Topic: What Drak's been reading (Read 143054 times)

Not Aman · « **Reply #50 on:** September 21, 2015, 04:21:17 pm »

Just met sleepy, ish. I love the names.

Drakilian · « **Reply #51 on:** September 21, 2015, 04:23:32 pm »

Yeah, nothing about him makes you think he'd be future narrator material until he's actually the narrator, haha. Same with Murgen, I suppose.

Not Aman · « **Reply #52 on:** September 21, 2015, 04:26:17 pm »

I guess, ha ha. Though Murgen had a few books to build himself up as the next one.

Not Aman · « **Reply #53 on:** September 24, 2015, 04:23:08 pm »

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN.

Wow. That was good. On to Water Sleeps! XD

Drakilian · « **Reply #54 on:** September 24, 2015, 04:25:14 pm »

You read about Croaker's gambit with Blade then?

Genius. Pure genius.

Not Aman · « **Reply #55 on:** September 24, 2015, 04:27:03 pm »

Yeah, that was pure genius. I was Farking pulling a madglee when I read that, ha ha. I was cackling widley at like, 2 am. Scared my roomates, lol.

Not Aman · « **Reply #56 on:** September 24, 2015, 04:28:27 pm »

I love Croaker. So Much.

I love Murgen. One Eye was great. Poor Goblin didnt get much appearance. Otto and Hagop were welcome appearances whenever they showed up.

May be the best book in the series so far. So epic. Beat Silver Spike's final showdown by miles.

Not Aman · « **Reply #57 on:** September 26, 2015, 05:33:19 pm »

Fark you glen cook. Goblin and One Eye.

Probably the saddest I've been in a while.

Sleepy was great. Kinda expected more stupid "im just a guy trapped jn a woman's body" stuff, but was pleased that he didnt take it that way.

Thought Sahra was kinda weak.

Tobo was great.

Expect the strangler's son to have an impact in the next book.

Not Aman · « **Reply #58 on:** September 26, 2015, 05:35:20 pm »

Motherfarker killed Otto and Hagop in the first Farking paragraph. Asshole.

Drakilian · « **Reply #59 on:** September 26, 2015, 08:18:21 pm »

Quote from: Aman on September 26, 2015, 05:33:19 pm

Fark you glen cook. Goblin and One Eye. Probably the saddest I've been in a while.

Sleepy was great. Kinda expected more stupid "im just a guy trapped jn a woman's body" stuff, but was pleased that he didnt take it that way.

Thought Sahra was kinda weak.

Tobo was great.

Expect the strangler's son to have an impact in the next book.

Goblin's brief end was horrifying. What happened to One-Eye was so much worse.

It was so sad to see such an amazing character go senile.

You really feel how old Croaker's become in this last book.

Drakilian · « **Reply #60 on:** September 26, 2015, 08:18:59 pm »

Quote from: Aman on September 26, 2015, 05:35:20 pm

Motherfarker killed Otto and Hagop in the first Farking paragraph. Asshole.

Oh god you don't know how much worse it gets.

Not Aman · « **Reply #61 on:** September 26, 2015, 11:21:41 pm »

Quote from: Drakilian on September 26, 2015, 08:18:59 pm

Oh god you don't know how much worse it gets.

and then he tortures one eye a bit more and then Farking splat

Not Aman · « **Reply #62 on:** September 26, 2015, 11:24:20 pm »

Quote from: Drakilian on September 26, 2015, 08:18:21 pm

Goblin's brief end was horrifying. What happened to One-Eye was so much worse.

It was so sad to see such an amazing character go senile.

You really feel how old Croaker's become in this last book.

Yeah, Glen Cook didnt pull any punches.

Still isnt.

Drakilian · « **Reply #63 on:** September 26, 2015, 11:25:02 pm »

Just wait till you see Goblin's actual death.

Drakilian · « **Reply #64 on:** September 27, 2015, 07:20:36 pm »

I assume that by the time you log on again you will have finished Soldiers Live, so I can only say:

Rest in Peace Goblin. We love you.

Also, super badass golem Croaker, Fark yeah.

Not Aman · « **Reply #65 on:** September 28, 2015, 05:32:31 pm »

Just finished.

