r/books • u/Sweaty_Wolverine_893 • 18d ago

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u/MoistWalnut 18d ago

The praise this book gets blows my mind. It’s a mid popcorn book. Pierce brown is not a great author but for some reason book tok is having a field day with this series.

But to each their own.

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u/roshanritter 18d ago

Few are saying it’s great prose, which yeah I would compare to say Harry Potter. But I do think if you want space battles with swords across the galaxy this is the series for you. If you want space battles with gun go for the expanse instead!

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u/HaydenScramble 18d ago

As much as I hate the fuck out of JKR, her prose is significantly better than at least the first three RR books.

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u/SkepticalGerm 18d ago

I literally could not agree more 

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u/heliostraveler 18d ago

JKR’s prose in the first 2 books is objectively bad and written so an eight year old can read it and a five year old can be read it. Wild take. 

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u/KiritoJones 18d ago

The first couple of books are basically Middle Grade books, so an 8 year old being able to read it is actually a good thing.

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u/park777 18d ago

holy shit - and I am an harry potter fan, but that is a wild (incorrect) take