Reddit reviews The Traveler's Gate Trilogy (Complete)
We found 6 Reddit comments about The Traveler's Gate Trilogy (Complete). Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Reddit reviews The Traveler's Gate Trilogy (Complete)We found 6 Reddit comments about The Traveler's Gate Trilogy (Complete). Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I'm familiar with almost everything you've commented on. Sounds like you enjoy the world and the setting almost as much as the story itself.
For compelling narratives with incredibly cool settings, I'd point you at:
A Practical Guide to Evil - completely free online webserial, one of the best things I've read in ages. Storybook Heroes and Villains are carefully defined roles with power behind them that constantly clash over the ages in endless conflict, and a young woman decides that if the Heroes of Good can't deliver on justice and freedom for her people, she'll find another way to get it.
The Traveler's Gate Trilogy by Will Wight - a fun, light read with an incredibly cool setting and a novel, well-fleshed out magic system. The characters start out in the first book fairly on-trope, but in the next two books they grow and develop into something better.
The Book of Jhereg - the trials and tribulations of a low level crime lord living life in a medieval world of sorcery and magic. Fun, light, and with a really interesting world behind it.
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On name of the wind: Personally, I loved how cocky and over the top Kvothe was - it made his character unique. You can tell he's over-embellishing his story, adding in a lot of grand exaggerated details, and that makes the whole thing more human.
Its kind of a reaction to the typical fantasy protagonist who can do no wrong and is always firmly on the side of justice - you're fully aware Kvothe is not always the good guy and in fact he's kind of a jackass a lot of the time, without Rothfuss having to slap you in the face with it. He does some horribly stupid shit at points, and fucks up a lot of important things beyond all recognition. That being said, if it grinds your gears, that's perfectly fine, don't force yourself to read it.
PR does some really awesome stuff with dialogue, and he knows how to turn a phrase. The sheer volume of theory posts here tells you how deep one can fall down the lore rabbit hole. Every re-read shows something new.
However, wait until the date for book 3 is announced. You're not going to get updates, and you likely will end up salty and frustrated (like many others). You can only re-read a book so many times before you need a break.
Think about how bad it's been with GRRM. Think about how bad it was with Jordan. We love these worlds and works, but there's tons of authors out there who are publishing regularly and have completed series. There's no need to put yourself through the pain. Check out one of the completed series (I recommend Sullivan's Riyria Revelations or Wight's Traveler's Gate ), and keep out an eye for Book 3!
I have read a bunch of free books/series through Unlimited.
Ones I recommend (that jump to my head right now):
Legend tells of other books by Will Wight, but those might just be crazy myths.
For real, if you don't mind translated web fiction, check out WuxiaWorld. I wrote Cradle because I was too impatient for new chapters to come out.
Recommendations off the top of my head: A Will Eternal, Desolate Era, Martial World, Coiling Dragon.
Amazon Link because OP literally posted the worst possible link he could find... Change my mind.