I am reading The Faithful and the Fallen untagged spoilers until half of book 2. I am around half of Courage all the villains have some kind of plot armor (Please no spoiler passed the first half of Courage) I am talking especially about Uthar and Jael. They were like on death´s door but they got rescued in the . I really dislike this kind of writing. If the main antagonists do not suffer setbacks in some of the books, then it seems that the tension will be lost, or least for me. My critic seems to be premature since i have not finished the books yet. But everything Nathair does works out very well. I still like the books and will continue reading them. I find this trope annoying.
This is not only about TFATF series but many series fall into making the antagonists infallible until the final book.
If the antagonists do not suffer setbacks or defeats, how would a villain learn, evolve, grow and reflect on the mistakes that one made.
I understand that authors write this way to create …
If anyone has NOT seen Love Death and Robots, you are denying yourself a very special experience. It’s a genuinely incredible collection.
There are several I wont watch again, but many many that I will and none that weren’t worth watching once. There’s something for everyone (particular those who have an affinity for well-done thrills and scares) and maaany that make you think outside your bubble/box.
Go. Watch it. Please.
EDIT: I am an idiot. I meant Gone Girl. This is what happens when you write posts late at night.
I read the book right before the movie came out and was instantly FLOORED by this monologue, and even highlighted it. So when it was portrayed in the movie so perfectly (in my own opinion, at least), I got goosebumps.
The cool girl monologue: > Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl.
Men …
Anyone else with this ‘problem’?
When I’m about to finish a book, about 20% left, I start reading in a hurry no matter how much I’m enjoying the book I just want to get trough with it, it’s like an anxiety to finishing and not precisely because I want to a plot to untwist or anything, I just to want to finish it
Any tips on how to just be patient with endings?
Hey guys, lurker from Reddit finally made an account because I wanted to celebrate a major milestone for me.
I used to be an extremely avid reader, and I always felt like the books I read somehow become a part of me and integrated into my life, one way or another. But I’ve been so caught up with the pandemic, politics, family troubles and other drama that I’ve felt so completely disconnected from who I am and what I truly enjoy.
That being said, after lurking here for awhile i was reminded how powerful the feeling of getting lost in a good book truly can be, and I finally finished my first book (The Final Empire). It feels phenomenal, like I’ve regained a piece of myself and I’ve already got started on the successor!
I just wanted to say thank you to you lovely Redditors, these posts were always really inspirational to me and if you’re thinking about picking up reading again, don’t hesitate, do it!!
Hey people,
The title says it all, welcoming any and all recommendations! Don’t try too hard to fit my criteria below as I enjoy most books.
To describe my favorite genre it would be anything similar to philip k dick’s more philosophical works like A Scanner Darkly. I really like Dune by frank herbert but I want something more philosophical. I also love Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis, although I prefer less religious themes.
Edit: some other books I read recently and liked have been Recurssion by blake crouch (fits my genre), hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (just a fun book i’ve read many times), and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by philip k dick (another amazing book but i’m tired of the AI theme).
Edit 2: This is my first post on here and I did not expect anyone to read it lol so thank you so much for all the great recommendations and for the silver medal idk what it means but it looks shiny!
I want to go where Harmagians go,
Swimming around with those big ol’ oysters.
Rolling along on those -whatchamacallit- carts!
I want to see where the Aeulon live,
With subdued shades and total silence.
Shimmering away with those, -whatchamacallem- scales!
I want to live like the Aandrisk do,
Big comfy couches filled with horny lizards.
Fucking all day in the -whatdotheycallit- street!
I want to tunnel, I want to fly!
I want to smoke redreed and get high!
Wandering free
Wish I could be
In Wayfarer’s world.
So I’ve found I really enjoy books like the Imperial Radch trilogy, Bobiverse, Murderbot & such with interesting combinations of people with tech, so I’m looking for recommendations after Google has failed me.
Mainly, I’m hoping to find something less “brainship”/omniscient AI hooked up to everybody and more separate person linking to ship/technology/AI as a major part of the story, if anyone knows anything like that?
(Edit: But if you do know some more obscure brainship type books, I’d love to hear about those too btw.)
I haven’t read a lot of scifi (I mostly read fantasy), but I loved this book and was looking for more like it. Specifically what I liked about it was
Thanks!