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Burnt Sierra |
Jan 10 2009, 04:04 PM
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QUOTE(BSD-IES @ Dec 21 2008, 12:17 AM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) I don't think that I have ever recommended a fantasy trilogy before, yet the best books I've read in 2008 have been just that. Step forward newcomer Brent Weeks and his "Night Angel" trilogy - "The Way of the Shadows" "Shadows Edge" and "Beyond The Shadows". They've all come out in the last 2 months, and I highly recommend them. Best fantasy series I've ever read. Ever. I've never felt more inspired to get writing again, they've reminded me of just how entertaining a really good fantasy series can be.
Okay, note to self. Never, ever post a comment like this up anywhere again, straight after finishing a series. QUOTE(BSD-IES @ Dec 21 2008, 12:17 AM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) Best fantasy series I've ever read. Ever. Oh good lord. There's no objectivity at all present there, just excitement from having put the final book down about 15 minutes before posting that comment. Lets try to give a more balanced comment shall we? It’s bloody good. There’s the simple truth. It's not the best fantasy trilogy ever written, but it is bloody good. It’s very much in the style of George R.R. Martin – smaller in scale though obviously – with a very gritty feel to the world. Like Martin it uses a technique I’m not usually fond of, multiple 3rd person viewpoints, each chapter from one of the characters eyes – which drives me insane sometimes, I have to fight the urge to skip over several chapters to find out what happens next with the current character. It's very exciting (he knows how to write action sequences, I'll give him that), very inventive and very ambitious. Which is staggering considering they are the author’s debut novels. So, to sum up. Whilst it’s not quite as inventive as Tim Powers or Neil Gaiman, not quite as beautifully realised a world as Bujold or Martin and not quite as well written as Gene Wolfe, it’s still a superb work, that impressed me no end – and by far the best new fantasy series that I've read in the last few years. I feel confident that fans of “A Song Of Ice and Fire” won’t be disappointed. For what it’s worth I highly recommend it. That's a bit better isn't it?
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Jan 11 2009, 02:46 AM
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QUOTE(Burnt Sierra @ Jan 10 2009, 04:04 PM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) QUOTE(BSD-IES @ Dec 21 2008, 12:17 AM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) I don't think that I have ever recommended a fantasy trilogy before, yet the best books I've read in 2008 have been just that. Step forward newcomer Brent Weeks and his "Night Angel" trilogy - "The Way of the Shadows" "Shadows Edge" and "Beyond The Shadows". They've all come out in the last 2 months, and I highly recommend them. Best fantasy series I've ever read. Ever. I've never felt more inspired to get writing again, they've reminded me of just how entertaining a really good fantasy series can be.
Okay, note to self. Never, ever post a comment like this up anywhere again, straight after finishing a series. QUOTE(BSD-IES @ Dec 21 2008, 12:17 AM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) Best fantasy series I've ever read. Ever. Oh good lord. There's no objectivity at all present there, just excitement from having put the final book down about 15 minutes before posting that comment. Lets try to give a more balanced comment shall we? It’s bloody good. There’s the simple truth. It's not the best fantasy trilogy ever written, but it is bloody good. It’s very much in the style of George R.R. Martin – smaller in scale though obviously – with a very gritty feel to the world. Like Martin it uses a technique I’m not usually fond of, multiple 3rd person viewpoints, each chapter from one of the characters eyes – which drives me insane sometimes, I have to fight the urge to skip over several chapters to find out what happens next with the current character. It's very exciting (he knows how to write action sequences, I'll give him that), very inventive and very ambitious. Which is staggering considering they are the author’s debut novels. So, to sum up. Whilst it’s not quite as inventive as Tim Powers or Neil Gaiman, not quite as beautifully realised a world as Bujold or Martin and not quite as well written as Gene Wolfe, it’s still a superb work, that impressed me no end – and by far the best new fantasy series that I've read in the last few years. I feel confident that fans of “A Song Of Ice and Fire” won’t be disappointed. For what it’s worth I highly recommend it. That's a bit better isn't it? So, basically what you're saying is, me ordering three different collectors editions versions based on your rave review earlier, might not have been the best course of action? ![ohmy.gif](style_emoticons/sinders/ohmy.gif)
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QUOTE(Alexander @ Jan 11 2009, 01:46 AM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) So, basically what you're saying is, me ordering three different collectors editions versions based on your rave review earlier, might not have been the best course of action? ![ohmy.gif](style_emoticons/sinders/ohmy.gif) Gulp. Erm... Well. Three different collector's editions???? I am 100% convinced you will really like the series. You especially Al. They're your kind of books, and I think you'll love them. But three different collector's editions? I don't think I've ever liked a book enough to do that!! My rave review still stands though, even though I tempered it a little. I still called it the best new fantasy series of the last several years and compared it favourably to A Song Of Ice and Fire. I think that's pretty high praise to be honest... Put it this way, in my opinion it's better than anything I've read of Eddings, Feist, Gemmell, Canavan, Hobb, Goodkind, McCaffrey, J.V. Jones, Brooks etc etc
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Jan 11 2009, 12:58 PM
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QUOTE(Burnt Sierra @ Jan 11 2009, 12:31 PM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) QUOTE(Alexander @ Jan 11 2009, 01:46 AM) ![*](style_images/tower/post_snapback.gif) So, basically what you're saying is, me ordering three different collectors editions versions based on your rave review earlier, might not have been the best course of action? ![ohmy.gif](style_emoticons/sinders/ohmy.gif) Gulp. Erm... Well. Three different collector's editions???? I am 100% convinced you will really like the series. You especially Al. They're your kind of books, and I think you'll love them. But three different collector's editions? I don't think I've ever liked a book enough to do that!! My rave review still stands though, even though I tempered it a little. I still called it the best new fantasy series of the last several years and compared it favourably to A Song Of Ice and Fire. I think that's pretty high praise to be honest... Put it this way, in my opinion it's better than anything I've read of Eddings, Feist, Gemmell, Canavan, Hobb, Goodkind, McCaffrey, J.V. Jones, Brooks etc etc hehe, well I'll definitely have to look for the books the next time I'm in the local bookstore then ![wink.gif](style_emoticons/sinders/wink.gif)
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