naive [he/him]

George Clooney movie Up In the Air has this

You should ask the Buddhists in Myanmar.

I’m already reading Malazan so that’s covered. Do you have any other recommendations in the same vein?

Solid recs. Yeah the politics in most fantasy is not…good. Ngl tho, I really dug Goblin Emperor. I guess it was the purehearted nature of the MC and the court intrigue that appealed to me.

I’ve heard about GGK and Robin Hobb and tried some of their works but I tend to drop books even if they’re “good” unless something in it captures my interest early or if there’s some idea in the book that I want to read about. So there’s been a lot of false starts with those two authors but I hope to get around to them eventually.

I haven’t yet read any of NK Jemisin’s works so your recommendation might actually make me pick up the trilogy.

I dropped the first book thinking my heart can’t take an ending like that.

Every review of the book said the ending was gut wrenching and after reading it halfway through I can kinda see how it will happen. I didn’t drop it per se but waiting for the right time to finish it, when I hope not be too affected by ending.

I hear ya. Till where I did read the book, it was one of the most refreshing take on fantasy I’ve seen.

Spoilers

Currency inflation, what its effect would be and how it can be used to one’s advantage was not something I was expecting in a fantasy book . And that’s just one of the many interesting things present in the book. I’m definitely gonna read it at some point but I’m a very moody reader with an aversion to tragic endings lol.

Same. Had been dragging my feet on book 6 for 3 years and then lockdown had me go through till book 11. What do you like about it so far?

Yeah I agree about the diversity part though it was hit or miss. For me I liked the internal struggles faced by the main characters and how they grow over the course of the series. I know RJ is not the first to write such a progression but it is so satisfying for me to read idk why lol.