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Didn't expect Narnia on top in many lists and I love it!

d23b7c1f... 1y ago

for me it may be heavily influenced by the order in which I read them growing up...

BitcoinBadger 1y ago

Wow - I read 4 of them: Earthsea, Narnia, Potter, and Lord of the Rings. Couldn't even begin to rank them because they were transcendent and timeless.

I would add two more that I loved: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising and Patricia McKillip's Riddle of Stars (also called the Riddlemaster Trilogy).

Both are more suited to Young Adult - like the others I read in this list - but still superb.

Thanks, will add to the reading list. They are hard to rank for me as well with maybe LOTR as my top for personal impact.

I can't provide a full answer because I've never read Potter, NotW, or Earthsea.

That said my -personal preference- for the whole package overall ( style, world building, structure, characters, plot, etc) would be:

WoT

LotR

Narnia*

Stormlight*

* It's been over 20 years since I read Narnia, I'm drawing from very old impressions.

*Currently reading Stormlight, book 3. Enjoyable but I have criticisms about it that drop it below what I would consider a 'classic'

I'm still a few books away from finishing WoT (the middle books dragged for me) but inspired to finish it since Sanderson picked up the job.

I am curious in your criticisms for storm light chronicles. I loved book one but have liked each successive book less than the previous

I want to be careful with my wording here. I enjoy the books enough to purchase them and read, but his writing style, particularly the dialogue, falls very flat for me and a lot of that has to do with how he shoehorns 'witty' exchanges in.

His world building has great breadth but little depth. Taken as a whole, it feels artificial and 'color-by-numbers' if that makes sense. LotR and WoT feel extremely organic as it unfolds to the reader by comparison.

I have similar critiques about Mistborn, and his wrap up of WoT so I think it's a style thing that just doesn't jive with me.

I am appreciative of his work though. I wept when Jordan died. Partly from losing such an amazing voice and storyteller, and partly from thinking we would never have a completed story. Sanderson helped give us that, however flawed.

Well said

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buffalo 1y ago

I liked sandersons wot. Writing style is different but about as good as I could have hoped for.

Like early wot a lot.

Stormlight just as much.

Wot ending less

I'm hopeful he can finish storm light well... I'm a little scared it's getting to unwieldy, even for him

NOTW still isn’t even done, though, right? 😭

*shakes fist at Patrick Rothfuss*

I want to read it so bad, but after being burned by Martin, I won't touch a series unless there's high confidence the series will be completed within a year.

I changed it with Stormlight Archives because Sanderson is a machine when it comes to writing but Rothfuss is nothing but red flags. I look forward to diving in when it's eventually published.

I don’t blame you. I’ve been waiting for the last book since I didn’t have grey hair. 😭

I'm still (forever) waiting for The Captal's Tower by Melanie Rawn. It'll never come to pass though. I sympathize deeply.

Never heard of that and probably shouldn’t torture myself by reading an incomplete good series 😢

If you are ever curious, it is some of her best work, and I was once a huge fan of Rawn.

Exiles: the ruins of Ambrai

The Mageborn Traitor

She suffered from very severe long term depression during that time and she's been direct about how she's tried to finish the book but just isn't able to me tally revisit that story because of the associations.

It's worth reading if you go into it knowing it'll never complete. If you aren't into masochism but are curious about her as an author, the Dragon Prince trilogy is also very good and fully published.

I’m very sorry to hear she went through that. I’m glad she knows what she needs to do to keep herself well.

I’ll be checking out Dragon Prince, thank you 💯