I'm glad that you liked The knight. I read it and it was really great, although being Gene Wolfe I will have to reread it to really know what is about. I discovered your channel through your Book of the New Sun video. The rest of the solar cycle is even better in my opinion so I hope you find time in the future to talk about it!
Start with the Sandman graphic novels, the OG medium, trade by trade paperback. The series is an adaptation. And the short stories collection, Fragile Things. I saw the book as the present with Shadow, yeah road trip!! And yes the background interludes! And the war!
I truly love your undying love for the Under the Northern Sky trilogy lol. And YAY you finally read Light Bringer!!! I am looking forward to the long overdue chat with Alex and Angela 🤩
I know I’m late to the party, but I also wasn’t a huge fan of the book. I’m telling myself that everything, even the other characters, were all figments of Nell’s imagination. It helps me pretend the book is better and explains away some things that, like you, I felt were left open ended (ex. The story of the houses history could be a projection of Nell’s failing relationship with her sister). There’s even that line somewhere towards the middle when she says “I could say, Eleanor put in smiling, All three of you are in my imagination; none of this is real”. After I read that I was SO sure the end reveal was gonna be that she made it all up. Even before she gets to Hill House she seems delusional with the fantasies she disassociates with
This being the very first video I've watched on your channel because of the topic covered, I am glad I am not the only one who kind of cringes from the cozy fantasy genre. Not my cup of tea, as I am much more a fan of traditional fantasy in the realm of LOTR and Dragonlance. Honestly, I did rather enjoy Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, although it did not creep past me that I noticed exactly what you talked about in this video. It would have been much more impressive and interesting (in my opinion) that Heather Fawcett would've pointed to the reasons behind where the lores originated instead of just using the lores as part of the plot. I just picked up the hardcover copy of Sarah Beth Durst's "The Spellshop" just because of the author, and I really enjoyed her Queens of Renthia trilogy. This was my misdoing, but I did not realize that this book is labeled as cozy fantasy. I was a little bummed about that, but I'll give it a shot and see what goes down. I hope this is not a foreshadowing of what is to come, that being well-known authors (or authors cashing in on popular genre waves) jump on the cozy fantasy bandwagon. Yet again another example of publishing companies somewhat dictating what will be popular. Give me Tolkien, Abercrombie, Gwynne, and Hobb, you can keep your stupid cozy fantasy. Love the content, new subscriber here!!! I found this channel because of Goodreads! Happy reading!!
@LienesLibrary people who are wrong, obviously. I see it often on Instagram when people do lists of things as "show me a book that you bought for the cover and haven't read yet" and it makes me mad every time 🤣
Yes finally someone who dislikes The Tainted Cup as much as me. I actually was thinking about reading it again because I thought I wasn’t getting the story. Thank you for your content.
There's a video called Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor by Folding Ideas that you might want to check out. It could help make sense of the film adaptation.
@@LienesLibrary oh please check out the movie adaptation it's absolutely brilliant and one of the best king movie adaptations kathy and Jennifer Jason leigh are fantastic in the film
Just started Live Ship Traders. So far I love it. about 70% through the first book. I didn't even realize they were part of a lager series when I started. I plan to read the rest.
Hopefully Myseria as Mistress of Whispers will step up her game. Seems like at least one of her network would've known One Eye and his aircraft carrier sized Meemaw had left the landing. ed/Varys and/or Littlefinger woulda been ON it.
I don’t think the book was written with you in mind. It’s obviously an old man tale, its use of rock band touring and other references make it for those who played rpgs while listening to Rush or something. A lot of the book deals with the realization of age and the passing of time which I would not have picked up in my youth as I had not lived enough to understand what the author was getting at. Btw Ginny was not a nag she was someone in a long term relationship.
I'm currently re-reading The Blood of the Fold for probably the first time in 20 years. While there are a lot of female characters, it's a little bit cringe-worthy how often breasts come up in the prose. Whether beads of sweat are sliding between the breasts of evil sorceresses (who for some reason sleep naked), or just straight-up nipple magic...there's a lot of boobs in this book.
Well, a good reason to fight for the throne is also to stay alive. While Rhaenyra, if not usurped probably wouldn’t have hurt her half brothers, now that they have taken the throne, if she wants to live she has to win the war.
Speaking of people coming up with justifications, enters Otto, when he claims that staging his coup is for the betterment of the Kingdom, when in reality is just for him to keep power.
I have to say, for book readers that have a lot of info and clues about the magic of the trees, the different deities, and tons of theories about what green seers can and can’t do and their motives and possible purposes, I bet the entire Harrenhold scenes must be existing, and I think the scenes are absolutely well shot and acted. Having said that, for non book readers, whom will miss many of the possible clues, these scenes are just mostly confusing and frustrating. We want Daemon to help the blacks get some ground, even for a little bit. 😢
i never read any books but your videos are so fun to watch and so good. last year it was so fun watching you review HOTD and Rings of power. thats when i found ur channel
The crippled torturer who's an absolute master at reading people, finding weaknesses, and political maneuvering, @@LienesLibrary he doesn't hold a candle to the real Glokta but I feel like they took inspiration from Glokta in how they chose to portray Larys. This is my coping mechanism for as long as we don't have a First Law TV series
Loved it, yup - Daemon the greenseer is awesome, HBO is just the best at this, to the degree that it should be illegal for any other studio to have Fantasty rights. At all. If i had a nitpick it would be more of the battle tbh and less lead up talking but, I am a man so, that's hardly surprising.
