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A good fantasy book? you know, wizards, dragons, princesses, that kind of stuff (mander.xyz)
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Well I'm craving something in this genre but I'm a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I'm not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?

I'm looking for something in a high fantasy setting. I'm not too keen on heavy politics and war driven plots (though, I can read that ). What really gets me is interesting characters, good action and magical creatures.

I've loved anything Discworld and I've also enjoyed the First Law books by Abercrombie.

I'm finding that Tolkien, Sanderson and George RR Martin appear on every fantasy list I come across, so if you do recommend something I'd appreciate it be something other than that.

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[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

  • The Belgariad and The Malloreon by David Eddings. His books have classic D&D feel, light reading with bits of humor.

  • Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb. A massive plotline (all books already written so no need to wait), very dark, superb characters.

[–] Baines@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

assasins trilogy is among my favorite

last trilogy starting with bee is kinda bad

the final book reads too much like pandering to fans

Hobb has great books and books with whiney paralyzed main characters which can be a slog

[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Fitz and the Fool trilogy spoilersI like Bee and her story, I don't like that most of the plot could be ended in no time if only the characters bothered to talk with each other (it looks forced to keep them from contacting in time). The end is a good closure for this saga.