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DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

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Tom Nimenai said:
That's the one! When I first read it I thought it was a standalone, but then I found out later that it's actually part of a series. I hear it's now called the Eugenides Series (after the main character), but back when I started hanging out in its fandom circles it had no official name, so everyone referred to it as the Queen's Thief Series.

The characterization and complex political plots are amazing. The setting also really adds to its appeal--I don't think I've ever heard of another fantasy series set in a Byzantine Mediterranean world.
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Unfortunately, I found it very boring and was unable to appreciate it :(
 
Tom

Tom

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That's too bad! I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea. I know a lot of people complained about its slow-burn plot structure...personally I didn't mind, because I prefer character-driven stories, but not everyone's willing to wait for the action.
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

Istari
Tom Nimenai said:
That's too bad! I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea. I know a lot of people complained about its slow-burn plot structure...personally I didn't mind, because I prefer character-driven stories, but not everyone's willing to wait for the action.
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I'm a lover of character-driven stories too...but sometimes a book doesn't click for me.
 
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skip.knox

skip.knox

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Currently reading: A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving. Because it was on my list. It's way out of my interest range, but Irving has too good a reputation simply to ignore him.

I'm less than a quarter of the way through the book, but I see Irving doing one thing (at least!) deftly. Much of the book is anecdotal (told first person). Small town stories, family stories, almost to the point of trivial. Then he will quietly lay in a surprise. These range from small curiosities to rather horrifying bombshells, each delivered in an unblinking cinema verité manner that is arresting. I'm not sure how applicable this would be in epic fantasy, but it does make me wonder how Irving decided exactly where to place his surprises.
 
Russ

Russ

Dark Lord
Just started Lee Child's "Night School". Same excellent lean prose and sharp wit as usual but a very different plot and a story fro when Reacher was still working for the military. Quite enjoying it.
 
cydare

cydare

Master
I'm reading Six of Crows right now, and am very pleasantly surprised in how much better I like it than the last novel I read by the author (Shadow and Bone, which definitely wasn't for me).
 
Ireth

Ireth

Mythic Scribe
Read The Last Unicorn over the weekend, and now I'm working my way through Tales From the Perilous Realm. Both are very entertaining. ^^
 
Mythopoet

Mythopoet

Dark Lord
I've started reading Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz. It is supposed to be one of the classics of its time, but so far is not really grabbing me. It's easy to read, so I'll probably finish it anyway, but I'm just not really invested even a quarter of the way through. There are no characters whom I can really care about or feel compelled to follow through the story.
 
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