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Originally Posted by Penforhire
I do notice this series singled out for hate by enough people that you're not weird or anything, lol. It surely does disagree with some. Kind of how I feel about The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (I want my many hours of reading them back!) yet there are folks who love that series too.
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That's true, I've noticed this is as well. You either love them or you hate them. There's no in between
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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
The reason I love these is it isn't really traditional heroic fantasy. It's more a story of court intrigue and of flawed, realistic characters than anything else.
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Definitely ! I read a lot of fantasy, mostly heroic fantasy and epic fantasy. But after a while you feel like you've read it all. The world is in danger, a hero arises and saves the world, usually making some unlikely friends in the process. So it's a relief to read books like the Assassin Trilogy.
I've read all 9 of them (Assassins - Liveship Traders - Tawny Man) two times now, just one after the other. I'll probably reread all of them again in the future. They're my favourites, along with the Dark Tower Series (which I'm going to reread during my Christmas holiday
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