"Imagine if Patrick Rothfuss had written the Red Rising saga" Me: 🤯 I am SOLD on this book. SOLD.
@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy3 жыл бұрын
Awww, come on Mike! My TBR is already monstrously vast, and you keep doing an outstanding job of getting me interested in more books. Cut it out! 😉Seriously, though, you’re right about the frame narrative. Chaucer used a frame narrative for The Canterbury Tales in the 14th century, and Boccaccio even before him. Rothfuss didn’t invent it. The characters sound great here - thanks for the review!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Dickens was the one I knew the year of off memory ha ha. But yeah, it’s like saying Def Leppard ripped off The Offspring with “Gunter glieben glauchen globen.”
@grandadmiralmanatee8 ай бұрын
@@mikesbookreviewsmy fav booktuber made a Def Leppard reference my life is complete🤘
@thatsci-firogue3 жыл бұрын
Adding this to the list. Near the top of the list.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Excellent choice.
@thebookborough3 жыл бұрын
I'm really digging these intros!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@madisongoodyear50403 жыл бұрын
They’re the best
@thomaswootress-reidt1013 жыл бұрын
This intro is a top five for me. Nothing tops that WYSR Red Rising one.
@JerodimusPrime3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they're amazing. They really set up the mood that makes you want to binge-read the story.
@thebookborough3 жыл бұрын
@@thomaswootress-reidt101 now I have to go back and rewatch that one haha. Just to compare!
@brettmurray24733 жыл бұрын
Will definitely get to this once I'm through the Dune series.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
You'll feel right at home.
@bmoneybby3 жыл бұрын
Ya I thought it was very Duneish. Different of course, but like Dune it's a space fantasy.
@THX-bz8bi3 жыл бұрын
Stick to the ones written by frank herbert. His son work is not that good dispite "useing" frank herbert "notes" (had to put air quotations)
@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS3 жыл бұрын
told you that you would like it
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you did!
@molcoo3 жыл бұрын
I’m honestly shocked that I haven’t seen more attention given to this series on KZbin, Reddit, Goodreads, etc. It’s already become easily one of my favorite fantasy/sci-fi series all-time which is saying a lot, I’m just so in love with everything about it (be it the world, characters, prose, etc). It deserves a hell of a lot more recognition than it’s been getting, especially The Howling Dark and Demon in White which are just absolute masterpieces of fantasy literature inside and out.
@mariob4113 жыл бұрын
The cover gives me some serious Destiny vibes which makes me intrigued by itself. I think I'll definitely look to pick this up. Another book on my TBR 👍
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Enjoy!
@fjuran13 жыл бұрын
Read this one this past summer, was excellent, a science fiction (not hard sci-fi at all) with definitely a fantasy feel about a lone character, but also can morph into a bit of a space opera, judging by the end. Also, enjoyed a great deal of the other characters, as well as, Marlowe. Ruocchio will be a major writer in the field. He has a very strong output already finishing up the writing on book four. Look forward to jumping into book two, but Mike, you are holding me back as I am starting the Malazan with you, LOL. Although maybe I can squeeze it in. Mike a great channel, thank you for your work and enthusiasm.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for saying so!
@NikhilKoparkarmusic2 жыл бұрын
I just wanted to thank you YET AGAIN for introducing me to another new favorite series - finishing Howling Dark and am just blown away. I only wish I could read these again for the first time and can’t wait to pick up the third. Thank you Mike !!
@mikesbookreviews2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! So happy you’re enjoying it.
@Guidedvoice323 жыл бұрын
I’m currently 300 pages in, and I’m hooked. Really enjoying this story so far. Thanks for reviewing and getting the word out on this sci-fi hidden gem. 👍
@joseph-jackharding51843 жыл бұрын
Good to seethe review. If you get a break in between books start Howling Dark!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
It is locked into the schedule. Will be current by March.
@BookedandBusy3 жыл бұрын
This intro is so epic!!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Glad you dig it.
@alejandrorubio3053 жыл бұрын
This might sound a little weird, Mike, but you make me happy.
@BigDaddy135153 жыл бұрын
I loved this book.. One of the best debuts I’ve ever read.. Ruocchio is the Shakespeare if sci-fi lol.
