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I would recommend brent weeks as his books arent too hard to get into and they are an easy read
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Posted 06 April 2011 - 09:36 PM
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Posted 06 April 2011 - 09:45 PM
Tyr, on 02 April 2011 - 02:11 AM, said:
I would never recommend GotM to anyone.
I would recommend the Malazan series as a whole though.
Beg her to read to the end of DG and then she will have an informed opinion.
I would recommend the Malazan series as a whole though.
Beg her to read to the end of DG and then she will have an informed opinion.
I regularly recommend that people start with DG and then go back to GOTM.
How many fucking people do I have to hammer in order to get that across.
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Posted 06 April 2011 - 10:15 PM
@sapper rule Brent Weeks is not an "easy read" it is not (as you implied) "Rover chased the ball" or more distrubingly "the ball chased Rover"
Brent Weeks Nightangle novels (Way of the Shadows, Through the Shadows and Beyond the Shadows) are a dark and gritty novels with great character developement and plot twists that keeps you guessing. and he give writing advice.
I would recommend them as they are slightly similar as their is some romance and this is central to the plot but is nothing like the young adult horror. (believe me I've read both)
I would recommend not to start her off on Gardens of the Moon as when I first read it I got bored and left after about 100 pages (Yes i know I left just before it got good) and am currently rereading it and loving it.
I would recommend getting her started on Terry Pratchett because of his books are light and amusing and great way to get started on Fantasy books in general.
Brent Weeks Nightangle novels (Way of the Shadows, Through the Shadows and Beyond the Shadows) are a dark and gritty novels with great character developement and plot twists that keeps you guessing. and he give writing advice.
I would recommend them as they are slightly similar as their is some romance and this is central to the plot but is nothing like the young adult horror. (believe me I've read both)
I would recommend not to start her off on Gardens of the Moon as when I first read it I got bored and left after about 100 pages (Yes i know I left just before it got good) and am currently rereading it and loving it.
I would recommend getting her started on Terry Pratchett because of his books are light and amusing and great way to get started on Fantasy books in general.
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Posted 06 April 2011 - 10:22 PM
I would add my vote to The Codex Alera series. It is well balanced and features a lot of strong female roles.
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 12:15 AM
I wish my girlfriend would get nerdier and read fantasy - the best I can hope for is that she watches the HBO GoT series with me.
She wouldn't read fantasy if I paid her to
She wouldn't read fantasy if I paid her to
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 12:12 PM
Avatar, on 06 April 2011 - 04:00 PM, said:
It may depend on what kind of reader she is. What does she expect from fantasy? How much does it matter how well the characters are drawn, how much does she value well written prose? If I would have to give a fantasy novel to a woman who likes literature, but doesn't know if fantasy is something for her: I would recommend GRRM, mostly because of the characters.
And that tells me you've never read any Bujold.
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