tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post804218521379563281..comments2024-03-29T07:34:18.331-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: Two Short Reviews: Bakker, Kristian (by Liviu Suciu)Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-50548759380273072492011-12-01T20:40:58.225-05:002011-12-01T20:40:58.225-05:00i have to agree with jason....the white luck warri...i have to agree with jason....the white luck warrior is one of the best and most engrossing books i've had the thrill to read since Bakkers last book...the man is on a whole other planet of fantasy....but there aren;t any vikings!!!.....maybe his next series will be the aspect viking....heres hoping!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-78223399461424340812011-06-03T20:37:00.335-04:002011-06-03T20:37:00.335-04:00R.Scott Bakker's White Luck Warrior was amazin...R.Scott Bakker's White Luck Warrior was amazing...I completely disagree with your review...Bakker's work is like a fine wine, you cant just speed read through. I imagine you read a lot of books, so I'm sure a lot of plot-lines were shaky with you... I recommend a re-read of at least the judging eye before you open this one... Bad review...IMOCursed Armadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231771423272385479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-27680326313389700902011-05-22T00:23:00.778-04:002011-05-22T00:23:00.778-04:00To be honest i rarely can take take earnest fantas...To be honest i rarely can take take earnest fantasy seriously these days; my strong dislike of the fantasy hereditary dictatorship (eg kings, emperors...) settings that made me avoid the genre with few exceptions until the past several years, kind of reasserted itself recently - and Bakker is the same, princes, royal (godly even) families...<br /><br />I want fantasy without kings, or if there have to be kings/queens better be villains, stupid, manipulative - Joe Abercrombie and GRRM like - if you wantLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-10783136690125064952011-05-19T17:00:06.890-04:002011-05-19T17:00:06.890-04:00Bakker get's better with every book.
I just f...Bakker get's better with every book.<br /><br />I just finshed reading White Luck Warrior a couple days ago and I gotta say that I love it. I especially enjoyed any scene featuring Cleric (might be my new favorite character right behind Achamian).<br /><br />To my mind, the entire series is some of the best written, most inetlligent and enjoyable (I devour these books) the fantasy genre has produced in quite a long time. <br /><br />If you are looking for simple, escapist genre fiction, look elsewhere. Bakker's work requires some effort on the part of the reader but the effort pays off.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952278690209227881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-402551636432697962011-05-10T08:41:45.606-04:002011-05-10T08:41:45.606-04:00I will take a look at the Low books again then, se...I will take a look at the Low books again then, see if i can muster enthusiasm.Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-85225541575822668822011-05-10T07:49:42.454-04:002011-05-10T07:49:42.454-04:00Liviu did you read all of them?
I had also proble...Liviu did you read all of them? <br />I had also problems with the first couple of pages of "the whale road". It was another style as I was used too. But after about 50 or 60 pages the story sucked me in. The other three books are also better then the first one.<br /><br />If I compare Kristians' "Raven - blood eye" with Lows' "Oathsworn"-series then it is like comparing popcorn-cinema and well thought plotline. Don't understand me wrong Kristians's books are really good but they are completly different then Lows.<br /><br />I read the first book of Severins series and I really didn't like. It was just boring. Iggulden disappointed me too. I have the first three books of his Rome-series and I couldn't read more then 30 pages of the first book and had to lay it away...<br /><br />If you want to read a good Rome-Series then try Harry Sidebottoms' "Warrior of Rome" series. <br /><br />Is Ferguson really that good? I looked for a homepage of him but didn't find one?Dogma75noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-2075292861160548682011-05-06T17:05:11.299-04:002011-05-06T17:05:11.299-04:00I tried them but did not really like them - did no...I tried them but did not really like them - did not click with me for whatever reasons, so I would not consider them bad the way I consider the ultra-popular Roman books by Conn Igguden who meet my definition of junk; there is also a series by Tim Severin and I felt same as with the Low one, something that is not bad but just does not matches my taste<br /><br />The non-fiction book by Robert Fergusson (Vikings) is quite interesting and grounds all of these well btwLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-84383108194717149282011-05-06T13:31:11.053-04:002011-05-06T13:31:11.053-04:00Liviu if Kristians's books met your taste then...Liviu if Kristians's books met your taste then you should try Robert Lows' Oathsworn series.<br />Imho it's the best Viking series on the book market atm.Dogma75noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-83508143341133115012011-05-04T17:55:07.061-04:002011-05-04T17:55:07.061-04:00You had me at Viking! Another series to add to my ...You had me at Viking! Another series to add to my TBR list! Thank you so much for sharing it!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236569596711092011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-81205212269767203932011-05-04T11:31:36.162-04:002011-05-04T11:31:36.162-04:00i expanded a bit more about current Viking series ...i expanded a bit more about current Viking series in the review of Sons of Thunder linked in the post, but of the 3 main ones i know about (Robert Low and Tim Severin being the other 2), this is the one I really liked; of older books, M. Ennis' Byzantium and H. Harrison sff take on them in the series The Hammer and The Cross are also favoritesLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-53787239912559803302011-05-04T10:15:29.905-04:002011-05-04T10:15:29.905-04:00I wonder if my husband would like the viking serie...I wonder if my husband would like the viking series. It is the first I have heard of it.Confuzzled Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738492612572914119noreply@blogger.com