/lit/ - Literature

>>18780659

Well, I've never stopped reading a book 2/3 of the way through before, but it's happened.... what the fuck is this shit??

It's like he made an effort to cram as much mary sue-ism and cringe into each page as possible. I latched onto the vain hope that some Nabokov tier unreliable metanarrative would emerge ala Kinbote style, but as time went on it became clear this would not happen.

How the FUCK is this series so popular? Just when i thought it couldn't get worse than Abercrombie... Is this the state of modern fantasy? How did this happen?

>>12664390
Severian was constantly fucking women. When he wasn't fucking them, he was always thinking about Thecla, Agia, and Dorcas. Hell, he even raped Jolenta in a boat ffs.

Now this faggot on the other hand...

does this get good? I'm 8 chapters in and I'm tired of the main character

why thanks for recommeding all this friendzonecore shit /lit/

The Wise Man's Fear

>I have known her longer, my smile said. True, you have been inside the circle of her arms, tasted the wetness between her legs, felt the soft warmth of her bosom, and that is something I have never had. But there is a part of her that is only for me. You cannot touch it, no matter how hard you might try. And after she has left you I will still be here, making her laugh. My light shining in her. I will still be here long after she has forgotten your name.
>There were more than a few. She went through them like a pen through wet paper. She left them, disappointed. Or, frustrated, they abandoned her, leaving her heartsore, moved to sadness but never as far as tears. -


The Republic of Thieves

>"“So, has it… well, how long has it been, for you? Since, you know—”
>“You already know the answer,” said Locke. “Very precisely. Think about the day you left. Go back two nights from that, and there you have it.”
>“Not even once?”
“>I guess it’s fucking ridiculous, isn’t it? But no. I tried. I tried to enlist some help. One of the resident cherry tops at the Guilded Lilies.
>Turns out a redhead’s just not a redhead if she’s not, you know, twice as smart as I am and three times as infuriating.”
>“I suppose I should tell you… it hasn’t been the same way with me these past few years. For several reasons. I had some comfort from it, once or twice.” She reached out and touched his arm, not softly, as though she were afraid he might suddenly decide to be elsewhere. “And the rest of the time, it was to empty some pockets. Or a vault. You know.”

So this is the power of fantasy literature.
wow

I literally wrote better shit in high school.

wow, so this is the power of genre fiction.

Jesus this is bad.

Recommend me some fedora worthy speculative fiction novels.

>So they hated me, and it shone in their eyes when Denna wasn’t looking. I would offer to buy another round of drinks, but he would insist, and I would graciously accept, and thank him, and smile.
>I have known her longer, my smile said. True, you have been inside the circle of her arms, tasted the wetness between her legs, felt the soft warmth of her bosom, and that is something I have never had. But there is a part of her that is only for me. You cannot touch it, no matter how hard you might try. And after she has left you I will still be here, making her laugh. My light shining in her. I will still be here long after she has forgotten your name.
>There were more than a few. She went through them like a pen through wet paper. She left them, disappointed. Or, frustrated, they abandoned her, leaving her heartsore, moved to sadness but never as far as tears.

Jesus why did guys recommend this to me

>Gary Stu Potter for grownups

I don't get it, why did he resort to begging? he knew sympathy magic, they even mentioned that caravans need 'em like crazy to keep their perishables fresh.

"NO, THIS IS PATRICK!"

So just how good is this book?

>>6583788
>>6586991
>“Am I correct in understanding that you are looking for a gentleman to walk with you tonight?”
>A smile curved her lips as she looked sideways at me. “Quite.”
>“That is unfortunate,” I sighed. “I am no gentleman.”
>Her smile grew. “I think that you are close enough.”
>“I would like to be closer.”
>“Then come walking with me.”

>>6555496

Can someone recommend me a book along the lines of Demon Cycle from Peter V. Brett or The Kingkiller Chronicle from Patrick Rothfuss?