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Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher
Posted on 6/3/19 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 6/3/19 at 12:25 pm
I am on book three of the series right now, enjoying it so far. Has anyone else read this set? It was recommended by an app when I finished the last published book in the lightbringer series by Brent Weeks
Side note: last book in that series comes in the fall
Side note: last book in that series comes in the fall
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Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:16 pm to 225rumpshaker
Read it a few years ago. Love it. Very solid books. Wish Butcher wrote more in that genre. I’ve tried Dresden on several occasions but just can’t get into it.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:26 pm to 225rumpshaker
It's a very solid series. Not nearly as good as his Dresden Files series, and not top tier for current fantasy authors or anything, but well worth reading.
Hopefully Butcher gets it back together as an author, he's turned into Rothfuss/Martin lite with the long book turnaround all the sudden (though at least much like Lynch he seems to have had legit stuff holding him back).
Hopefully Butcher gets it back together as an author, he's turned into Rothfuss/Martin lite with the long book turnaround all the sudden (though at least much like Lynch he seems to have had legit stuff holding him back).
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:28 pm to Athos
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I’ve tried Dresden on several occasions but just can’t get into it.
How many books did you get in? Cause yeah,the first two books are pretty mediocre, 3rd starts to get a bit better, but it really doesn't start to take off until books 4 and 5, at which point it is outstanding the rest of the way (so far).
Posted on 6/3/19 at 7:44 pm to 225rumpshaker
I loved it, more than the Dresden Files. This thread makes me want to reread it, actually.
Posted on 6/3/19 at 7:48 pm to auyushu
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at which point it is outstanding the rest of the way (so far).
I'm convinced we're never getting Peace Talks.
Posted on 6/4/19 at 9:40 am to 225rumpshaker
I read it last year, I believe. I enjoyed it.
I think what makes it impressive to me was the reason why he wrote it. A friend challenged him that he couldn't write a good book based on a lame topic, so he said he could do it with two. Friend chose Pokemon and the Lost Roman Legion.
"The Aeronaut's Windlass" was a better book than any of the "Alera" six, but it's book 1 of a series and who knows with the others will come out.
I think what makes it impressive to me was the reason why he wrote it. A friend challenged him that he couldn't write a good book based on a lame topic, so he said he could do it with two. Friend chose Pokemon and the Lost Roman Legion.
"The Aeronaut's Windlass" was a better book than any of the "Alera" six, but it's book 1 of a series and who knows with the others will come out.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 4:34 pm to auyushu
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he's turned into Rothfuss/Martin lite with the long book turnaround all the sudden
Good. He needs to take his time. The last three Dresden books were meh, good, meh. In his rush to release he has compromised quality.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 11:46 pm to Midget Death Squad
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Good. He needs to take his time. The last three Dresden books were meh, good, meh. In his rush to release he has compromised quality.
The last one was very good, don't know what you are talking about there. Ghost story was pretty average, I'll give you that, but it was mostly because of the plot making it so, kinda unavoidable to an extent.
And he hasn't taken so long because he is taking his time, he got divorced, married to someone else, and moved into a new house, so he basically wasn't writing at all for a while. Hopefully he gets back in a groove now that he's started writing again.
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