Didnt like Aegon much from just the books but the actor is doing a fantastic job at making him feel like a real complex character. Actually felt bad for him this season, he never wanted any of this.
Completely agree on the Ice and Fire point, Allicent really passed the "gaslighting yourself into sanctioning violence for your own selfish reasons" baton to Rhaenyra in that secret meeting lol
I do not know the book, so this thought might be a SPOILER. Anyone think Miss Rivers is feeding Damon hallucinogens? I'm sure the place has big bad curses on it so maybe I'm wrong. Keep up the great work Liene, your content and this show are an oasis in the empire of dust right now. Thanks for a great drink of water.
The song of ice and fire in this story is part of the Winds of Winter. My guess is the Targaryen part of it dies with Rhaegar. It has been said throughout a Son of Ice and Fire that Rhaegar was obsessed with the prince that was promised prophesy. Which will probably be the reason Rhaegar marries Lyanna in the first place.
We don’t like “The Song of Ice and Fire” because it’s cheesy, and shameless fan service to justify the pointless plot twist of Arya anticlimactically defeating the Night King.
@@LarthV It's almost like ahe spent a couple seasons training for that moment. Whether it was executed well or not, it was not fan service. People are just far too critical of individual points. The failure of the last few seasons wasn't individual points, it was an abandonment of details and effort to make payoffs feel earned.
Thank you for so much common sense! Everyone keeps saying that the prophecy justifies Rhaenyra's actions when in reality, if anything, it mames her actions worse - a war cannot unite anyone, the realm is weaker and weaker by the day, and she would do much more for uniting of the realm if she gave up her claim and tried to impress upon her half-brother the importance of peace, at least tried to. Maybe that is the grand sacrifice. She keeps saying that her father's stance in succession gives her the moral right to "loose horrors", but she never once asks herself a very obvious quesion - if Viserys knew that his choice would result in dead family members, dead dragons, dead innocents and soldiers, what would he say now? She is being selfish, and the prophecy does not soften that what so ever. None of this justifies the Green coup, obviously. But we're talking about Rhaenyra, not them. They all need to go to Harrenhal. Every single one of them. And drink some potions made by Alys to face their demons - the best therapy Westeros seems to offer! Though jokes aside, I'm now so hyped to see what happens to Aemond there and what Alys's agenda is. Rooke's Rest was phenomenal. It showed SO well how when dragons go to war, no one wins. Both sides have lost massively, with Aemond being the only one who has clearly come out victorious for himself - and the shot of him when he looks down on fallen Melyes and the absolute devastation to all troops, his men and enemies both, with prideful satisfaction just catapulted him into stratosphere of threat. And we needed that to happen. He's terrifying. And seeing Christen feeling this terror when he finds him next to Sunfyre is so satisfying. They all took war to be a game, just like the audience was begging to see cool battles. This episode clarified for everyone - nah, war ain't cool or fun.
i also don’t mind the prophecy justification. i understand the use of it, i just think it’s getting a little repetitive? but that might also be bc we just heard it last episode. i think the problem for me personally is that I cannot guess the direction of her arc moving into the second half of this season.
Outstanding episode. it had everything, epic battle, surprising betrayal, and solid send off to a amazing character. I feel that Daemon should be the king, not Rhaenyra. It feels as if Daemon has prepared for this war for decades, only for him to be relegate to the sidelines. It as if Rhaenyra taking a moment from him. Daemon would have seen the Rook Rest bait. it doesn't help that her council is starting to turn against her and I can’t really blame them. Rhaenyra reign began by sending child to negotiate alliance with the storm lord. Sneaking into King's landing to speak with queen's mother in a ludicrous attempt to stop the war. She gets baited by her teenage brother half her age. People say that Ageon should not be king but neither should Rhaenyra. She has been too slow to act. It feels as if we are missing the point in this conflict. It is not about two rulers fighting for their claims. This war is the result of two people both unworthy of the throne.The end result of the Targaryen dynasty growing too big, too soon while not establishing succession laws ended up being their undoing.
I do not agree at all that Daemon would be a better ruler, he's hot headed, short sighted, and petty. that doesn't make Rhaenyra perfect, far from it, but I do not think Daemon would be a better choice
@@LienesLibrary in times of peace, Rhaenyra would be a better ruler but fighting a war absolutely not. Rhaenyra wasn't trained in tactics or fighting, unable to forge coherent strategy she is getting humiliated by her teenage brother Aemond. He has already killed two dragons at the war inception. That doesn't happen under Daemon. He understands the importance, of striking first and setting the tone early. That is why he lashed out on her season one finale. Her inaction guaranteed a long brutal war allowing the green to strike first putting them on defense.
I dont understand why the song of ice & fire must be a secret. I really liked it tho when Viserys tells his daughter about the prophecy. It felt grand and epic but in this ep I didnt get that feeling. It felt a bit flat IMO. Surely Rhanaeyra fighting for her brithright is enough. We didnt need her ham-fisted attempt at justifying her actions. I have seen some ppl question Rhaenys' sacrifice in this ep. They are confused why she doesnt turn and flee from Vhagar. To me its very clear. She isnt going to be humiliated by Aemond. She's a warrior, she volunteered for this mission and she will see it through or die trying. RIP The Red Queen Meleys !!
