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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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[–] PoorYorick@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

My personal favorites are the Assassin series, starting with Assassin Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

Some of the best most heartfelt characters I have read in any modern fantasy, with a brilliantly unique type of magic and adventure. There is some political intrigue, especially within the first trilogy, but it isn't overly burdened by it.

The whole series has continued to be a heavily character driven emotional roller coaster that I would love to be able to forget just so I could read them again for the first time.

[–] kyle@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

My wife got me to read the first trilogy, they're pretty good. There's also some weird writing at times that made me think it was very much "men writing women". And a weird scene at the end of book 3 where >!Fitz (nephew) and Verity (uncle) do a Freaky Friday body swap so Verity could fuck his wife while in his nephew's body and impregnate her.!< I didn't read the other books lol.

To be fair, I've read all of Wheel of Time and loved the series, and while it's not as bad as Discworld, it's still pretty weird and misogynistic at times.

[–] jaywalker@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Robin Hobb is a woman, though

[–] kyle@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I'm aware, that's why it's surprising.

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