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@Bork Lazer I have met Matthew Reily. He was nice in a geeky, 'I sweetened my coffee with cocaine' kind of way. I even have a signed copy of Temple somewhere around here.

That being said I don't fundamentally disagree with any of your points.

WoT: The Dark One's Own Luck.

The wrapping on the door woke Mave with a start for the second time in an hour. She sat up in her shift, expecting to see Myriah making a run for the door to get away from an 'Aes Sedai'. Instead she saw the door swing open, revealing Ali, back lit by moonlight from the dusty window at the end of the hall. Even in the dim light his eyes all but glowed their strange shade of red. Without words she got out of bed and stepped towards him.

"Trouble," Ali warned her and she paused, turned and grabbed her satchel as well as a shawl which she quickly wrapped around her shoulders.

"What is it," she demanded as Ali lead her down the stairs to the common room. It was lit by the flickering embers of the fire and Darius' body was a lumpen shadow amidst a glistening pool of shedding blood. Mave felt her heart leap up into her throat.

"You killed him..." Mave gasped, hastily lowering her voice. Ali shook his head vigorsly.

"No... well yes... sort of," he stammered. The blood had spread far enough by now that crossing the room would soon be difficult. There was no way, short of burning the inn down, that it could be concealed now. Already people could be heard stirring, roused by the sounds of the brief and violent scuffle between the two men.

"We need to get out of here," she breathed quietly. It was doubtful that Hollobrook had anything like a watch, but being caught at the scene of an apparent murder still wouldn't be taken very well.

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Any of the Under a Graveyard Sky books by John Ringo. I’ve never been a Ringo fan and honestly that series was just unbearable to me. I forced my way through the first book and honestly simply had enough a quarter of the way through the second. The characters are bland and hard retain, the dialogue is rather cringe at points, and the attempts at humor are so… pandering to the reader. That and there are other problems.

As someone whose an apocalyptic junkie and enjoys zombie titles I feel like that me hating that series says a lot about it. From my perspective anyway.

But yes those books or anything by Ringo and your in the negatives already.

@Shu

I wanted so much to like John Ringo's books, but truthfully I couldn't get into it. Even his collaborations you can really tell which bits are his.

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In defence of Rothfuss and Name of the Wind, I think a lot of people potentially misread Kvothe as a positive heroic archetype, when if anything I think he's meant to something of a negative one. Kvothe is brilliant and amazing etc. But it doesn't get him anywhere, he continually self sabotages and fucks things up through his arrogance and pride, he's literally his own worst enemy in a lot of the shit that happens to him. And we know he's gonna do something truly terrible by story's end.

@Kassarock

This. I think the argument that Kvothe is a Mary Sue is overblown because for all his ridiculous skills and talents it doesn't help him what so ever. After two books he has made literally zero progress on his goal save for a couple of encounters that come apart by chance. If anything the fact that he is portrayed in his narrator role as a broken down loser is a cautionary tale about making sure you use your powers wisely rather than sticking your head up your own rear.

More seriously though, does anyone really have a single favorite book? I can probably produce a list of my favorite books plural, but does it make sense to look at one book and say this is my favorite?

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@POOHEAD189 Admittedly I've only read the first book of the Sword of Truth and part of the second one before giving up.

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@POOHEAD189

Sword of Truth... I think as a 'favorite' novel it would be a bit of a concern, but I don't know that it would be an instant no.

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<Snipped quote by Penny>

Instant nope.

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If a person has anything by Jordan Peterson on their bookshelf.

@Rapid Reader

Oh Christ, ill outrun my Atlas Shrugged self.

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@POOHEAD189 Weak not to give your own example!

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I've actually had this happen. Went to a guys house and he had Atlas Shrugged on his coffee table. FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES!