Not objectively speaking, sorry.
Coming from someone who's a frequent object of complaints about abrasive/opinionated posts, this is ironic.
So tell me, how many times have you posted something and have someone flail at you with some variation of "but who are you to judge/according to whom/IT IS SUBJECTIVE"?
I'd love to see you defend the literary merits of GUYder's offering, though.
High fantasy isn't taboo.
No, he really isn't. I enjoy ASoIaF as much as anyone, but he's very very far from "the best fantasy author alive." Even many of his fans will admit the same. Of course, if you compare him to GUYder and Paolini... but that doesn't say a lot.
Won't read the review just yet, since I'm reading the actual book right now. I'll wait untill I'm actually done with the book.
Nah, I think that's more of a secondary function. I believe its primary reason to exist is to flesh out the background and setting to DA: Origins, and in this function it succeeds quite well.
Or in other words, according the cliché, dark ( & gritty) fantasy and High Fantasy exclude one another.
That's how the cliché goes. It need not be correct, and it need not be used this way all of the time. It's just the image.
So I'll read it for the elf nipples and the thrusting. I cannot recall another fantasy book with hardcore elves lol
He seems angry that he cannot make tastes, i.e. opinions, objective ... and wants to trash you for it. At least that is how it is reading. That seems infantile, so I am assuming my read is wrong, so I am also confused.I'm not sure what you're getting at with the first question.
Nah, I think that's more of a secondary function. I believe its primary reason to exist is to flesh out the background and setting to DA: Origins, and in this function it succeeds quite well.
There is no right or wrong as far as taste goes.
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However, comparing Stolen Throne to Game of Thrones is redicilous, as Martins is possibly the best fantasy author alive.
Again, it's a matter of taste. In my opinion, Martins is at least in the top five, as some of his closest competitors (Tolkien, Jordan) are dead. There's hardly a fantasy book I'd consider more enjoyable than Game of Thrones, except perhaps the early books of Wheel of Time.
That's just my personal opinion, of course.
So, Salvatore equivalent basically?
Same here. I checked for this book at the biggest English book store around Taiwan and it's not here yet.