I recently started the Wheel of Time right after finishing the Return of the King and I was so disappointed at the lack of quality of the writing. It’s probably a little of an unfair comparison since I had just come from the quality of Tolkien, but I did not finish the first book.
Another book I felt like was a good one for people people …
I recently started the Wheel of Time right after finishing the Return of the King and I was so disappointed at the lack of quality of the writing. It’s probably a little of an unfair comparison since I had just come from the quality of Tolkien, but I did not finish the first book.
Another book I felt like was a good one for people people who like LOTR is not fantasy, but maybe more sci-fi? Maybe just fiction? Father Elijah by Michael O’Brien is set in an imagined alternate history. It encompasses a great saga across decades, with high stakes, a lowly main character, and end-of-the-world-vibes that it reminds me of LOTR. Could not put it down!
Yeah, *anything* after Tolkien is going to suffer in comparison haha. I totally get that! It does get better and more of its own thing in books 2 through 6 (pretty much the best ones), but it's a huge investment overall and never quite reaches the heights LOTR does.
That sounds interesting! I'll have to check it out: those all sound like things I'd enjoy haha
I recently started the Wheel of Time right after finishing the Return of the King and I was so disappointed at the lack of quality of the writing. It’s probably a little of an unfair comparison since I had just come from the quality of Tolkien, but I did not finish the first book.
Another book I felt like was a good one for people people who like LOTR is not fantasy, but maybe more sci-fi? Maybe just fiction? Father Elijah by Michael O’Brien is set in an imagined alternate history. It encompasses a great saga across decades, with high stakes, a lowly main character, and end-of-the-world-vibes that it reminds me of LOTR. Could not put it down!
Yeah, *anything* after Tolkien is going to suffer in comparison haha. I totally get that! It does get better and more of its own thing in books 2 through 6 (pretty much the best ones), but it's a huge investment overall and never quite reaches the heights LOTR does.
That sounds interesting! I'll have to check it out: those all sound like things I'd enjoy haha