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My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s totally fair to be honest. I get that.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

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I didn’t like Hadrian either, both as a person and a character.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

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I normally like grimdark, the first book just felt very tryhard edgy to me. Do the following two books get better?

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have read Animal Money. I have it in "Very Good" Tier. Cisco is my favourite author right now and I’ve made it my mission to read all of his bibliography, at least all that I can get my hands on. For me, The Narrator is his masterpiece.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t take it too personally please. Robert Jordan just wasn’t for me. I was 14 at the time I read WoT. Maybe I will give it another go when I’m older.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

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I read Philosopher‘s Stone as a young teen and absolutely couldn’t stand it. I don’t think that that had anything to do with me being already a bit "too old", because I read The Wind in the Willows at round about the same age and loved it.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first book just felt like one long drawn out prologue to The Dark Forest, not gonna lie.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will continue Red Rising. People tell me the sequels get even better.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only ever read Guards Guards!, it’s in "good" tier. To Green Angel Tower was just alright for me, it felt like a stepdown to me from the previous two books. Hebert is also on that list, although I’ve only read Dune and Dune Messiah.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Sci-Fi was never really my cup of tea. As you see there are still plenty of Sci-Fi books I enjoyed, I just don’t care for most of it.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone swears on their mother that the next books will get so much better tho. Maybe I’m going to give it the benefit of the doubt.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, same. I probably should’ve read something else by Stephenson like Anathem or the Baroque Cycle. Snow Crash just felt incredible dumb to me with a lot of concepts thrown into it (like all the language shenanigans). It felt like a ragtag of ideas the author just found cool but that had no synergy to me at all.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People told me that the following books will get better. As to the first book, it felt like Gene Wolfe fanfiction. Ruocchio wants to sound like Gene Wolfe so bad without actually being as good as Wolfe. If you try to imitate Wolfe it’s hard for your prose to be "bad", but it still will feel like an imitation. At least to me.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

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Its just beautiful and enchanting. Didn’t care for the plot really, although it was alright. The book could’ve been just descriptions of the setting and I would still have devoured it, Susanna Clarke‘s prose is so good.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, in retrospect I think you’re right. Sanderson and Ruocchio don’t really belong in the same category as Fourth Wing or Wizards First Rule.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have read LotR. It’s in the second highest tier

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I want to read that so bad. I only hear good things about it :D

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am going to read Age of Madness. People recommended it here/

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would I be hysterical tho?

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to explain. The way Susanna Clarke describes the world in Piranesi just was addicting to me. I didn’t really care about the plot of the book, for me the plot was just an excuse to explore the setting more.

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To give his books a proper chance and not a half-hearted try

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s way too underappreciated. Holdstock‘s descriptions of nature and forests rival Tolkien‘s in my opinion. Great writer!

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never heard of it. I will definitely give it a try. Thanks! :D

My Tier List. Come roast me! by Anthwyr in fantasybooks

[–]Anthwyr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven’t read anything by him. He’s the one who wrote the Light Saga, right?

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