I really enjoyed the plot and the message of the book but was anyone else bothered by how Dorian’a character was written? He didn’t seem to speak, he just cried constantly? After half of the stuff he was saying was “Dorian cried” or stuff like this and it really irked me 😅

OP should be more careful, but this part isn’t that big of a spoiler. It happens early, and because of the book’s framing story the reader knows a lot about what’s coming anyway.

Agree 100% My best example of that is Sanderson aking over the Wheel of Time after Jordan's passing. It was not perfect, especially in the earlier parts, but he respected the characters, understood them and genuinely wanted to complete Jordan's story and it shows.

Sadly Millennium 4 did not get this same treatment.

Good choice! Hard to believe Shelley wrote that when she was only 19!

You could also try War of the Worlds, or The Invisible Man, Both by HG Wells. I'm also fond of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is flat out amazing.

One of the best books ever. Every time I read it I notice new themes it covers, and watching Dorian's ironic transformation into something horrendously ugly in his insatiable pursuit of vain, shallow beauty is amazing. And Lord Henry has the some of the best one-liners in fiction.

Probably my second favorite classic book as well (pretty sure nothing will ever beat The Brothers Karamazov for me).

It was bought out by Waterstones a few years ago, and to be honest it feels much more like another chain store these days in terms of selection. I used to enjoy the fact that I'd often find books that were sometimes hard to get, but the variety seemed somewhat diminished the last time I visited. Still a good bookshop to visit, but I think it's lost some of its previous uniqueness.

Well said, you described exactly how I feel after finishing a wonderful book. I want to stay in that world and need some time to process and decompress before I can think of starting another.

Definitely agree on Pordes. Picked up some really great and obscure military history books from there over the years. Good condition + prices etc.

You're about to fall down a wonderful reading hole. The general process most have is "wow Way of Kings was [okay to great], and I'm super interested about this world so I'm gonna read Words of Radia-OOOHHHHH MYYYYYYY GOOOODDDDDDD".

It took me a little to get into way of kings but then I read the next three books and the two side books in about six weeks.

Also if you haven't yet, the second Mistborn era is good to add to your pile once you've caught up with the Stormlight series as they're both within the larger "Cosmere" setting Sanderson has for the majority of his books.

I'm ~1/4 of the way through, really liking it!

My first is Frankenstein.

I don't understand why they don't even have a warning.

Now, I'm intrigued what's the first? I am trying to get into classics but they tend to be super slow for my taste...

So, if u could suggest any it would be great :)

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It would be great if it was both and if you could find something titled, say, Murder in Milan next to History of Medieval Italy and to books by Umberto Eco.

I loved this series and the Novella about Auri was so good too ! I've never read anything like this series

Yup i hate that feeling

I really look forward to these, I found Kaladin to be one of the most inspirational characters in a fantasy series. His interactions with Sylphrena, and dedication to his bridge crew had a profound affect on me.

These are great books. Beautiful books. I’ve read 1 and 2 over and over. I’d love to see a book 3, but the author has given us so much. He owes us nothing. Enjoy!

I did that with Dexter’s series.

They are 8 books. I read 5 and a half. On the 6th I didn’t want to continue as they were so boring after the 3rd and quite not interesting anymore.

I marked 6, 7 and 8 as read and asked my partner for a summary (we have a book club between ourselves)

With short stories/anthologies/collections, I wouldn’t see it bad to mark the book as read even if you skipped few. The book is done for you and you judge it to yourself from the ones you got to read

Thanks for the spoilers man

What an incredible accomplishment kingkiller is already. Listening to these audiobooks three times now has been a real joy. I really like the characters he created. And, I liked Kvothes parents. Fine people… for Edema Ruh.

I also do that when they are available :)

>That's interesting. I always assumed sex for young women was taboo back then due to the risk of pregnancy out of wedlock, and not necessarily from any concern for the woman's emotional state. But I like your reasoning better.

That was also part of it. Unsurprisingly the whole thing is rather multifaceted.

Your Montgomery example is a good example if what I meant. Innocence is easily lost and often under painful circumstances. Which is also why it's valued and people desire to protect it.