I read the first three of Martin's books when I was down with my back six years ago. Not uplifting material to someone when they cannot walk! Every time I thought something was going right, that one character had a chance at a better life, it was crushed in the most horrible manner imaginable. As a result, I found the books depressing, even if interesting and well wrtten.
I like Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. He died before he could finish it but found Brian Sanderson to finish the books, spent his last days going over plots with his wife so fans would have closure. His books have powerful men and women in them, strong women with normal character flaws, same with men. I honestly think Jordan had a gift with developing characters - believable characters, and all memorable.
Happy to check out some of the other books mentioned in this thread. I love fantasy, am happy to escape life for a few chapters! My 15 year old niece is the same, we trade books back and forth (I warned her away from George Martin for now). Anybody have more suggestions?
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09-28-2011, 03:04 AM #13
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