/lit/ - Literature

>>17204117
Am I the only one who loathes "comedic" fantasy?

Mixing it with Grimdark doesn't make it any better. I want a story that has real stakes and meaning. I don't want constant jokes or funny situations. It diminishes the value of the drama for me. It's why I've never been a big fan of Discworld.

I know Abercrombie is not "comedic" as such, but through reading the First Law I just felt this great sense of a lack of seriousness the author was regarding his own work. No, constantly trying to subvert the reader's expectations is not interesting. Having war weary characters gets tiresome.

Don't even get me started on the dog shit world building. The whole thing feels fucking empty and completely unappealing, and I don't even remember the name of the world. It's a shame, because I initially liked the campaign into Angland (where I thought the story would pick up but disappointingly went down hill after Ladisla's disastrous battle) and I thought Davoska was interesting.

However:

The capital was fucking boring the Gurkish development was fucking boring Bayaz was fucking boring their journey to the other continent or wherever the fuck they went was boring Ferro scowling constantly was boring meeting the tanner was boring the House of the Maker was boring Jezal becoming King was boring even Glokta's torture scenes eventually became boring.

Boring Boring Boring.

Need a good name for a Paladin order

Hit me with some ideas, /sffg/