Looking for a series, or one long book in the fantasy genre.
Things I like:
– Low magic, in that magic exists, but it's not commonly used, and the story doesn't revolve around who has the most powerful spells.
– Plot twists and ambiguous chars.
– LOTR books: Loved the LOTR series for its world building and cast of detailed characters.
– GoT TV Series: Loved the shocking plot twists, main chars dying unexpectedly, gritty and dark world, chars who were ambiguous or changed between good and evil.
– Harry Potter books: Loved the nebulous chars (Snape) and how most every char had some serious flaws, weaknesses, or blind spots. And how it mixed personal and family drama along with the major plot.
Things I don't like:
– Anything involving gods, demi-gods, deities, or superhuman chars fighting superhuman chars. Same reason I don't like high-magic. It loses the human scale for me.
– Space themes: I'm just not really into it. I prefer the swords and castles stuff.
– Stormlight series: I read 3 of the 5 books, then quit. It started off with gritty flawed humans and morphed into all-powerful deities and superheroes fighting other deities and superheroes.
– Drizzt series: One dimensional and indestructible chars. Plots were obvious. Hero "dies", but no wait, he's actually still alive!
Things I am considering:
– GOT books, for obvious reasons. The main drawback here is that there will never be another book published, so I'd be reading a series that I know will never have a conclusion. Despite that, I think I will read it because it checks all the boxes.
– Bloodsworn series. Looks decent from what I've read about it.
– Dune. I liked the movies so far, and it's a classic. And yes, I know it is vaguely space-themed.
– Wheel of Time. Has good reviews, but Sanderson finished it, and he wrote Stormlight, so that is turning me off. I'll probably pass on this.
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
by Trick_Photograph9758