I’ve also been getting back into fantasy and sci-fi. I’m reading through the Wheel of Time series right now and it’s the best series I’ve ever read. I’m on book 7 and really glad there’s still 7 books left. If you liked Eragon, then you’ll probably love this series.
Contrast that to Dune, which I heard so much praise for and was very very disappointed by. The first Dune book was ok, but it just went downhill from there. The God Emperor of Dune was the most boring garbage I’ve ever read, and I’m convinced people think it’s great because they read it in high school or middle school and thought it was “deep” when it’s just a bunch of fluff with no substance. The plot is terrible too. Once again, the first Dune book was alright, but the rest are absolute trash in my honest opinion.
WoT is great, albeit a bit slow in the middle. But the last three books are just amazing, Brandon Sanderson was hired to finish the series and he did it expertly.
A great series I can recommend is Red Rising from Pierce Brown (book 6 just came out, one more to go).
This Red Rising sounds like something I would like, and I’ve been wanting to get back into sci-fi. Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check it out once I finish up WoT :)
Contrast that to Dune, which I heard so much praise for and was very very disappointed by. The first Dune book was ok, but it just went downhill from there. The God Emperor of Dune was the most boring garbage I’ve ever read, and I’m convinced people think it’s great because they read it in high school or middle school and thought it was “deep” when it’s just a bunch of fluff with no substance. The plot is terrible too. Once again, the first Dune book was alright, but the rest are absolute trash in my honest opinion.