@SunEaterBooks3 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, that "sans x, sans y" stuff Mike quoted IS a reference to "As You Like It."
@VAARBLM3 жыл бұрын
This one is definitely in my TBR now. Dune and the dune saga are my favorite books of all time, period. I am huge space opera fan, but like in the most literal sense of the word. Epic and dramatic conflict in space.
@Elricsedric9 ай бұрын
I actually don't agree that people say he tells u the ending. He doesn't, it's basically told like a legend that we'll see unfold we don't know anything.
@avsambart3 жыл бұрын
I've been so excited for this review! You've been talking about this book quite a lot and every time you do, I get more excited to read it! As soon as I can get my hands on it 😍
@anderskoskinen13063 жыл бұрын
Love these books. The side story featuring Crispin is also excellent.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t get a ton into the secondary characters but there are some great ones.
@dustincamp80173 жыл бұрын
Been waiting on this review! 👍
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Hope it met the hype.
@dustincamp80173 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews Oh yeah! Looking forward to starting it sometime maybe between Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune or sometime after as a break
@PetrikLeo2 жыл бұрын
I have to give this series a try one day. I can't seem to find the physical copy of Empire of Silence everywhere! 😅
@AndrewsWizardlyReads3 жыл бұрын
I already purchased all 3 books based off your comments during 25k live chat!!!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
I am the Wallet Eater.
@AndrewsWizardlyReads3 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews no complaints from me. My wife however.....
@noelnovels65113 жыл бұрын
Ordered as soon as I finished this video! Thank you so much for giving books that aren’t as well known time to shine!!
@Eu_Sunt_Dracul3 жыл бұрын
Journey before destination. That was the thought that went through me while I was reading this book. This book series is going to be a tragedy and I believe it actually treats itself like it’s supposed to. I really liked how he set up the first cielcin interaction and giving them much more depth and personality. Definitely a brilliant book to me and one I’m going to get back to. Really nice to hear your thoughts on the book Mike. Catch you on the next video.
@demidrek-heyward2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike! I finished this the other day and can thank you!! I would not have found it if it were not for you. GO BRAVES!
@mikesbookreviews2 жыл бұрын
Ruocchio is a great writer and an even better human.
@boombatza30303 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I recently finished empire of silence but my library didn’t have the other two. So I started stormlight archive instead. .... love the channel. Keep it up.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for watching!
@BeardedBookworm3 жыл бұрын
You sold me in the first 15 seconds. The rest solidified it for me. Im stoked to pick this up now.
@Buchertn3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to be getting to this book in January and I am quite excited to dive in. I have also begun my journey with both The Wheel Of Time and Stormlight Archive this month!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
A little sci-fi can help break those up!
@Buchertn3 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews I agree and I will definitely throw some si-fi in the mix.
@svaldez18293 жыл бұрын
Been excited for this one! Looking forward to reading it once I'm done with first law
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
I think you’ll find plenty to like.
@dominicscott77043 жыл бұрын
I just finished listening to this two weeks ago and I thought it was a very solid debut novel. It’s more a cross between Dune and Book of the New Sun than it is anything like Name of the Wind. Gene Wolfe does the same trick of casually dropping revelations for stuff that won’t be explained until several books later. And the Chantry reminded me a lot of the Seekers of Truth and Penitence with their blacker than black cloaks. The worldbuilding was really well done, and little stuff like Hadrian learning English as a classical language (sort of like Latin/Greek are to us) do a lot to get across the immensity of 20,000 years of human history. From what I hear book 2 and 3 are even better so I’ll get around to them eventually!
@JZETH_3 жыл бұрын
Here we go again, adding this to my reading list. Thanks for stacking my TBR this past year. 😅
@berentook3 жыл бұрын
I'm intrigued putting it on my list.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Good call!
@nexishadow3 жыл бұрын
Dreams come true!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Hey, you're the one that put me in touch with Ruocchio, so I must thank ya.
@nexishadow3 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews Excelsior! I was hoping you'd like it. The book really grabbed me. Awesome review sir.
