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Originally Posted by MarkD
Really just the Drizzt books of Forgotten Realms (which I think have stopped) and Game of Thrones. I used to read other Forgotten Realms related books but not for a number of years. That aspect of the Gunslinger book was partly what attracted me to wanting to try them though.
I think I read a couple of Drizzt books and then realized they were all going to be the same and didn't want to burn out. But they were entertaining, with a caveat that I find most fantasy books enjoyable.
The first Gunslinger book is sllllllow and dry and inhospitable, but I guess that's partially the point.
I've been reading Mark Lawrence's books (reading his 6th right now) and they've been quite enjoyable. They are pretty gritty but quite easy to go through and very fun.
The other book I'm reading right now is Gormenghast, which is a "trilogy" (2.5 books and then the author died) that were written decades ago, are only kind of fantasy, and completely different than everything else I read. The first book was good but took way too long to get going imo, this second one is quite a bit more fun overall in terms of pacing. I don't really know what to say about them overall, though. The writing is interesting, the characters and plot is interesting, the pacing is not great sometimes and in some places it's hard to understand wtf is going on to some degree.
However, it's more than unique enough to make up for any of the rough edges or it not being much of a standard fantasy book.