Hello!
As I said in the title, I want to be completely sucked in by a book series. I'll list what I'm looking for from most important to personal taste. Please help me out!
–Finished, I want to pick something up that I can put down completely fulfilled, having experienced the whole story in all its parts. This is the most important thing for me, at the moment.
– Interesting, compelling cast. Ideally, with a multi-POVs/ensemble approach.
-Genre. I'm primarily looking for high fantasy, but I'm open to sci-fi/futuristic and other fictional worlds. I'm definitely not interest in modern, even should it be urban fantasy.
-I'd love something politics and intrigue-based over a journey story.
-Something long-ish. I don't have a cut.-off length wise, but something that will keep me company for a while!
-I may prefer something more 'adult' – not with your typical 16 yo main character. However, it's not a must-have if the story is otherwise good. Likewise, while I don't mind a more serious tone, not everything MUST be bleak and gritty – for example, I love the trope of different kingdom with different areas of expertise (the sea kingdom, the mountain kingdom etc etc). kingdoms
I tried Wheel of Time but I gave up because the pacing felt painfully slow and I didn't much care for Rand or any of his friends. I also gave The Blade Itself from The First Law because I couldn't really bring myself to care for any of the characters or the world. For things I liked, I loved ASOIAF (1st offender of why I'm strictly looking for completed works now) because I felt the characters were fleshed out and the plot was interesting with the multiple POVS, and the Eragon books, I love the world and vibe.
by Avversariocasuale