@derekleon243 жыл бұрын
Me: Mikes got a new video out. Oh I’ve never heard of that book. Probably shouldn’t watch it in case I get spoiled. (Watched it anyway) Now I’m looking through Amazon trying to get myself a copy. Way to add to my ever growing TBR Mike!! Planing or reading Dune this month for the first time. Closing out the month with it before the Malazan read along.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, I only do non-spoiler reviews now unless it's blatantly labeled a "spoiler talk" video. My goal is to get you guys to decide if it's something you'd be interested in or not. I think you'll enjoy iy.
@ObiWann903 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike, I need more space sci-fi books in my life.
@DanielSClouser3 жыл бұрын
I really want to check this series out now. I was barely even aware it existed. In fact, I recognized the covers to the sequels when I googled it--otherwise, I would have said that I'd never even heard of it. It sounds like it deserves more buzz than it's getting.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
It absolutely deserves more buzz than it has.
@DanielSClouser3 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews Just finished. I definitely see how this gets Kingkiller comparisons. Fortunately, while Rothfuss fans will probably enjoy it, Rothfuss haters will *not* necessarily hate it. I'd say that Ruocchio is managing to do something rare (that Abercrombie is the master of): no matter how dark things get, you never want to put the book down because it's too depressing. There's this thread of hope running through a narrative that should be just acutely oppressive. It should feel like 1984, but it manages to avoid the anxious tension suffusing that novel (and a good thing, too, because that would be *unbearable* in a book this long). Great stuff.
@BeardofDarkness9 ай бұрын
Reading this right now and DUUUUDE. I am LOVING it so much!
@RachelsTapestry3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to have to read that book sooooooo soon. Thank you Mike for your video I'm so hyped!!!!
@petergee79438 ай бұрын
Just watched this after reading Empire of Silence on yours and Petrik's recommendation. Great book and video, looking forward to the rest of the series!
@mikesbookreviews8 ай бұрын
Enjoy!
@stephenwalls40073 жыл бұрын
Gracious! That was an epic book intro!
@mattbennett35893 жыл бұрын
Intro was prime AF. Time to press play again.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Prime! Thanks.
@Freakgirl19853 жыл бұрын
I started reading this the other day and I am really enjoying it so far, even though Sci-Fi is not my genre. Thanks to you I gave it a chance!
@MacScarfield8 ай бұрын
Just read the preview of the first 5 chapters of «Empire of Silence», were I caught: Jadd: The Jaddite Faith from several Guy Gavriel Kay novels (GGK’s mix of Christian Trappings and the Sun Cults from Antiquity: Unsurprising given Ruocchio have stated himself as a fan of GGK, with signed books by him) & Jeddah, an Ancient Port City in Modern Day Saudi Arabia Birth Vats for the Nobility: «Brave New World» by Aldous Huxley Hadrian’s home planet of Delos: Greek Island, Holy Site for the worship of Apollo and Artemis and the Athenian-led Delian League which fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War of the 5th Century BC + The Name of the Mega-Corporation running the parks in «Westworld» Hadrian’s brother Crispin: The St. Crispin’s Day Speech from «Henry V» The Alien Antagonists, the Cielcin: Ciel (French: Sky) + sin (Mr. Ruocchio is Catholic, alright! 😄) Lothrian: Have some similar language structure as the Free City of Lorath from GRRM’s «ASOIAF» + Lotharingia/Lorraine in Modern Day France Hadrian’s family name Marlowe and their Devil Symbol: Christopher Marlowe wrote «Doctor Faustus», about the eponymous scholar who make a pact with the devil Mephistopheles (+ a reversed color scheme of the Manchester United Devil Logo, given the Marlowes’ English Ancestry?) The Mother of Hadrian’s Family Name, Kephalos: Cephalus, whom Socrates have a dialogue with in Plato’s «Republic». Cephalus give as a definition of justice «to give each what is owed to them», which Socrates refutes by saying that returning a borrowed knife to someone who has turned mad and might therefore hurt themselves, is not just…(cue philosophizing on justice and madness!😅)
@thesmuli833 жыл бұрын
Hi Mike. I was already interested in the book, you got me to speed up the schedule. My TBR January 21😁
@Doom_Hawk2 жыл бұрын
