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Her strength is her characters, IMO. Gher Send a noteboard - 12/01/2010 07:44:23 PM
You should also probably try Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn. If you like that, try his others: Warbreaker and Elantris.


He is definitely an author to read if you enjoy fantasy.


Or just really agreed with the Sanderson suggestion?


I find Hobb's works to be overtly average. There are moments here and there of very high quality storytelling, but I find the writing to be rather melodramatic, the story to be rather underwhelming. I've read the first series and parts of the third. I plan try the Liveship series this spring sometime.


I do realize that her stories aren't groundbreaking, but her characters are outstanding.

Funnily enough, I actually liked the Liveship series the least of the three trilogies. I did like it, but found the others better (especially the Tawny Man Trilogy). It's different in a lot of ways, different part of the world than the other two, as well as having multiple viewpoints compared to the first-person storytelling of the other books.

Perhaps that means you have a better chance of enjoying it though, who knows? :)

Not everyone can like everything, and Hobb just isn't for me is seems.


Of course. Nothing wrong with that.
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Does Erikson get better? perringoldeneyes - 12/01/2010 05:29:51 PM 1554 Views
I read somewhere that reading Erikson involves being completely lost for the first half of the book- Gher - 12/01/2010 05:41:35 PM 968 Views
I agree with the Brandon Sanderson suggestion. Jacob - 12/01/2010 05:43:27 PM 953 Views
You didn't like Robin Hobb? Gher - 12/01/2010 05:49:19 PM 878 Views
I don't. Jacob - 12/01/2010 05:55:25 PM 900 Views
I think Liveship is the best of her series, so you should give it a try ursidae - 12/01/2010 06:40:51 PM 931 Views
Agreed. Cockatiel of Doom - 12/01/2010 11:06:07 PM 815 Views
I agree the live ship series is her best random thoughts - 22/01/2010 05:39:32 PM 704 Views
Her strength is her characters, IMO. Gher - 12/01/2010 07:44:23 PM 915 Views
See, I think her characters are weak, at least the main characters. Jacob - 12/01/2010 08:48:10 PM 866 Views
LIVESHIP isn't first-person, which is a big plus in its favour. *NM* Werthead - 13/01/2010 04:19:42 AM 356 Views
Yes. She's weirdly hit or miss. Chas - 13/01/2010 01:00:50 AM 867 Views
Re: I agree with the Brandon Sanderson suggestion. perringoldeneyes - 13/01/2010 12:36:58 AM 880 Views
Where in Deadhouse Gates? Jacob - 12/01/2010 05:41:36 PM 959 Views
Beat you by a second. *NM* Gher - 12/01/2010 05:42:27 PM 354 Views
A couple suggestions: (edit) Jacob - 12/01/2010 05:51:35 PM 1056 Views
No. Burn it. Erikson is horrid. Read Sci-Fi instead. Start with KSR and Alastair Reynolds. *NM* The Shrike - 12/01/2010 07:49:14 PM 425 Views
i couldn't read erikson. same reasons. i read about a hundred pages and was like screw this... temeraire - 12/01/2010 11:06:04 PM 820 Views
It could just not be for you A Deathwatch Guard - 12/01/2010 11:23:18 PM 895 Views
He gets a lot better and then worse Werthead - 13/01/2010 12:42:10 AM 872 Views
Abercrombie, Kearney, Wooding, Lynch and Rothfuss Taer - 14/01/2010 08:02:37 PM 874 Views
If you've hit Chain of Dogs Chas - 13/01/2010 12:58:14 AM 867 Views
Keep in mind that Erikson was an archeologist and anthropologist. everynametaken - 13/01/2010 02:06:01 AM 1045 Views
Yes! Convergence Demands It! Monkeyfister - 22/01/2010 04:03:13 AM 855 Views
welcome to board monkeyfister imlad - 24/01/2010 09:27:37 PM 727 Views
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