage on Kindle unlimited so I always feel intimidated by people who are posting smart people books in here that I don't read. A long time ago, when I was still a high-school student, I had a fantastic teacher in my German classes. What he taught me is to not be intimidated by Literature (with capital L). Instead, one should just try it and see if one enjoys it. The aim is not to understand every nuance and every subtle allusion but to enjoy what one is reading. This was certainly one of the more valuable things I learned at school. That has been roughly 20 years ago now, and since then I like to vary the level of books that I read. Sometimes I read cheap crap, lots of genre fiction, sometimes what would generally be considered as high Literature. When reading the latter, I am certainly not getting everything (yeah, I read some stories by Borges...) but I am not afraid of those books. It turns out that my teacher was right and that those are more often than not fantastic, rewarding reads. So don't feel intimidated by "smart people books"! Instead, if you feel like it, one day grab one of the classics and give it a try. If you want recommendations, you know where to find us  And if not, that's OK as well as long as you enjoy what you are reading.On January 04 2018 21:21 Silvanel wrote: Here is a list of books i read in 2017. If anyone is intrested in feedback dont hesitate to ask. Steven King - The Dark Tower: The Gunslinge Steven King - The Dark Tower: Drawing of the Three You have read the good part of that series (or should I say bearable?). You should stop now. I actually finished the series thinking it might become better again. But no, the last books are just terrible. | ||
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A3th3r
United States319 Posts
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Silvanel
Poland4726 Posts
On January 09 2018 06:24 123Gurke wrote: You have read the good part of that series (or should I say bearable?). You should stop now. I actually finished the series thinking it might become better again. But no, the last books are just terrible. Seriously? I didnt find those books very good. A friend of mine told me it gets beter later (and that the middle books are the best). | ||
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Atreides
United States2393 Posts
Its not a series that I would ever recommend to the majority of my friends who just read series fantasy. | ||
Flicky
England2662 Posts
On January 07 2018 14:27 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I just read The Easy Chain by Evan Dara. It's quite good. It starts off as a weird cross between William Gaddis' JR and American Psycho, and then goes batshit crazy with American pomo conceits. Very enjoyable, but also very strange. His first novel, The Lost Scrapbook, which I read last year, was fantastic. Dara's ear for dialogue and cadence of prose is great. Read up on him, he's quite a (non?)-character. Dara is also super-obscure and super weird. Go read him and feel hipster and underground~ Have piqued my interest here... Just finished The Crippled God by Steven Erikson. I started them years ago and finally finished the series. An undeniably great series for fantasy (only ASOIAF comes close) but perhaps a slightly imperfect ending if that's a fair criticism. | ||
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farvacola
United States18825 Posts
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Silvanel
Poland4726 Posts
On January 09 2018 23:49 Flicky wrote: Have piqued my interest here... Just finished The Crippled God by Steven Erikson. I started them years ago and finally finished the series. An undeniably great series for fantasy (only ASOIAF comes close) but perhaps a slightly imperfect ending if that's a fair criticism. Definitely fair. I found last three books (Crippled God, Dust of Dreams, Toll the Hounds) to be inferior to others. And so did my friends. I despised some of main plot arcs in those books. | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On January 09 2018 20:23 Atreides wrote: It depends the later books are VERY different than the first 3, some people like them better some don't. I have mixed feelings I read the whole thing and don't regret it at all but I doubt Id read again, on the other hand I could see reading just The Gunslinger again. Its not a series that I would ever recommend to the majority of my friends who just read series fantasy. Same here. I would not recommend this series to anyone and if any I would only consider reading the first part again. But at the same time I know people that are absolutely crazy about this series. That just tells me that I should not trust their recommendations And in any case, maybe you want to trust the recommendation of your friend over some random internet strangers. But if you realize that you do not like the later books, maybe you want to stop at that point. I really won't get any better later on. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21242 Posts
On January 10 2018 00:03 farvacola wrote: Yeah I'm gonna pick up that Dara piece, Cheep definitely piqued my interest as well. On January 09 2018 23:49 Flicky wrote: Have piqued my interest here... Just finished The Crippled God by Steven Erikson. I started them years ago and finally finished the series. An undeniably great series for fantasy (only ASOIAF comes close) but perhaps a slightly imperfect ending if that's a fair criticism. Good...good... Maybe starting with The Lost Scrapbook though. It's a more coherent work IMO and has less "gimmicks," though if you're interested by the high-concept pomo flourishes then definitely go with Easy Chain. | ||
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
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A3th3r
United States319 Posts
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Flicky
England2662 Posts
On January 10 2018 06:10 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Good...good... Maybe starting with The Lost Scrapbook though. It's a more coherent work IMO and has less "gimmicks," though if you're interested by the high-concept pomo flourishes then definitely go with Easy Chain. It's very hard and expensive to get Dara over here ($46 from the official website) so I went with The Easy Chain because it's the easiest to get a hole of via Amazon Global. Then we can talk about it and I can say I don't understand it. I'm pretty excited for my next few books coming in. I have money again now. I think you recommended three of the four to me. | ||
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Sapaio
Denmark2037 Posts
I was inspired after i read this tread and people thinking about critical acclaimed books and i remember that i read this book in beginning of the new century after it was awarded to be best book of the last century in Denmark. The author Johannes V Jensen won the noble prize of his total work of books but that should be the best one (only i read). So after all these years i wanted to read it again. It is story about a farmers son and student that turns soldier, and his rise and fall to power is parallel to the rise and fall of the danish king and empire in the 15 century. As i remember the book it has violence, power struggle and twisted relationship that would appeal to many readers of dark fantasy, but the words and sentence is old fashioned and strange in the beginning of the read. Other than that i really enjoyed Mark Lawrence "The Broken Emipire" trilogy in 2017, Really great fantasy i heard many people hate it as it is very dark, but surprised that i haven't seen reviews of it on this forum as many love fantasy and the more dark part of it. But if you don't like a main character that is more dark than nice than this book is differently not for you. | ||
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