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Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy books (lemmy.world)
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I wanna read something that's fucking brutal with fighting and sex and all the things, but also WELL WRITTEN (so NOT George R.R. Martin, I can't stand his shit). I want Lord of the Rings on crack and steroids.

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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've been hyping up Dresden Files in damn near every book thread for the last four months, but damn if it doesn't fit here too. There's sex and murder in nearly every one of the books. The murder is very rarely clean, and the stakes are never low. Jim Butcher is one of my very favorite authors now, by a significant margin.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

My guilty pleasure. His books draw me in but some of the sexism/arrogance (especially in earlier books) makes me cringe. Doesn't stop me from staying up too late to finish one if I've started. Butcher knows how to keep me hooked.

His newer series the cinder spires is quite good as well.

[–] Ganeshaix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just finished reading through the entire series a month or two ago - what a fantastic series.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

It has completely consumed my life for the last several months. I'm partway through Changes right now. I can't remember the last time I was this completely absorbed in a book series.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago

Dresden Files are great. One of my favourite series. I am going through all the books slowly, don't want to run out of them before the next one releases. Generally read a book every month or so. Last one I read was White Night. Going to start Small Favor when I am done with my current book.