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A good fantasy book? you know, wizards, dragons, princesses, that kind of stuff (mander.xyz)
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Well I'm craving something in this genre but I'm a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I'm not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?

I'm looking for something in a high fantasy setting. I'm not too keen on heavy politics and war driven plots (though, I can read that ). What really gets me is interesting characters, good action and magical creatures.

I've loved anything Discworld and I've also enjoyed the First Law books by Abercrombie.

I'm finding that Tolkien, Sanderson and George RR Martin appear on every fantasy list I come across, so if you do recommend something I'd appreciate it be something other than that.

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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

There is a massive variety of female characters in Pratchett's work and they are so different I'm not even sure what you mean by that. Sure, some are bimboes or twats but I can also recall cunning, resourceful, and smart ones, and in particular the older characters such as the witches really stand out. Male characters are subject to the same amount of variety so I'm surprised at your take on gender. He does have a very stylised approach though, cartoonish in many ways and fair enough if that's not your thing.

[-] kyle@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I appreciate you being a perfectly reasonable person and understanding that people have different tastes in books lol. Cheers

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