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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic
I just finished reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
There were some very minor problems with it, like some lighthanded editing and a main character with few flaws, but I really enjoyed it. I will say it is only the start of a trilogy, so the ending isn't really an ending.
I pictured Oblivion as I was reading it. |
I've had that book recommended to me by two different people so it's on my list (actually I have the ebook on my phone) but I still haven't started it because I know it's just the first book of a trilogy that isn't yet released.
George R. R. Martin (greatest fantasy author of all time) also recommended it on his blog and he had high praise for it iirc.
Recently finished:
Mass Effect Ascension. Decent sci-fi. It's a tie-in novel with a video game series that I like so I can't recommend it to most people.
1984. Not as good as I would have thought. Good writing, but since I already know what "Orwellian" is I guess that took away from the books impact. Also, I didn't like the ending.
Orwell is a good writer but he's no Hemmingway or Fitzgerald who can make me enjoy what I'm reading even when I have no interest in the subject.
Fevre Dream. George R. R. Martin took a break a few years ago and wrote this. It's a vampire book set in the late 1800s and romanticizes the steam boats of that era. This is a great book.