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What am I in for?

>> No.20131239

>>20131197
Bitches and spanking mostly.

>> No.20131243
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>> No.20131274

>>20131197
The most godawful hack shit you could possibly imagine. Like if a Shonen anime fucked some gayass YA fantasy and the baby it shit out was even more retarded than the doctor feared.

>> No.20131666
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>>20131197
Literally the longest fantasy novel you can imagine. This shit takes FOR FUCKING EVER FOR anything worthwhile to happen. I gave up after they got on the ship in the river. It's written like a long, bad anime.

>> No.20131678
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More like the WASTE of time!

>> No.20131683

>>20131197
An extremely average series that you will drop by the fourth novel, A waste of time

>> No.20131687

>>20131197
is there something similar to this but without the w*men pov chapters?

>> No.20131707

Mediocre, excessively long fantasy. Skip.

>> No.20131732

>>20131687
The Belgariad

>> No.20131736

>>20131687
Your coming out party.

>> No.20132014

>>20131243
haha--this, unfortunately

>> No.20132054

>>20131197
Keep it to your crayon eating containment thread please

>> No.20132061
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>>20131197
dark souls of fantasy, look at all the filtered peons itt for proof

>> No.20132073

The first couple of books will hook you with worldbuilding and plot. You'll notice that characters are kind of flat and repetitive, but it doesn't matter much as long as the plot is moving. (Provided you are a fast reader I should say. If you read slowly it might be overwhelming even early on.)

In the second phase of the series, the author's weaknesses become more obvious. He keeps making the world more intricate, adding flat
characters, and fragmenting the narrative into more subplots. The plots themselves become more and more sluggish. There are a number of sub plots stat start in a path of daggers that end in a knife of dreams. That span of four books cover about 2 months of in world time.
Push through.

The third phase of the series is when Sanderson takes over. He spends the first one of his books tidying up Jordan's mistakes. He does it well for the most part but there is so much "See, this happened because of this!" that it takes on a sort of fan-fic vibe at times. At other times, it reads like a criticism.
But Sanderson does rescue the series to my mind. He makes some characters a lot more 3D, and lets a bunch of them become more peripheral, which makes it a much easier read. I found Sanderson's wrapping everything up to be satisfying.

>> No.20132094

>>20131243
I notice this gif leaves out Perrin.. kind like how Jordan should have. Badum-tish

>> No.20132707

>>20132073
He should just read sandersons stormlight series. Its better and will probably be longer
If he wants a chosen op fantasy the cycle of arawn is better and funnier

>> No.20133081

>>20131197
Brandon Sanderson before Brandon Sanderson

>> No.20133096

It's pretty good for a fantasy. Some parts are written very well, such as the main character's development arc, but other parts are just drab and boring. It's a mixed bag, but it's pretty comfy overall.

>> No.20133114

>>20131736
I think I'd rather be a faggot than deal with those cunts. Fortunately we have glorious 2d so I need neither.

>> No.20134146

>>20131197
I'm impressed there are people out there who actually read the whole thing

>> No.20134183

I read the first book back in 2006 shortly before Jordan died, it was okay but I didn't feel inclined to continue with the others

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>>20131666
>I gave up after they got on the ship
>

>> No.20134492

>>20132054
Let me guess, someone used this retarded insult towards you and now you need someone to project on.

>> No.20134969

>>20131666
>longest fantasy novel you can imagine
wait til you pick up The Wandering Inn

>> No.20135031

>>20134969
What even is that?

>> No.20135109

>>20135031
an isekai serial web novel that is over 9,000x1,000 words

>> No.20135114

>>20135109
Did a computer write it? Sounds completely soulless

>> No.20135154

>>20135114
it's a web serial so they're forced to write at least 2 chapters a week to build and maintain an audience or else be lost in the void. It's how the author amassed over 4800 patrons on patreon. The consistency is machine like if nothing else, and editing is out the window. The premise at least is actually more interesting than the regular garbage isekai power fantasy that pervades the genre so it's not completely soulless.

>> No.20135176

>>20131678
YES!

>> No.20135189

>>20131687
seriously. I actually like this but the women pov chapters fucking ruin it.

>> No.20135193

>>20131197
Very detailed descriptions of what every female character is wearing

>> No.20135212

Do yourself a favor and read a good series like red wall or mossflower

>> No.20135213

>>20132073
Pretty good review.
I enjoyed the Mat chapters.

>> No.20135221

>>20135212
>red wall
With the mice and badgers?

>> No.20135230

>>20135221
Yea and moles too

>> No.20135247

>>20135230
I preferred WOT if I'm honest, but I have a softspot for warrior-blacksmith axe wielding badgers

>> No.20135270

What's an epic fantasy series that is actually good?

>> No.20135278

>>20135270
LOTR?

>> No.20135286

My favourite scene was probably the great cleansing of the male source.

>> No.20135292

it has it's moments that made it worth the read. when i read the whole thing i was a NEET and had a lot of time so keep that in mind.

the women are kind of insufferable but in an anime harem sort of way so if that's your taste it's whatever.

>> No.20135301

Relatively comfy, though I'm not sure I can recommend reading beyond the first three books.
White Tower politics and Perrin's Folly unfortunately spoil many of the later books.

>> No.20135314

>>20135301
The Perrin arcs got pretty annoying I'm at the 11h or 12th book do they get any better?

>> No.20135330

>>20135314
bruh there are 14 books, it doesn't matter at this point you've got to finish even if they get worse
for the record though, I don't remember

>> No.20135386

>>20135270
Stormlight
Dark tidings
Cycle of arawn
First law/age of madness

>> No.20135527

>>20131197
a complete waste of your time

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>>20135386
Thanks for the recs. What about this one? I was browsing and the premise sounded interesting

>> No.20136554

>>20134969
The only reason to pick that up is to put it in the bin

>> No.20136607

>>20131197
>What am I in for?
Ask the containment general, in which, you belong to.
>>20136179

>> No.20136816

>>20134363
haha so did miura

>> No.20136867

>>20131197
good if you're an escapist autist

>> No.20137122

>>20135980
So I started it on audio book but I didn't continue with it ... I'm not sure why