Damn. Fark you Drak, I teared up at the end. Farking everyone died. Everyone.

Ugh.

Only now get what you meant about being depressed after fisnihing.

Drakilian · « **Reply #66 on:** September 28, 2015, 05:36:27 pm »

Croaker lived. In the end, I'm just happy he and Lady got to be immortal together.

But every single other goddamn character in the entire story up until that point... yeah, that was horrifying. I mean, the way the Prabrindrah Drah died? That was Farking brutal. And Mogaba definitely didn't deserve to go out like that. I started really disliking Tobo after that one.

Farkin' Murgen too man. Just a sidenote along with Swan and all the others.

Not Aman · « **Reply #67 on:** September 28, 2015, 05:42:01 pm »

Murgen was a goddammed sidenot with Riverwalker (who I liked). His death wasnt even described. Poor Murgen.

Sleepy didnt deserve that. Didnt even get a proper burial since her body was destroyed.

Mogba deserved it, but also didnt. Stupid arrogant young mogba. If he just Farking staye with the company he'd be etched in forever as a mighty hero.

I really liked the Khostra girls. Thankfully Cook didnt brutally murder them, tbough he tried to get Akatosh raped.

Sahra died and no one even knew.

The worst scene was where Lady woke up her daughter. That was torture.

Dunno if Ill be able to reply in Vampires tonight.

Drakilian · « **Reply #68 on:** September 28, 2015, 05:44:51 pm »

Quote from: Aman on September 28, 2015, 05:42:01 pm

Murgen was a goddammed sidenot with Riverwalker (who I liked). His death wasnt even described. Poor Murgen.

Sleepy didnt deserve that. Didnt even get a proper burial since her body was destroyed.

Mogba deserved it, but also didnt. Stupid arrogant young mogba. If he just Farking staye with the company he'd be etched in forever as a mighty hero.

I really liked the Khostra girls. Thankfully Cook didnt brutally murder them, tbough he tried to get Akatosh raped.

Sahra died and no one even knew.

The worst scene was where Lady woke up her daughter. That was torture.

Dunno if Ill be able to reply in Vampires tonight.

Arcana was raped. He didn't try, the company men were pissed that they'd killed some of the men trying to escape and they raped her and killed the other kid as revenge. Yeah, I agree - loved Croaker's two daughters.

I understand, haha.

Not Aman · « **Reply #69 on:** September 28, 2015, 05:48:47 pm »

Oh yeah, forgot that part. Was thinking about the incest rape.

Not Aman · « **Reply #70 on:** September 29, 2015, 12:36:22 pm »

Anyways, whats next? Dunno if Ill read the powder mages. Cant find the pdfs, and it didnt sound like you enjoued them.

Drakilian · « **Reply #71 on:** September 29, 2015, 01:37:32 pm »

Oh, I did enjoy them. Just not as much as the Black Company. I could send you everything, of course. It's not a bad series at all, just bad when you compare it to the Black Company. You can see what the author tries to do and since I started it right after the Black Company all I could think of was how much Glen Cook did it better.

I'm probs going to start the First Law series now though. Piqued my interest and it's also in the general realm of Dark Fantasy. I've also meant to get into Brent Weeks' Black Prism saga.

The Prince of Thorns also seems like a really good read.

Not Aman · « **Reply #72 on:** September 29, 2015, 01:49:53 pm »

Well, send over whatever youre planning to read as well as Powder, I guess. If I cant stand Powder Ill just swap over to the new stuff, ha ha.

You still have my email, right?

Drakilian · « **Reply #73 on:** September 29, 2015, 02:05:36 pm »

Yep yep.

Not Aman · « **Reply #74 on:** September 29, 2015, 02:39:16 pm »

Nice, thanks.

Not Aman · « **Reply #75 on:** October 05, 2015, 02:34:03 pm »

Powder Mages was kinda meh. Taniel sucked (and Nila was so godawful. Man. Fark her) Tamas and Adament were great though. Reminded me a lot of the fourth mistborn book though.

Moving to First Law soon, I guess.

Drakilian · « **Reply #76 on:** October 05, 2015, 02:47:24 pm »

Yes, high five on Nila hatred!

