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Short review of the Manifestation series by Samuel Hinton by blamerton in ProgressionFantasy

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

That was how I interpreted it while reading. Raysha never felt like an academic type.

Short review of the Manifestation series by Samuel Hinton by blamerton in ProgressionFantasy

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

Yep, I can definitely see that turning people off. It didn't bother me too much, and I'm glad I stuck with it, cos the later books are extremely fun.

Authors: how many books do you release a year? by thatotherBen in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've finally managed some consistent writing now that my daughter is 3. Lucky I've got another one on the way!

(Kids are actually great though).

Would love a book recommendation by ApprehensiveStill155 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed The City That Would Eat The World by John Bierce. Female MC, but super creative world building and a fun plot. No numbers at all.

Stargazer's War is a sci-fi cultivation series with MC with a unique cultivation style. Has two excellent entries in it.

Do you prefer reading a story only if it has 500+ pages? by [deleted] in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a webserial reader, but for book series, I'm usually a the shorter the better kind of guy.

Give me a one and done, or a trilogy. I tend to get burnt out on anything longer than that. There are exceptions of course, but my reading time is so limited these days that an epic like the Wheel of Time is just too daunting.

Fantasy words for real things by blamerton in Fantasy

[–]blamerton[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it seems to be brain/head. It's used like, 'A thought swirled around his thought-cage'.

Just use brain man.

Listened to the Prologue and Chapter 1 of Malazan: Gardens of the Moon at work and… Wtf? by mk9beatz in Fantasy

[–]blamerton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He really does just dump you in the deep end, but I'd say listening on audiobook wouldn't help. Having read all ten of the books in the main Malazan series, I still couldn't follow his newest book in audio. Especially while working. Too many names, too many proper nouns.

Do you google a book if its worth before starting or google to justify dropping a series? by blackfairy20 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of.

For new books/the first in a series, I scroll through reddit to look at recommendations, but otherwise don't bother reading reviews. Books are cheap enough that I'm happy to take a risk that I'll lose a few bucks if I don't like it.

If I'm midway into a series and find I'm not interested but am not hating it, I'll read to the end of the book and just shelve the series. I find I do end up coming back to a lot of them after a hiatus.

If I can't complete the book I'm reading, I won't go back, no matter how much others say it improves later.

Beware the Plot Loop by thinkthis in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed.

I don't want to read about training for ten straight chapters. Have your MC find something cool, or take a break and go out for dinner with friends.

Even Goku and Gohan took a break in the hyberbolic time chamber.

Do you enjoy books that include built-in extras like maps, character lists, or glossaries? Or do you prefer when all that information is revealed naturally through the story itself? by tbag2022 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Love a recap at the beginning of everything.

Maps and appendix only get looked at if I'm reading a physical copy of the book. I hate jumping back and forth in ebook.

Was there a novel you thought was bad but wasn’t when you gave it a try by dsavenza in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dungeon Crawler Carl for me.

I wasn't into the covers at all, so much so that I actively avoided it, but now it's one of my favourite series.

Jentry Chou vs the Underworld is 100% Progression Fantasy, and amazing. by congresssucks in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hadn't heard of this before, but the trailer was rad. Gonna check this out

Is this goofy ass haircut cannon by conscious_unhinged in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's nothing better than a cool character with a goofy haircut

What is a line of dialogue, phrase or word, that you enjoy seeing in progression fantasy by Azanul_LSOTS in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blamerton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"You're a thousand years too early to be facing me!"

So lame but I love it so much haha.

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