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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 596951" data-attributes="member: 115">I just finished reading Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy, and man was I impressed.  It so did not end like I thought it was going to.  I also read the first novel of The Tawny Man (entitled Fool's Errand and let me tell you, I almost cried at one point in the book.  She writes the tragic hero VERY well, IMO.  She also characterizes personal relationships very well, something that IMO not too many authors do.As for recommending George R.R. Martin, I'd say give it a try (as I would with anything).  Worse comes to worse, you hate it, no biggie.  I'm of the opinion that reading is never a waste of time, regardless of what it is.I've been thinking a lot about Jordan, and I think I've finally nailed on why his writing bugs me so much.  I think that he does indeed have talent, but he doesn't use it's full potential.  There are some scenes later in the series that I thought were really good - the end of the ninth book comes to mind.  But overall I think he doesn't use his potential in his writing, or just doesn't care.  Oh, and he needs to start writing his women like real people.Ooh, personal writing theory: writing as the opposite gender isn't particularly hard, because in most ways men and women are the same.  There are some underlying psychological differences between the two genders, true, but ultimately if you just forget about the gender of the person you're writing and just write them as a human, you'll do fine.</blockquote>

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