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Originally Posted by treadlightly
I was hoping someone could help me by ordering some fantasy series on my TBR list based on level of "darkness" which I will define as extended descriptions of captivity, torture, abuse, rape, or murder. Big bad guys are fine, but the tone of the writing and time (quantity of words?) spent describing the evil parts often affects my perception of how dark a book is.
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I've read a few of the series on your list, and I would rate as shown below. I tossed in a few others that I read and enjoyed.
Light - Wizard of Earthsea, Chalion, Covenant of Muirwood, Legends of Muirwood
Dim - Uprooted (stand-alone, but good read), Kingfountain, Wheel of Time
Dark - Malazan (lots of rape), Farseer Trilogy (Book 2 has sex, rape, and zombie-eating-people)
Black - Deeds of Paksenarrion (First two books weren't bad, but book #3 has extended graphic torture and rape scenes so much so that I rated it 2 stars)