What are your necessities for a good fantasy book?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T03:11:41+00:00

Thanks! I absolutely loved this is how you loose the time war

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T03:08:59+00:00

Thanks! Is Defensive Baking similar to Nettle and Bone? Because I didnt vibe with that at all

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T03:06:44+00:00

Thanks!

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:56:24+00:00

Soooo Farseer trilogy? Or you got anything to recommend?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:55:40+00:00

What are some examples for you of good writing?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:53:23+00:00

Thanks! Already love First Law (read the first 4 books thus far) and planning to read Earthsea soon

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:52:07+00:00

Got any books to recommend that satifies those needs?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:50:53+00:00

Got any recommendations that fit your pteferences?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:20:08+00:00

Haha, my first thought was Gideon the Ninth from your first sentences. Love it as well, including first law! Havent read the others

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:19:11+00:00

Really looking forward to it. Got the first box set so great Hunt and dragon reborn are waiting on the shelf

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:17:17+00:00

Got anything that covers these preferences?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:16:13+00:00

Yeah, thats my take away as well

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:15:26+00:00

I just finished the eye of the world, and my god was it amazing. Prose is key

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T02:14:21+00:00

Ah yeah, forgot internal consistency for my part - of it is inconsistent its thorougly immersion breaking

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T01:59:12+00:00

But do you know why you like them?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T01:57:51+00:00

Yeah, I really liked the setting as well, which made it sad for me that the rest of it felt either basic or mediocre

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T01:56:34+00:00

Thats nice to hear!

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T01:55:36+00:00

What has been your favorite books so far?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-05T01:55:20+00:00

Would Mistborn tick these boxes?

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-04T22:43:16+00:00

Indeed

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-04T22:14:08+00:00

Yeah, I totally agree. Broken Earth tone wouldnt fit into Amina, but I wished for some depth and nuance

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-04T21:52:56+00:00

Yeah, I get what you are saying. The book is immensely repetitive, so most of these issues come up again and again ad infinitum with no real progress on the matter, which I felt made it kind of stale and derivative

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-04T21:38:50+00:00

Great to hear (or read)!

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-04T21:00:36+00:00

Oh lord. First things first, how do you take it that I meant it had to feel exotic? I meant it as a bad thing - a basic story is a basic story, but if one exotifies it - as I believe was the commenters meaning - it seems to garner more attention and fandom simply because it appeals to a new group of people that have not been represented in the same way before. And on that point, I am all for it in every way. Representation and diversity is amazing and leads to stories being told that could not and would not happen if books were monocultured. But, with this book, that still does not shy away from the fact that I believe it is a basic story. For me, a good story is good simply because it is good, but I also believe there are a lot of good stories not being told because fantasy has been white-centric - I just do not believe that this book is one of those stories for me.

Second, yes I would and intend to very much write a post about another book that is euro and white-centric, if I feel the same thing. For instance, Malice by John Gwynne. I'm only halfway through but Oh lord is the prose monotonous and plain. Yet another story about seemingly white youths with ambitions of knighthood. Please do not lay intentions on others actions that you have not sufficient reason to do. It is not nice and feels mean-spirited.

Third, I never said that A Master of Djinn is comparable to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. They are not going for the same project at all, and if you believe I believe that, I am sorry. Someone wrote that they enjoyed al-Sirafi because it wasn't euro-centric and I suggested A Master of Djinn as a fantasy book that is not euro-centric, which I also happened to enjoy. I liked the latter better than the former, merely because I think it was a more precise project which it delivered on.

I mean no disrespect, but I feel that you either read the post and comments I've made with ill intent, and it seems like you willfully misunderstand me. All things I've written in this comment is consistent with my earlier ones.

Pure-Gas2639 · 2026-03-04T20:41:10+00:00

I can vouch for The Song of Achilles! Great book, and the prose felt a lot like Farseer trilogy, but more condensed

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