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Battle Royale by Takami koushun Armor by john steakely Sandkings by George R.R. Martin Replay by Ken Grimwood Honor Harrington series by David Weber

The last fantasy book series I read was Peter V. Brett's the Warded Man, which ended like 3 years ago, but I haven't read much in the last 9 years outside of that. I first started off with Wizard's First Rule in 2009. I came here thinking much the same as you, and noticed there hasn't been any...

Legend was ok. I enjoyed Troy Lord of the Silverbow way way more.

The blurb did not interest me.

An author quickly becomes irrelevant in my eyes when they take too much time in between sequels. I only took up reading as a hobby like 4 years ago and have not had the displeasure of waiting more than 1-2 years for a sequel to come out. Of course, that could change any time now.

It was entertaining to read, but I was not prompted to read any of the sequels.

I read shiver. I like her poetic style of writing, but not much else.

The first book reads almost like Raymond Feist's Magician. The three books after that are dramatic and compelling, but once those 4 books were done Flanagan just took a kind of casual and relaxed approach to his storytelling which was neither compelling or exciting to read. It's like he...

Neither the blurb on the inside flap, nor the commercials for the film make it sound very interesting. It just sounds like any other dystopian YA novel.

Harry Potter

I have never understood the massive appeal of authors like JRR Tolkien, Jim Butcher, George Martin, or Joe Abercrombie.

I got an ARC of Game of Thrones for $11, a first printing of Eye of the World by Robert Jordan for $8, and an a ARC of the Hunger Games in a book swap. All were new except EOTW, which was like new. I've found a number of first printings of AGOT in hardcover for $10-$15 over the last 2 years or...

The only author that even comes close to your definition of my "go to author" is Brandon Sanderson. He consistently puts out good story after good story, whereas many authors often have one good series or one good work and then their other stuff is a disappointment.

Who precisely decides whether it's immoral or not? To them, in their time, and in their society, it's moral. A confessor cannot be compared to any person living. No one is born to be a president, or a construction worker, or a cab driver or pizza delivery guy.

If that is how the legal system within that society works, then yes. Confessors are born, raised and trained for this very purpose. No one is confessed unless a formal request is made by the accused and only when the accused is slated to be executed. Sorry, but there really isn't much of a...

Whether Kahlan agrees or disagrees has very little to do with it. The accused ask for her and she obliges, as per their request. What she does is neither moral nor immoral.

That would depend on what this person is being asked to do. Kahlan's job is the equivalent of the guard who has to flip the switch to the electric chair as far as I'm concerned. Should the guard be judged using your line of thinking? I suppose you can, but it would be a rather pointless...

Confessors are nothing more than tools. Do you find the noose that ends up hanging all these convicted men morally reprehensible? What about the axe that cuts off their heads? Male confessors were around during a completely different age. Zedd may be old, but he's not that old. He...

Brian, Kahlan made the decision to free the men based on two factors. The handful of men in those dungeons were not rapists or killers, but simple villagers. Their only crime had been to disagree with the Queen's policies openly. All of them were willing to be "confessed" by Kahlan to prove...

WFR was my first ever fantasy book and I loved it. It doesn't hold up to rereads though, but there are portions and certain plot points which I still think are excellently written, and you won't find anywhere else. This is where the book thrives. It's these and the characters which will...