Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

I really don't mind the gore per se in a book but it drives me crazy when I have to read tons of pages on how men chop themselves to pieces in a battle. Battle strategy- fine by me but not as the center of the book.

I've read the first two books and enjoyed them. There is torture though as Margret mentioned. I don't really remember them as being battle heavy. Let me know if you do read them at some point as I still need to read Last Argument of Kings, so would join you then if you like the first one.

after what you guys told about them ... I'll read them for sure. will check the time when I can fit them on my reading list and let you know.

Abercrombie is really awesome at weaving humor into his stuff, so even when the grimdark is in full go, it's not hard to read. His tone is not nearly as dismal as some in the field.

Chris wrote: "Abercrombie is really awesome at weaving humor into his stuff, so even when the grimdark is in full go, it's not hard to read. His tone is not nearly as dismal as some in the field."

That did it! I'm reading the trilogy! :) Seriously! I love the books that have humor woven into the story. Those are the kind I normally re-read every once in a while. I didn't know Abercrombie's writing was of this type. I thought it was only the "battle-gore kind".
Thank you for telling me.

Laura wrote: "Chris wrote: "Abercrombie is really awesome at weaving humor into his stuff, so even when the grimdark is in full go, it's not hard to read. His tone is not nearly as dismal as some in the field."
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It's pretty dark humour as far as I recall, but I only read the first trilogy so can't comment on the others. It was very good, though!

thanks a lot for all your suggestions. I really appreciate it:).

Angela wrote: "Andria we are doing another buddy read of The Powder Mage series by McClellan in May if you want to join us :)."
I'll have to take a look at the actual series. haha. Are you guys reading multiple books of his in May?

I absolutely loved Wheel of Time until absolutely every character went off on their own storyline. haha. I still liked it but it was to splintered for me to get any enjoyment out of it anymore. I stopped at book 10... I think.

Gore doesn't really bother me. I read the Newsflesh Trilogy and some other zombie books and been fine.
Visuals are so much worse for me, bit reading it is generally fine.
Was that in the first book?

We are going to try for one a month as it's a trilogy, so May, June, July. At this stage starting the 1st of each month due to other buddy reads going on.

What I meant to say about Abercrombie is not that there are too many battle scenes (book 1 focuses on intrigue mostly) but for me personally, the rather specific blow-by-blow accounts of some of the fighting/battles ran a bit too long for my taste. The level of gory detail was not too bad.
I just read the first 3 btw, so I wouldn't know about the battles in the other 3.

However, I did enjoy the books very much and I'm glad I've read the series despite whatever flaws I feel it has. Glokta for instance is a phenomenal character and he alone made reading the books well worth it for me.
And Petrik is right; Abercrombie's writing style is really easy to get into.

Finished Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson. That's a brilliant short story.

Nimrod wrote: "Finished Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson. That's a brilliant short story."

I'm really wanting to read that. Hopefully I'll find time soon.

It's a quick read, you'll finish it quickly.