The past months, I've been reading books from the fantasy genre. It started half by accident, as my daughter wanted me to get her the book Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (1st book in her Empyrean series) from the library. So, I looked it up, and saw that the series was hugely popular with good reviews. Intriqued, I started reading it also. The wiriting style a bit too juvenile for my taste, but the story was very capturing, and soon I found myself just waiting for the evening to come so that I could plunge into that fantasy world – it felt like a nice escape from the dark times we live in now. Long story short, I then read all three available books in the series (the fourth will be published soon). In sum, the series is quite juvenile, almost cartoonish, in its writing style with some sudden out of place 'raunchy' sex scenes (I guess those were inserted to expand the potential readership). However, the story is quite good with good vs. evil, kings and queens, dragons and evil magicians. I learned that Yarro's books are an example of the genre known as Romantic Fantasy.
I've not before read that much of this type of fantasy literature (I've read a lot of scifi), so this was a pretty new genre for me. It may sound silly, but I found it refreshing to 'jump into' a fantasy world that is so very different from our techno-pathologically spoiled world today. However, the a bit too juvenile style of Yarros made me search for other authors of this genre. So, next I read Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. This was quite different style of writing compared to Yarros, more adult like, and I liked it alot. The story is quite clever and has twists and surprises. A short synopsis:
Although I liked Mistborn, I didn't continue with the subsequent books in the series. I found myself wanting an even more archaic medieval fantasy world with swords and magic! Don't laugh, I don't know where that idea came from!
That lead me to the series The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne. I don't know if anyone here has read it but boy what a story! The first book Malice starts the build up quite slowly but as the story proceeds, a lot of things start to happen faster and faster. The series is an epic good vs. evil story (of course!) but to my taste it's very cleverly and meticulously constructed. Reminds me a bit of Lord of The Rings (not as good, though, what could be as good!?). Gwynne is, IMO, very talented in depicting the surroundings, the atmosphere and especially good at giving depth and nuance to the main characters. Now, the only downside of Gwynne's series is that it contains quite a lot of violence – epic battles with swords, knives, wolves, giants etc. A bit too much 'gore' to my taste. However, since it depicts a medieval and rough world, the violence is to some extent justified. In any case, I'm completely swept away by this series and now reading the third volume (Ruin). Here's a short synopsis:
The way the evil 'fallen angel' Asroth lures and corrupts some of the main characters, and how this evil is hidden beneath an illusion of benevolence and righteousness (the evil ones actuall claim being representing the good God, Elyon) makes me think of today's Zionists and their supporters/minions; for many they appear (or try to appear) as bringers of good, God's chosen people, when actually they are 4DSTS walk-ins, the most evil individuals on this planet.
Okay, just felt like sharing my latest 'book experience', maybe some of you want to check those out. If you ask me, at least Gwynn's series is better entertainment than any film or tv series you can find these days.
I've not before read that much of this type of fantasy literature (I've read a lot of scifi), so this was a pretty new genre for me. It may sound silly, but I found it refreshing to 'jump into' a fantasy world that is so very different from our techno-pathologically spoiled world today. However, the a bit too juvenile style of Yarros made me search for other authors of this genre. So, next I read Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. This was quite different style of writing compared to Yarros, more adult like, and I liked it alot. The story is quite clever and has twists and surprises. A short synopsis:
Although I liked Mistborn, I didn't continue with the subsequent books in the series. I found myself wanting an even more archaic medieval fantasy world with swords and magic! Don't laugh, I don't know where that idea came from!
That lead me to the series The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne. I don't know if anyone here has read it but boy what a story! The first book Malice starts the build up quite slowly but as the story proceeds, a lot of things start to happen faster and faster. The series is an epic good vs. evil story (of course!) but to my taste it's very cleverly and meticulously constructed. Reminds me a bit of Lord of The Rings (not as good, though, what could be as good!?). Gwynne is, IMO, very talented in depicting the surroundings, the atmosphere and especially good at giving depth and nuance to the main characters. Now, the only downside of Gwynne's series is that it contains quite a lot of violence – epic battles with swords, knives, wolves, giants etc. A bit too much 'gore' to my taste. However, since it depicts a medieval and rough world, the violence is to some extent justified. In any case, I'm completely swept away by this series and now reading the third volume (Ruin). Here's a short synopsis:
The way the evil 'fallen angel' Asroth lures and corrupts some of the main characters, and how this evil is hidden beneath an illusion of benevolence and righteousness (the evil ones actuall claim being representing the good God, Elyon) makes me think of today's Zionists and their supporters/minions; for many they appear (or try to appear) as bringers of good, God's chosen people, when actually they are 4DSTS walk-ins, the most evil individuals on this planet.
Okay, just felt like sharing my latest 'book experience', maybe some of you want to check those out. If you ask me, at least Gwynn's series is better entertainment than any film or tv series you can find these days.
I wonder if, as with the best romance novel authors, there’s some degree of channeling going on with these fantasy authors. As I’m convinced by the idea that the universe has always existed, maybe these worlds and characters have actually existed somewhere at some point in ’time’?
