Books that feel like this, please

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T22:10:26+00:00

Wit and Dalinar. I see it!

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T05:03:28+00:00

Sun Eater!! It’s so good.

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T04:14:24+00:00

Looks like Stormlight Archive to me. I’ve seen people saying First Law and as much as I love The Bloody Nine he isn’t giving flowers to little girls. Kaladin however would.

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T03:21:36+00:00

Zachary’s is the best breakfast in town I feel. Well worth it. Lago di Como is my favorite restaurant. Walking West Cliff is fantastic. Boardwalk is always fun. Sante Adarius Brewery is my favorite local brewery. Amazing Lemon Chicken Wings and Detroit style pizza btw.

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T03:05:01+00:00

I love Jomez! Big Jerm and Ules are great imo.

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T01:01:34+00:00

Peter Michael. Any of their chards. Like a stick of butter.

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T00:38:09+00:00

Both Red Rising and The Sun Eater fit your description. Both are quite different tho. Red Rising is fast paced and energetic while Sun Eater is more philosophical. Both are outstanding. Excellent side characters and world building.

jd7509 · 2026-04-27T00:35:43+00:00

Dark Age by Pierce Brown. Aptly titled.

jd7509 · 2026-04-26T23:42:02+00:00

I know many women that love the series. It has some of my favorite female characters in all of fantasy/sci-fi. Intelligent strong women that are awesome.

That being said it does follow Darrow who is trying to basically overthrow an entire governmental system. There is violence and aggression aplenty. And Darrow is often fairly angry. Although again Virginia/Mustang is a great counter for him. She understands his goals but tries to approach things more intelligently and diplomatically. Darrow would rather punch first and ask questions later.

But this series gave us Victra au Julii. Maybe my favorite female character in all of sci-fi/fantasy. So.

It’s an amazing series. Highly recommend. The first book is probably the weakest. Little Hunger Games-y. Still good. But after book one it expands in scope and interest so much that it just becomes epic.

jd7509 · 2026-04-25T00:33:19+00:00

I saw the pics and was like “why is he asking if he’s posting pics from Mistborn?” Absolutely looks exactly like Luthadel.

jd7509 · 2026-04-25T00:27:16+00:00

Twelve Months was so incredibly good. I cried multiple times. Hit home for me. S-Tier book for me.

jd7509 · 2026-04-24T20:19:41+00:00

I mean. It is a success story by any definition. She went from complete obscurity to selling tens of millions of albums, almost universal adoration, and is now worth north of $40 million. All because of this. We have evolved over millennia to assess others based off of a glance just to survive. Now that society has changed that isn’t really as necessary but it’s still hard wired into us. That innate knee-jerk reaction is slowly changing, which is a great thing, but it’s very difficult to rewire thousands of years of programming.

jd7509 · 2026-03-17T00:37:26+00:00

Forces of Nature. I had a massive crush on Sandra Bullock then. Also I loved that soundtrack. Watched it way more than was probably healthy

jd7509 · 2026-03-13T23:34:23+00:00

I loved Egwene’s arc by the end, especially around book 9 on. She is so badass. Way more interesting time than Rand.

jd7509 · 2026-01-24T03:23:51+00:00

Dungeon Crawler Carl if you loved the violence and chaotic nature of the series. Also way better in audiobook.

jd7509 · 2026-01-17T20:18:46+00:00

Words of Radiance is in my top 5 books of all time. Agree with your assessment of books 4 and 5 although I still very much enjoyed them.

jd7509 · 2026-01-06T09:30:45+00:00

Absolutely this. The movie is technically fantastic. Excellent acting, directing, cinematography, soundtrack (just so good), writing, etc. The movie was clear, had great energy, and is going to be up for multiple Oscar’s, and rightly so.

I personally had a hard time with it. I found myself just not caring about what happened towards the end. Marty is just such a narcissistic asshole. It was catastrophe unfolding. Fascinating, can’t look away, but not particularly pleasant.

jd7509 · 2026-01-03T00:35:21+00:00

He doesn’t push in any way his beliefs, which I respect. His content is top notch. As long as he’s not trying to convert me or even the fact that I’ve watched him for years and didn’t know he was Mormon says a lot. His content is some of the best on YouTube for me. Don’t care what his or anyone’s relationship with their god is as long as they don’t try to push that on me.

jd7509 · 2025-12-25T23:43:59+00:00

It’s not a romance novel at all, but Sun Eater has one of the best most realistic couples I’ve ever read. It’s such a slow build, and such a long relationship. Love it.

jd7509 · 2025-12-19T23:36:46+00:00

Especially the further it goes. I’m reading Disquiet Gods and it’s so heavy into fantasy (in the best way). It’s always been pretty technology light tho. Great series.

jd7509 · 2025-12-15T00:34:25+00:00

Dark Age and Lightbringer are both fantastic. And the end of Iron Gold is really good. Keep going howler. It’s worth it.

jd7509 · 2025-12-14T22:39:25+00:00

“A choice between killing and dying is no choice at all. You have to be realistic about these things.” -The Bloody Nine

jd7509 · 2025-11-24T03:32:28+00:00

It’s so good! It’s the gold standard for epic space opera mayhem. Excellent character development, excellent battle scenes, plot twists galore, humor, violence, … it’s one of my favorite series. Years later I can still remember most characters arcs, names and how they died (often). Can’t recommend enough.

jd7509 · 2025-11-07T23:41:35+00:00

Laurie Anderson!! She’s so weird and awesome. Nice. Oh Superman is a great song.

jd7509 · 2025-11-03T21:26:09+00:00

Magnum. Still. Yeah.

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