I just read Mistborn #1 and it opened my eyes to enjoyable fantasy. I’m a thriller guy but Mistborn was fantastic. Loved it. It, together with Tigana, opened me up to epic fantasy.
Big thanks to Andrew Watson for joining me on the channel! The goal of this video is to introduce you to some series I haven’t read yet and to collaborate with amazing booktubers. Both Andrew and I are on the younger side, so it could be fun to mix things up in the future by collaborating with someone a bit older to see how the results would change 👀
Your experience with Mistborn was very similar to mine. I explain my change in how I view fantasy here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-biSDVEP1lI0.htmlsi=G_lqeZdqJE7JYyRD
Would you consider doing this video with us viewers? I've got a few fantasy books that I don't hear talked about much and I hope they get more attention...
This is a fun video idea, and some great books! I'm with you on DCC, I'm not sure it'll work for me but the excitement people seem to get from it is the main attraction.
So far, my top books would probably be: 1: Realm of the Elderlings 2/3/4: Dandelion Dynasty and Dungeon Crawler Carl and A Song of Ice and Fire (can't choose between the three) 5:/6 Wheel of Time and Stormlight Archive (can't choose between the two) 7: Gentleman Bastards 8: Dresden Files (just getting into them, but I can tell they'll be a favorite) 9: Mistborn.
Hello friends! Are there any historical and/or fantasy novels with a hero or heroine who is an archer? I'm desperately looking but can't find any! Thanks a lot!
I felt ember blade was an amazing classic fantasy. I absolutely hated book 2 “the shadow casket” though. The characterizations completely change and reverse course for the protagonist and another main character. Their actions didn’t make much sense to me following up from where book 1 ended. It turned from classic fantasy tone to some grimdark adjacent story that is not my preference for tone. The protagonist gets emotionally cuckolded and dragged along at the whims of other characters with no agency. It was a very disappointing follow up for me.
I get it; LOTR is the daddy. It started it all, but can we be honest now and start ranking series that are actually better above it. Its no shame, its called evolution, and it did happen.
Glad you're trying out different formats in collaboration with other Booktubers! I'd love to see a video "Top 10 Fantasy Series That I've Finished" I found myself scratching my head at how often I heard the phrase "I've only read x of this series" during this video.
The first books in the Gunslinger and Dandelion Dynasty are just a slogs at best. It’s not possible to get farther into the series, because there are so many other series with much better starts.
Great video both of you. Love the channel and I appreciate that you both boldly like what you like and are not afraid to leave out popular titles. I also appreciate your bringing in another book tuber. I believe bringing in 5-6 and doing an all time list of 10-15 books as well as favorite books of 2024 (not necessarily written in 24 but read). Keep up the great work!
I don't know how people love the first 2 mistborn books so much. It's kinda boring honestly, I'm 300 pages through book 2 and it's alright at best so far. He also says frowned every 50 words on average which is annoying af.
Love how you're always looking to try different things on your channel! To echo someone else's comment, I'd be really interested in seeing this concept with a bigger group of people, similar to the way you have a wide range of voices in your mid-year and end-of-year videos. You'd have to think carefully about how to give people time to share their thoughts, but with a points-based system you could get some really fascinating results!
I tried to read the grace of kings and the prose and dialogue and characters seemed so sub par to me that I was shocked so many people liked it. Im going to give it one last try to get to the 2nd book
