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r/Fantasy Book Bingo (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [M] to c/fantasy@lemmy.ml
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Anyone here participating in this year's r/fantasy book bingo? How's it going if so?

Attached a pic of my card so far. Working my way through Red Sister currently and quite enjoying it, turns out this Mark Lawrence guy is pretty good.

Edit: just realised I said "this year's" bingo when this may in fact be "the last" bingo. Oh well.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

Red Sister was quite interesting. IMO the rest of the series doesn't hold up.

I highly recommend Gideon the Ninth down there at the bottom too. Very highly. Why haven't you started yet?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I was torn actually between starting that one next and Red Sister. Then I saw some negative comments about Gideon that made me hesitate, so your recommendation is actually much appreciated.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What were the issues people had with it? Pacing in the middle third?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No actually they were saying that the characters were unlikeable and complaining that it apparently has a downbeat ending, neither of which I was feeling up to.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think the blurb sets up a bad set of expectations. "Lesbian necromancers in space" makes it seem like a Sci-Fi/Fantasy LGBT+ romance novel. Instead you get a mystery in a setting that is only technically science-fantasy with a vague romance side plot.

    The ending isn't happy, that is for sure.

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