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This is like the random thoughts thread, but for books specifically! If you want to post random musings about your favorite book, long rants about the cliffhanging ending of the next book in your favorite series, amazement at the awesomeness of the last book you read, and so on, this is the thread for it! :)
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submitted by Poinsettia, age ageless, a sea of crystal waters
(July 8, 2023 - 9:33 am)
(July 8, 2023 - 9:33 am)
Two (possibly unpopular) opinions:
-KotLC characters, and the KotLC books themselves, seem to be vaguely inspired/based off of superhero movies. Think of the powers (telepathy, shapeshifting, etc), the way the elves are always going off to the Forbidden Cities and posing as humans, and the whole culture and world of the Lost Cities. (Also please don't think I watch any superhero movie going and therefore know about these things, I've never watched a superhero movie; but luckily I have a dad who has)
-Before I get to the point, I've got nothing against Tolkien and I do like his books and his style of writing; but I think he's primarily an author who liked to worldbuild and write about adventures, and I think we read his books more for that than for the quality of the books themselves. There are a lot of writers who are technically better than Tolkien, at least in my opinion, but here we are still reading his books :]
(January 27, 2024 - 3:48 pm)
I'm a Tolkien nerd and I agree with that. I think his writing style is hard to get into (seriously the number of times he describes gorgeous Elvin eyes per page is crazy lol) but the worldbuilding is amazing, seriously incredible so I read them for that :D
(February 2, 2024 - 12:48 am)
Yay, I have confirmation from an ardent Tolkien fan :D
(February 4, 2024 - 6:49 pm)
(January 28, 2024 - 11:06 am)
Some of Sarah J Maas's books are pretty good, but I completely blame her for the decline of the Fae. "Fae" used to mean some kind of interesting and creative magical race. Now they're just typical elves, but with a fancy name and more toxic masculinity than any other trait. I want the old Fae back.
(February 1, 2024 - 11:14 am)