I liked Taniel, but i'm also a sucker for a love story, haha.

Not Aman · « **Reply #77 on:** October 05, 2015, 02:51:27 pm »

Wait, seriously? You, Adam mcScrewVeronica McManipulateEveryoneWithSeduction ? XD

Drakilian · « **Reply #78 on:** October 05, 2015, 02:56:44 pm »

I'm a sucker for a love story. Adam absolutely wasn't, haha.

Besides, Adam basically only seduced one person, and it was the single, lonely life mage/infernalist who clearly had a thing for vampires.

Drakilian · « **Reply #79 on:** October 05, 2015, 03:00:20 pm »

Gah, haven't had time to start it yet, been super busy. How are you plowing through all of these?

Not Aman · « **Reply #80 on:** October 05, 2015, 03:05:02 pm »

Quote from: Drakilian on October 05, 2015, 02:56:44 pm

I'm a sucker for a love story. Adam absolutely wasn't, haha.

Besides, Adam basically only seduced one person, and it was the single, lonely life mage/infernalist who clearly had a thing for vampires.

And another but Im not sure I'm allowed to say it, lol (even if Whitechapel is dead, ha ha). Though I think that one was by accident. XD

XD Cant stand love stories stuck into action novels. If I want to read a romance, Im gonna grab a romance novel, not read a warbook. XD

Quote from: Drakilian on October 05, 2015, 03:00:20 pm

Gah, haven't had time to start it yet, been super busy. How are you plowing through all of these?

Vacation, and I have no other stuff to do (with all the rps moving slowly, ha ha)

Drakilian · « **Reply #81 on:** October 05, 2015, 03:29:22 pm »

Dirty bastard, what are you doing on vacation? I have midterms dammit!

Drakilian · « **Reply #82 on:** October 05, 2015, 03:59:11 pm »

Quote from: Aman on October 05, 2015, 03:05:02 pm

And another but Im not sure I'm allowed to say it, lol (even if Whitechapel is dead, ha ha). Though I think that one was by accident. XD

XD Cant stand love stories stuck into action novels. If I want to read a romance, Im gonna grab a romance novel, not read a warbook. XD Vacation, and I have no other stuff to do (with all the rps moving slowly, ha ha)

Of course you're allowed to say it!

I mean, Seth is clearly never going to bring Whitechapel back (since it was too much work and it was extremely frustrating for him), so there's not point in keeping it secret.

Also, and I say this with a certainty born of intuition, romance novels suck. I like the side-romance stories. Means something more when everything's at stake.

Not Aman · « **Reply #83 on:** October 05, 2015, 04:33:51 pm »

Yeah, but not telling you is also fun. XD

Eh, I dunno, the few Ive read have been good. (Though theyve been romance comics so I dunno)

Not Aman · « **Reply #84 on:** October 07, 2015, 05:18:43 pm »

Finished the first book. Starts off super weak, like, terrible (imo), and I was certain that I'd absolutely hate Logen. Took a little bit of time, but it gets much better along the way. Not so happy about the ending, but thats mainly because I dont like how lots of series tend to end on a step for the next book.

Logen starts weak, but becomes great.
Jezal is okay, didntreally like him (but you will, I bet)
Gotka is the best character ever. Never have I liked a member of the inquisition like this. Almost as good as talkamata (what do you say).
Ferrow is above average, I guess.
Dog and Crew are absoluetely awesome.

The sidecharacters are generally fantastic. West, Arch Lektor, the First Magi... Favorite character is the First, obviously, ha ha.

Drakilian · « **Reply #85 on:** October 07, 2015, 05:20:38 pm »

Sick. When i start i'll give my opinion XD

Reversed roles here, haha.

Not Aman · « **Reply #86 on:** October 07, 2015, 05:21:15 pm »

Finally, ha ha

Drakilian · « **Reply #87 on:** October 07, 2015, 05:22:29 pm »

Ooh, like the quote.

Not Aman · « **Reply #88 on:** October 07, 2015, 05:24:17 pm »

Yeah, probably the first time I've read something where a savage shows up in a civilized area and reacts as one would think. Generally they just hve the constant stupid "ooh look at the big buildings" a la the bone girl from Powder.

