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What book(s) are you currently reading? 31 August
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Codex Alera is great, loved the series.
How are you liking the Red Rising series? I have seen it mentioned here a few times, maybe half those times were by you, but still. ๐
I'm dying right now!
This is hilarious that the communities are so small that we've found each other again haha.
Codex has been consistently entertaining the whole way through. Red Rising is similar in that regard. The fight scenes are better in Red Rising and often chapters end on such a note, you just have to read the next one.
I don't read a ton of SciFi because I find it often over explains the science, etc and it doesn't move fast enough for me (3 Body Problem for example).
Red Rising is pretty straight forward in this regard. Stuff just works. The books are about the characters and the societies more than anything.
I've recently started reading again (last 5 yrs or so) and it's been almost exclusively fantasy with some SciFi sprinkled in. I've read somewhere around 120 books in this time. If I had to pick top 3, while the order would be tough it would be:
The only thing with Red Rising is that it is incomplete right now. However it does seem that Pierce Brown has most of the last book done up already and is committed to completing it. I have a bit of trust issues in this regard because of Patrick Rothfuss, however I feel he will complete it. Right now rumour is it's supposed to be sometime in 2024.
Opposite the Chicago PD's feelings, it's good to see you again Dresden!
Haha, yeah, that's what I love about current state of lemmy. There's a sense of community, because you regularly come across same people, and start to know people by their username, and understanding their personalities a bit. Eventually, this too will grow big enough that we will lose this, but until then.
That's very high praise for Red Rising, I am going to push it to top of my list. I have also been reading mostly fantasy for few years now, wanted to read other genres, and I have probably over corrected, got myself tons of crime novels. Now I need more epic fantasies in my life. Something like Codex Alera maybe.
I know what you mean by unfinished series, I try to avoid them too. My issue started with Wheel of Times, and then A Song of Ice and Fire, decided not to start un-finished series again. So, never started Wise Man's Fears, but due to high praise followed Patrick Rothfuss' blog for many years, hoping to start the series when he finished the series. Then I gave up. I do make some exceptions though, if the author has good track record, like for Brandon Sanderson.
And thanks ๐ it's good to see you too!
I also make the exception for Sando, since he's a book writing machine.
One thing I should mention about RR is that book one is hunger games-esque. It isn't bad - in fact it's quite good, but it's familiar (if not better imo). The series continues and move on from it - it's great. But figured it was worth the heads up in case. It's an epic space opera and worth the ride!
Well, I have never read Hunger Games, so I won't even know. ๐ Thanks for the heads up though!