Disappointed in GRRM; Looking for a Series with Substance
I will most certainly be slaughtered for this, but here goes:
I did not enjoy George R. R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire as much as I had hoped I would. My roommate had been recommending the books to me for years, and prior to the series premiere of the HBO show, I read them.
I felt as though the writing was mediocre, at best; the plot was slow and stagnant at times. To me, it became repetitive. When book 5 came out this past summer I thought now maybe this one is better… after all, GRRM certainly took his time writing it. Ultimately, I was wrong. Knowing that the most recent book’s time-line overlaps that of the previous book I still closed the novel feeling jipped, almost conned into buying yet another book that offered me very little.
All of this being said, I am coming to you for suggestions as to what my next read should be. I enjoy fantasy novels, historical fiction, sci-fi, etc.
This is a tough one to answer for the OP, in my opinion. It’s perfectly okay not to like GRRM, but I’d like to know more about what she/he likes or doesn’t like before giving suggestions.
Rothfuss’s books or my books could be good suggestions here—but they could also be horrible ones. PirateBrittany, what have you liked in the past? Do you want something more literary? Something more fast paced? Something with more worldbuilding?
Pat’s prose is awesome—if that’s something that interests you, read Name of the Wind . But if you want something faster paced than GRRM, this might not be the right suggestion. In that case, maybe Codex Alera or Brent Weeks would be better. If you want something more focused on a single, powerful character (instead of the huge cast of GRRM) something like The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms would be a good suggestion.
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