Not Aman · « **Reply #89 on:** October 08, 2015, 02:40:52 pm »

Bam, burnt through the next book. Gotka continues to be best main character, Logen follows, and Jezal got much better.

Farrow got bad. Qual was kinda weird, youll see what I'm saying whn yoi get there. The First got weird as well.

West was great, Dog and the others were also solid.

Wasnt the best book, but was pretty good. Does the same annoying thing and leads into the next book without giving a satisfactory conclusion. I hate it when authors do that.

Drakilian · « **Reply #90 on:** October 08, 2015, 02:45:30 pm »

It's been one day Aman. One day goddamit.

Next thing I know i'm going to be sending you a Prince of Thorns PDF before i've even started the First Law series.

Not Aman · « **Reply #91 on:** October 08, 2015, 02:52:06 pm »

Quote from: Drakilian on October 08, 2015, 02:45:30 pm

It's been one day Aman. One day goddamit.

Next thing I know i'm going to be sending you a Prince of Thorns PDF before i've even started the First Law series.

Its your fault for not entertaining me with massive amounts of Vampire updates.

xD

Not Aman · « **Reply #92 on:** October 11, 2015, 12:43:33 pm »

Finished book 3! Three more short stories left, and two days left in my vacation. Lets see if I can finish it lol.

Anyways, third book was solid. Felt that it really climaxed in the third quarter, and got weaker by the end, but no big loss. We all knew where the real epic battle would be.

The big twist (if you cancall it that) in the first half was pretty obvious.

Yay for Gotka!
Jezal was solid, still didnt like farrow. The First was Farking ridiculous by the end though. Wonderibg what youll think about him and his twists.

Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he makes great quotes. (And that hes an awesome character and makes me sad I'm not playing a barbarian atm. Also, the author really did well with his bezerker rage. Really felt like aimless destruction, instead of just a win-button.)

Not Aman · « **Reply #93 on:** October 11, 2015, 03:48:44 pm »

These arent short stories.

Drakilian · « **Reply #94 on:** October 11, 2015, 05:54:14 pm »

They're stand alone novels

Note I always called them "side stories", not "short stories"

Drakilian · « **Reply #95 on:** October 12, 2015, 01:43:38 am »

Quote from: Aman on October 07, 2015, 05:18:43 pm

Finished the first book. Starts off super weak, like, terrible (imo)

Read through the first few chapters today and i got to say I disagree with this - it starts off a hell of a lot better than most novels. I mean, you can tell that the guy felt he really needed to be fancy with his writing, which made it suffer when he inevitably made mistakes adding unnecessary description, using words that could have been better replaced by other adjectives, etc.

But frankly, compared to the start of the first book of the black company (which started off really, really badly) or Powder mage, or a lot of other dark fiction works (which rely really very heavily on atmosphere anyway - which takes time to set up) - it's really quite good. Once you're done with Logen and you move onto Gotka (which, yes, by far the most wickedly awesome character, i'd love to just read a book about him), it picks up fast too.

Not Aman · « **Reply #96 on:** October 12, 2015, 02:25:15 am »

I dunno, I was almost gonna give up on the book with the first Logen segment.

Gotka is the Farking best.

Not Aman · « **Reply #97 on:** October 12, 2015, 03:58:16 pm »

Hated the majority of the cast and the theme of the book. Favoritr characters were The Northman (not spoiling who) and the poison master (and aprentice), with Friendly trailing third.

Cooled down, ha ha. Anyways, the main problem with the book imo was that the theme seemed to be that you're born what you are, and can't really change (no matter how hard you try)(aside for one character), which I guess is a running theme in the series, but in this book especially. Two characters were especially treacherous and despicable imo, but succeeded anyways, and the book potrayed them to be good characters. Also the final plot twist was kinda forced and didnt feel right, but maybe it was because I was hoping it wasnt true.

A very good book anyways, even if I didnt like the end.

Drakilian · « **Reply #98 on:** October 15, 2015, 01:46:42 am »

Man, Jezal's a Farking dick. I keep on waiting for him to not be a piece of shit, but that moment just isn't happening.

Not Aman · « **Reply #99 on:** October 15, 2015, 02:06:42 am »

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