You should also probably try Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn. If you like that, try his others: Warbreaker and Elantris.
He is definitely an author to read if you enjoy fantasy.
Or just really agreed with the Sanderson suggestion?
I find Hobb's works to be overtly average. There are moments here and there of very high quality storytelling, but I find the writing to be rather melodramatic, the story to be rather underwhelming. I've read the first series and parts of the third. I plan try the Liveship series this spring sometime.
I do realize that her stories aren't groundbreaking, but her characters are outstanding.
Funnily enough, I actually liked the Liveship series the least of the three trilogies. I did like it, but found the others better (especially the Tawny Man Trilogy). It's different in a lot of ways, different part of the world than the other two, as well as having multiple viewpoints compared to the first-person storytelling of the other books.
Perhaps that means you have a better chance of enjoying it though, who knows?
Not everyone can like everything, and Hobb just isn't for me is seems.
Of course. Nothing wrong with that.
"And it breaks my heart to look around, and see the unimpressed; who can't believe the emperor is dressed"~Fastball
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Does Erikson get better?
- 12/01/2010 05:29:51 PM
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I read somewhere that reading Erikson involves being completely lost for the first half of the book-
- 12/01/2010 05:41:35 PM
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I agree with the Brandon Sanderson suggestion.
- 12/01/2010 05:43:27 PM
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You didn't like Robin Hobb?
- 12/01/2010 05:49:19 PM
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I don't.
- 12/01/2010 05:55:25 PM
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I think Liveship is the best of her series, so you should give it a try
- 12/01/2010 06:40:51 PM
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Her strength is her characters, IMO.
- 12/01/2010 07:44:23 PM
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See, I think her characters are weak, at least the main characters.
- 12/01/2010 08:48:10 PM
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LIVESHIP isn't first-person, which is a big plus in its favour. *NM*
- 13/01/2010 04:19:42 AM
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Beat you by a second. *NM*
No. Burn it. Erikson is horrid. Read Sci-Fi instead. Start with KSR and Alastair Reynolds. *NM*
- 12/01/2010 07:49:14 PM
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i couldn't read erikson. same reasons. i read about a hundred pages and was like screw this...
- 12/01/2010 11:06:04 PM
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Keep in mind that Erikson was an archeologist and anthropologist.
- 13/01/2010 02:06:01 AM
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