Lo, Howlers. Just finished Red Rising up to the most recent book and I was eating up all of the content I could find about it to sate my hunger from other fans and their theories and opinions and so on. Ended up hearing off-hand about Sun Eater and came looking for reviews and opinions on that. Imagine my happy surprise when I find this video because Mike is one of the reasons I gave Red Rising a shot in the first place after hearing so many good things about that and it has easily become my favourite book series of all time, appealing to the things that I love the most in storytelling. Not saying too much because I'm not actually that much of a reader, but Red Rising is also the series that has me more interested in reading more. Some comparisons were also made between this novel and Dune, which is something I have never read, but have always wanted to read. Red Rising and a quick watch of Mike's spoiler-free video of Dune gave me the push I need and so I have picked up the 6 books from Frank Herbert and those will be next for me on my reading list. Probably taking a short break after RR though since my brain has been overloaded as a novice reader. Unfortunately, Mike just keeps dragging me back in. I have been majorly tempted to pick up Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead, as well as the Hyperion Cantos series and now Sun Eater. Sorry, I have a bad tendency to ramble, but basically I think I have another series to pick up now and try. I never watched the entire video because I want to remain as clueless as possible, but the small parts I did watch make it sound like this series quite literally appeals to the parts that made me most fall in love with Red Rising. Maybe it won't usurp RR's spot for me, but I won't say no to more of the same. Thank you very much for your wonderful insights once again, Mike.
@turtleanton65398 ай бұрын
Seems awesome ! Csnt find that cover though
@fconstraints3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this series. Empire of Silence is great but Howling Dark and Demon in White are next level. Unfortunately Ruocchio has ruined most other sci-fi/fantasy for me.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Oh damn. That’s even higher praise. I look forward to it!
@muthias4582 Жыл бұрын
Well then pick up Red Rising my friend.
@fconstraints Жыл бұрын
@@muthias4582 I've read it
@muthias4582 Жыл бұрын
@@fconstraints Awesome
@SufficientlyAdvancedLena3 жыл бұрын
Oh man wait till you get to the third one, it just keeps getting better and better!
@AceOnBase15 ай бұрын
I’m on the second book, and my god, the first was great, but it REALLY opens up in the second book
@bartsbookspace Жыл бұрын
Good writing, intriguing plot, strong characters... I can't wait to get into this 5 book epic! Awesome review. 🙌
@thomaswootress-reidt1013 жыл бұрын
Loved this book. Had a few things I was luke warm on but overall I loved it.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
I feel like it was a very good debut and I think it will only get better.
@CrapSandviche3 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!!!!! MIKE!!!!!!!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Yeah baby.
@sergiobenitez75683 жыл бұрын
I almost cried when a certain character didn't make it. Never happened before for such a small character but they had my heart from the beginning
@gunnymaru29003 ай бұрын
The sophist got me as well. Which has never happened before
@geddon4369 ай бұрын
Few series have held my attention. Game of Thrones and The Expanse are the only two I've enjoyed watching within the last year. As soon as you said "don't get attached" to specific characters, I instantly thought of Thrones. I might check out empire of silence
@ev32613 жыл бұрын
I'm not a big fan of Sci-fi, but I really want to try more books in this genre, so I think this could be a nice start!
@joshrees3473 жыл бұрын
May have got this on kindle purely over this review. Been wanting to read more sci-fi for a while! This seems a good place to go!😊
@junechevalier3 жыл бұрын
I love the writing style of Empire of Silence too, it honestly adds to the atmosphere. And btw I know it might be too far-fetched but earlier this year I did ask you if you'd want to beta-read and I understood that you're pretty tight with the reading schedule. Well I published my book in September thankfully :D so I'd be honored if you'd be willing to read this renaissance gothic/fantasy novel of mine. Thank you in advance!
@BuriedUnderBooks3 жыл бұрын
What’s the name of the book?
@junechevalier3 жыл бұрын
@@BuriedUnderBooks It's called Vile Artistry :)
@turtleanton65398 ай бұрын
@@junechevalierdid it sell well ?
