I don't know many Sanderson fans are around here, but for those who don't know, the 5th book of the Stormlight Archive just came out. I'm about halfway through it and there is so much shoehorned woke garbage in it.
One character is suddenly gay, like Kaiden in Mass Effect 3. There are all these references to transgenderism, which hasn't existed at all in this universe until this point. All of it is so jarring and out of place. I guess Sanderson has been spending too much time on reddit.
I just want one thing I can enjoy.
I loved everything you just mentioned. If you like fantasy, I'd recommend The Wolf (trilogy) by Leo Carew. If you also like sci-fi, I can't recommend Red Rising enough.
Red Rising is basically the epitome of fiction for me. Nothing I've ever read comes close. If you have anything that does though, I'm looking for recommendations, as I'm probably about to drop Wind and Truth. In fact I'm probably going to read Red Rising for the third time, and hope Red God comes out before I finish it again.
I agree. I'm glad I read other books before it because it's been difficult enjoying books since lol. That said, I do recommend The Wolf series by Leo Carew, The Will of the Many by James Islington (it's very, very similar to red rising, just fantasy), Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, and The Path of Flames by Phil Tucker. As you can tell, I mostly read fantasy. If you want sci fi, I think one of the best series is the Expanse by James Corey (actually 2 authors, but whatever lol)
If you end up liking these books and need more recommendations, let me know. I'd also appreciate it if you had some good recommendations.
Finished The Will of the Many. Solid 8.5 to 9/10 book, and I can see the similarities to Red Rising. Lot of potential here, shame about that cliffhanger though. I definitely enjoy competitive school novels apparently (or more likely, series where you see character growth starting early). Might lean into that.
For now, going to try The Wolf next I think, and it's nice to see that there's multiple books already out in that series.
I'm glad you liked it and it was good hearing back from you. It's interesting because I used to not want to read books that start early in the characters development because I felt like it takes longer for the action to start. But at some point the books that start with some school or academy have become my favorites
I feel very confident you'll like the wolf. The author reminds me of Pierce Brown where he just came out of nowhere and wrote a great series as a very young man. And don't worry about cliffhangers. The trilogy was finished about a year ago
Alright, I'm gonna take your advice and pick up the Will of the Many immediately and start it tomorrow at lunch. Googling suggests that other people think it's similar to Red Rising as well, so I'm looking forward to this one. You seem to have good taste so I'll check out what parts of your list I haven't read....which leaves The Wolf Series and Path of Flames. I've read the others.
As to recommendations I can make? Obvious ones mostly. Lightbringer Saga by Brent Weeks was pretty good I think, been a while though. Livesuit by James Corey is shaping up to be decent, but it really hasn't taken off yet in my opinion. Dresden Files, all. Saga of the Forgotten Warrior by Larry Correia is very good I feel. Wheel of Time is good, if obvious. Maybe the Cycle of Arawn/Galand, but I read that so long ago that I can't recall exactly what it was like at this point, and it's a very long series of books. Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, which was good enough for me at the time.
There were some books I read before I paid enough attention to politics to have been watching out for the sorts of things I'd avoid today as well. Like Song of Ice and Fire I guess, but that's another obvious one. And it's never getting finished of course, so I don't feel bad about stopping mid way through a Feast for Crows.
Will add those to the list. I have Steven Erkison's Malazan Book of the Fallen series queued up. Any opinion on those?
I have heard great things and I have heard bad things, but I've never taken the plunge. I think everyone, whether they love them or hate them, says it's very long and it can be really difficult to keep track of all of the characters. I do plan on at least reading the first book someday
That's kinda what drew me to them. I was told there is no hand holding, and you really have to extrapolate information that he does not plainly give you. Seemed interesting.
Yeah it definitely sounds epic and I like books like that, but I usually space them out because they're more of an effort to read. Like War and Peace, Les Miserables, the Count of Monte Cristo, etc I really loved them but I had to read other books while working through them cause there were many times when I just needed a break lol