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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 2051013" data-attributes="member: 7883">I would tend to disagree about Tad Williams, but everyone has their opinions <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In any case, I've reached pg. 80 today.  It does read quite quickly.  In some ways it appears to be getting better, but in others, I think it does differ from the type of writing I typically like.  However, as you said, the setting seems somewhat interesting, and I do like darker, grittier fantasy, so as has been suggested by a few, I'm going to try and read the first three books, and see how I like them.I'd have to say that Tad Williams is one of my favorite authors, as well as Tolkien, and most recently, China Mieville and G.R.R. Martin.  I also like Raymond Feist, though it's getting very frustrating seeing his books out in Britain, where I can't get to them, for a year or two before they appear here in Canada.  I liked the Belgariad, but I've heard that once you've read it, the Mallorean and Dave Eddings' other series are basically just the same thing rehashed.Cook's style is very minimalistic, from what I can see so far.  But I'm also coming off Tad Williams, China Mieville, and Patrick O'Brien, so the difference is probably exaggerated, as they're on the other side of the spectrum.Banshee</blockquote>

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