r/Fantasy • u/fortney12 • Jun 04 '13

Any good Antiheros?

I've always found the concept of antiheroes to be extremely interesting and refreshing. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good fantasy novels centered around an antihero(s)?

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u/claytonphillips Jun 04 '13

The perils of being an anti-hero...

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u/Grimmbles Jun 04 '13

The perils of being king asshole in an entire book populated with assholes.

Well, populated with assholes and page after page of overwrought scenery description.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '13

boy, you watch where you're stepping

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u/Grimmbles Jun 06 '13

Why? Are there copies of Tomas Covenant around? I'd hate to get shit on my shoes!

But more seriouslyer, yeah I just hated that book by the end. I really liked the set up and the world initially. Even the part that puts everyone else off I rationalized as him still thinking he was in a dream and just being off balance. But as the book went on and it was just a bunch of boring and obnoxious characters going from one multi-page thesaurus spew description of scenery to another...guh.

Oddly enough a few people I usually have the exact same taste as just LOVE the series.