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Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy books (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world to c/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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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Blade Itself

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I didnt like the ending, but yeah. I guess the follow on books are good too but I haven't tried them.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The follow up book about Caul Shivers is possibly even better than the original trilogy. Check it out.

[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm with you, the ending of the 3rd book deflated me and actually lowered my opinions on the first 2 books. I'm curious whether the follow-up books do anything to fix it, but I can't find the motivation to read them now.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They don't fix it but they're good. Really enjoyed Best Served Cold.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TBF I actually meant the ending of the first book. I haven't gone back to the series to finish it. I expected bloody nine content starting book two and it wasn't.

[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Logen is in all 3 books of the trilogy, and plays prominent roles in all of them. It's just a matter of the constantly shifting perspectives.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I lied, I finished the trilogy.

Logan jumps out the window in the end and I'm like "fuck. Thats it?" And then it's all kids and idk if I want to continue.

[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

SPOILERS FOR BOOK 3 HERE:

Yeah... I'm stuck on the idea of continuing, but the end of book 3 basically feels like instead of the world being a place that is mutable and changeable, it's instead a deconstruction of the concept of heroism and would rather say that people are themselves, that they can't be changed, and that the wizard has everyone dancing in his palm.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

My friends say it continues to be good... But I got really attached to Logen and, surprisingly, Glokta. He might be my favorite character of the books so far and I kinda assume they are both gone? Makes it hard to want to keep going.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I came here to recommend The First Law trilogy. It's the definition of gritty

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I’m actually re-reading it right now. It’s been years since I originally read it, and I started the second follow-up series to the First Law Universe and couldn’t remember some of the characters. So I decided to re-read the first book, but it’s good enough that I’m going to read the whole trilogy again.