I had just finished the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, and wanted more fantasy. This came up on my Amazon, and I thought the cover looked cool so I gave it a try. Boy did I have no idea what I was getting into. First off, it looks like it's supposed to be a fantasy novel from the cover, and there are elements that seem fantasy, but it's clearly science fiction, and almost hard science fiction if you can wade through the violence to see it. I guess I liked what Enzo Ardire did with it, but honestly, I'm still processing it. The ending was good, totally not what I was expecting. I feel like the book was less about liking it or not liking it, and more about thinking about what the fuck the author was trying to say. Basically, all of the politics and shit we believe in is really meaningless when certain realities come to pass. I guess that was the main message, but I did not see that coming from the onset. It's apparently the first book of a series but I dunno where this dude is going with the story.Anyone else read this? I feel like his writing is excellent, but the ideas are like drinking acid, you have to put the damn thing down because it's so brutal. I'm like genuinely bothered by some of it and I don't know why.
Take it to your containment board, /sff/aggot
>>25225115never heard of it, but you make it sound interesting>>25225202way to foster thoughtful discussion, fuckhead
>>25225237>thoughtful discussion>fantasyslop
>>25225202What? Are you ok?>>25225237It definitely was interesting, and I feel like I'm stranded on an island with no one to talk to about it.>>25225244But that's kind of the point, it was neither fantasy nor was it slop. Have you read it? You sound like a literal crazy person.
I'll probably check back in a couple weeks. I think the book just came out so it's probably not very popular or many people have read it. Maybe in a month at least a couple people will have. But then again, maybe in a month I won't care lol. I'm just a bit hot and bothered by it right now.
>>25225115Is this an unofficial sequel to BrandoSando's Infinity Blade tie-in books?
>>25226217Hah no, honestly it was nothing like Brandon Sanderson. Whereas Sanderson's stuff is 500+ pages, and I've heard the newer stuff is even longer like 1000+ or 1500+, and Sanderson's prose is very bloated (i can't really think of a better word), Ardire's prose it like a blade. It's super stripped down, almost to the point where I thought there was missing content. After reading, I don't think there is, I just think Ardire really really really avoids explaining anything at all costs. Reklaim's description even says something like "The reader is responsible", kind of like the book is an idea map that is supposed to spur your mind to fill in the gaps. Sometimes it works, and sometimes I was just like WTF! That's why I wanted to ask if anyone else read it because it's good enough to have made me care, but kind of confusing and it's like, "wait, what the fuck did that mean because it seems important not just to the book's world but to like the real world". Again, I'm not sure if I love it or hate it yet, that only thing I can say is I'm basically triggered and I don't know by what specifically.
https://www.amazon.ca/Reklaim-Dystopian-Philosophical-Science-Survival-ebook/dp/B0DY5HL3TL>1 review>publisher is Ardire mediaHi Enzo.
>>25227176Accusing others of shilling after linking the literal Amazon store page?I don’t know about that one.
