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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.