I finished up the last book of
Codex Alera last week, and really enjoyed the series. There's a workmanlike quality to Butcher's plotting--he wrote it in a very deliberate fashion, and on a bet no less, and you can see the bones showing through, but it doesn't detract from the story. It's far preferable to something like The Belgariad where the author doesn't seem to realize he's rehashing old tropes. Taking some core sword-and-sorcery story elements as a given, Butcher breathes life into the details of his characters and world, and keeps the reader invested in the ever-more-apocalyptic stakes.
Moving straight into a re-read-and-listen of
The Way of Kings (more reading than listening on my new KPW
), I was struck that Butcher's world of Carne would be right at home in Sanderson's Cosmere.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
Now, a couple of days with no book to listen to, as I wait for the latest in the Foreigner series from C. J. Cherryh. It's due out next Tuesday, and I'll definitely want to listen to that. (The books are read by Daniel May, who does a superb job with them. )
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I know we've discussed it before, but I'm less thrilled with May's narration. IMO he over-exoticizes both his pronunciations of "alien" words and his character voices. The reader for the earlier books had a subtler touch. I'm still all-in for the series, though.