/lit/ - Literature

“You will never walk again, Bran,” the pale lips promised, “but you will fly.”

>>My face when a character walks past a cat while going through the secret walls of the Red Keep and said cat is briefly described as the same cat that Arya used to run after under Syrio Forel's training
>>Author remembered THAT DAMN CAT about 800 pages later.

>>1425301
are you a wizard?

>you've laserg

>>1413973
I was about to post this

>>1390745

>start ASOIAF
>try to read different books after each installment
>fail
>read ASOIAF every chance I get
>realize the prose is repetitive and shitty
>still, no other books can capture my attention as well

There has got to be something better out there, preferably a story that is finished. I'm thinking about starting the malazan book of the fallen, or thomas covenant, but both are lengthy endeavors and I want to know what /lit/ thinks.

>start ASOIAF
>try to read books after each installment
>fail
>read ASOIAF every chance I get
>realize the prose is repetitive and shitty
>no other books can capture my attention as effectively

There has got to be something better out there, preferably a story that is finished, and the author isn't going to die soon. I'm thinking about starting the malazan book of the fallen, or thomas covenant, but both are lengthy endeavors and I want to know what /lit/ thinks.