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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 29 (discuss.online)

submitted 1 month ago by dresden@discuss.online to c/books@lemmy.world

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Still Reading The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson. His fourth and final standalone Cosmere "secret project" novel.

About halfway through, not much more to add.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I enjoyed Sunlit Man. It was cool how planetary dynamics played such an important role in the plot.

Last week I started The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie, but it was fucking terrible. I only made it maybe 50 or so pages in before I put it down. The writing was so bad. How many times can he write, " "Aaargh" said Logen," or " "Ooof" said Glotka?" I swear those are actual quotes from the book that are both used multiple times in a very short stretch of the book. Then I could absolutely predict exactly what would happen with the characters, which I confirmed by reading spoilers after I put the book down. The story might end up being very good, but the writing is so bad.

I then started The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. It is the exact opposite of The Blade Itself, and I'm really enjoying it so far.