@Tim_the_Corsair: I've heard some of the later Wheel of Time books are really tedious to get through. If you're looking for some good dark fantasy stuff Joe Abercrombie's "First Law" trilogy is quite good. He also has 2 other novels set in the "First Law" Universe. I just finished "The Heroes" and it's Abercrombie's best novel so far.
Eh I would argue that was an exaggeration.
Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, and Crossroads of Twilight definitely progressively have less happen in them than the previous books, and what does happen often follows a character or two that a chunk of the readerbase don't like as much, or they used to love them but dislike the turns their character has taken.
However, that isn't to say that NOTHING of note happens, or that they are bad books; I'd argue that the worst of the Wheel of Time still crushes about 98% of the fantasy out there from a quality and entertainment standpoint.
They also have sharply increased in the sheer amount of shit that goes down now that the series is coming to an end; whether this was always Jordan's intention or the result of Sanderson taking the reigns is a debate that will likely never be resolved, but hey.
If your parents are struggling you should probably get something to contribute; so to if you are like constantly hitting them up for cash so you can go out.
Otherwise duder, you're doing a good thing with the right priorities in spite of major setbacks. I'm sure your parents are proud of you and their support of you is completely sincere. You sound like a good guy, good luck with it all mate.
@MariachiMacabre: I usually do the same, but they were such quick reads that I started to eat them up. I'll probably just power through the last of A Feast for Crows, and take a good long break before I start A Dance with Dragons.
If it helps, I'm currently reading Dance and it is substantially better than Feast.
Because fuck Cersei Lannister and the POV she rode in on
@MariachiMacabre: Hemingway is also my favorite autor, and probably my idol. If I had made this a top 10 list he would've held 5 spots. The Old Man and the sea would probably be my second favorite of his. I've never read a book that said so much with so few words.
@Tim_the_Corsair: I'm really starting to feel it with the Song of Ice and Fire books. I'm only 100 pages from finishing A Feast of Crows, but I'm really starting to feel burned out.
I did have a few reservations of starting the Wheel of Time series, knowing that Jordan died before it was completed. I was afraid I'd read it, enjoy it, become invested, then disappointed because there was no closure. But the info you've given has alleviated that fear.
I'm sure I'm far from the only person to do this, but this is the reason I don't go from one book in a series to the next. It hurts the experience. It's always important for me to have a palate cleanser of sorts. Often times I take a year off from a series so the writing style feels fresh again.
I agree with the palate cleanser idea; it's why reading Wheel of Time as it came out has been great for me, as it enforces this...although I've read every book in that series over twenty times at least, so it obviously doesn't bother me haha (I should point out that these are often speed reads or out of order, as Jordan's work, amongst others, acts as a textbook of sorts for my own writing)
I'm changing my 3) to the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, now that I think about it.
There was a cheat code or something you could use to skip levels, I honestly don't remember...maybe you had to click on some secret button in the menu? Or was that Red Alert? Damn it, I'm old and can't remember.
My favourite thing about Dark Reign was the idea of terrain and how it altered tactics. Decimating superior forces of hover tanks with my pissy little spider bikes due to hills was an amazing feeling, as was sneaking a group of tachyon tanks up a river to flank an enemy army.
Plus the map editor was great and surprisingly powerful...perhaps not as easy as the StarCraft one was to use, but still pretty awesome.
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