/lit/ - Literature

Books women will never understand

Trying to read this but the writing style is so fucking jarring that it makes it hard to follow and even harder to enjoy. The author avoids saying things directly, leaving it clear that some other meaning is implied, but without enough context to safely assume his intended meaning. He constantly name drops new people, places, factions, etc without ever making any effort to introduce them to the reader. This not only leaves entire exchanges between characters meaningless, but it means the goals, motivations, and current objectives of the main group of characters is a mystery half the time. It's as if everyone just reads each other's minds, but the author leaves out any explanation of their unspoken understandings. He often jumps from one situation to the next with no transition at all, to the point where it feels as if entire pages are missing and you have no idea where the characters suddenly are or why.

All in all this book is fucking terrible so far. I have no clue how it got so popular without anyone pointing out any of these obvious flaws. I'm hoping it gets better, because I like the basic premise of the book, but I don't have a lot of hope at this point.

Does anyone else know what im talking about? Does it every get better, or is this just how this author writes? I feel like the only way this could make any sense would be to read the entire book a second time, and that's assuming he actually explains shit later, which I'm starting to doubt he will at this point.

Trying to read this but the writing style is so fucking jarring and it makes it hard to follow and harder to enjoy. The author very often avoids saying things directly, leaving it clear that some other meaning is implied, but without enough context to safely assume the intended meaning. He constantly name drops new people, places, factions, etc without ever making any effort to introduce them to the reader. This not only leaves entire exchanges between characters meaningless, but it means the goals, motivations, and current objectives of the main group of characters is basically a mystery half the time. It's like everyone just reads each other's minds but the other is leaving out any explanation of their unspoken understandings. He often jumps from one situation to the next with no transition at all, to the point where it often feels as if entire pages were missing and have no idea where they are or why.

All in all this book is fucking terrible so far and I have no clue how it got so popular without anyone pointing any of this out. I'm hoping it gets better, because I like the basic premise of the book, but I don't have a lot of hope at this point.

this just came in to today. I didn't expect it to be so long. /lit/core has yet to fail me so far though.

>>15249856
The Black Company

What am I missing here?

I get that "it's a war story from the soldiers' perspective" but outside of that hook in action it's just an under written bore with one dimensional characters with dumb names.

Best anime ever
Croaker best MC

So far this year I've finished the Book of the New Sun (all four) and the first two Witcher books, all of which came at /lit/'s recommendation and they were all great (particularly the former). I started reading pic related and I'm having trouble sticking with it. Only about 50 pages in; does it get better? Also, any other recommendations?

What are your favorite fantasy series /lit/?

Mine are Black Company, Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Gor, Powder Mage Trilogy, and the Dread Empire.

>>12298883
The Black Company

Just read the first 50 pages. Is this just Bloodborne?

>>10587843
>What should I read if I like the malazan series?
Probably The Black Company and The Drenai Series

>>10271950
The Black Company but it has fewer POV characters than A Song of Ice and Fire.

Yo, are these books actually good?

I don't read a ton of fantasy but I enjoy Tolkien and Gene Wolfe and the occasional Conan story.

I've recently read pic related and Prince, King and Emperor Of Thorns.
Could you guys recommend me some other good dark fantasy?