@junechevalier8 ай бұрын
@@turtleanton6539 No, that’s why my second book is available to read for free on my website. I just want people to read it
@gunnymaru29003 ай бұрын
@junechevalier I just looked it up, it seems intriguing. I'll purchase it and give it a read but I would like to know if there was an audiobook in the works as well?
@alexisdumas843 жыл бұрын
If you want more big space opera (although not similar in any other respect I'm aware of) check out Peter F. Hamilton, especially the Commonwealth Saga. It's really good, massive in scope, and the world building feels the most grounded and believable of any sci-fi or fantasy book I've read. It's not as philosophical as Dune or as mind bending as Three Body Problem or as atmospheric and unique as Revelation Space, but it's still great stuff.
@BuffDuckMedia3 жыл бұрын
Empire of Silence has been on my radar. But since Dune is your all time favorite book, I wanted to let you know that in 2021 I will be reading Dune for the first time. Just added it to my list.
@michaelfeeney61083 жыл бұрын
He just announced the title of book four. I love the three U.S. covers. A different artist did the first and if I didn’t know that, I wouldn’t have been able to tell.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
It’s the rare occasion where both the UK and US covers are excellent.
@michaelfeeney61083 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews Totally agree. Another series that comes to mind where I live US and UK covers is Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series. The UK covers are more simplistic, but look great.
@alynam823 жыл бұрын
I'm sold!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Hope you like it!
@PerfectCell99 ай бұрын
Just ordered this ! Can’t wait to get into it
@PerfectCell97 ай бұрын
Just finished EOS … I absolutely loved it. It was not what I expected at all, such an amazing surprise. Christopher’s prose is incredible. Cannot wait to continue on with this series
@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Жыл бұрын
I just started book #4. You're right, we've known before even turning the first page how the story ends. But I keep reading to find out "how" the story ends.
@missybiblio46733 жыл бұрын
Lool love the intro
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@yremogtnomnad6 ай бұрын
STRONGLY agree that it feels like if Rothfuss wrote Red Rising...and given that NOTW is my favorite book of all time and that Red Rising is my favorite sci fi series of all time, i fucking LOVED this book. Incredible debut
@Ironworthstriking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for introducing me to this series, Mike. It's funny because people rant and rave about this book being a carbon copy of Dune, which is absolutely not the case. It bears some superficial resemblance, and as Ruocchio said, he did this on purpose to contrast the two. The story itself is much different
@mikesbookreviews2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@farhad_s2 жыл бұрын
Just started the series, so thought it would be a perfect time to watch this video. 20% into the book, slight Dune vibes with the uranium as a valuable resource thing, but other than that, it's more a reverse Red Rising as you say. Really excited to be reading both this and Forgetting Moon this month.
@winterwolf74233 жыл бұрын
That comparison to Anakin and becoming Vader being the right choice was an instant hook for me. That could've been the whole video to be honest lol.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's what got me.
@tammaraliberty3 жыл бұрын
Okay. It's on my Kindle. Hopefully I'll get it read prior to starting Malazan lol.
@robvanrens42312 жыл бұрын
Great video mike👍... I was wondering if there were any visual illustrations of the book like drawings or the ones you used in the beginning of the video?
@BuriedUnderBooks3 жыл бұрын
Mike you are my favorite booktuber by far. You really need to do yourself a favor and start the Hyperion cantos.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
It is locked into the schedule next year. And thank you!
@invaderzod80923 жыл бұрын
That kinda sounds like Book of the New Sun as well.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I have a few of those on my Kindle.
@SunEaterBooks3 жыл бұрын
I had a copy of New Sun on my shelf for like...10 years. I only cracked it as I was finishing up work on Empire back in 2015 (this was right before it sold). Since then, Gene's become probably my favorite writer after Tolkien. I tried to get a quote from him for the book (we had some mutual friends), but he was real sick there at the end and it never got through. My biggest professional regret is not writing him sooner.
@BigDaddy135153 жыл бұрын
@@SunEaterBooks Book of the New Sun is one of those series you can read over and over through out the years and still get new understandings from it. Can be a difficult read for sure.. But anyway I love Empire of Silence quickly became one of my top sci-fi series of all time.
@SunEaterBooks3 жыл бұрын
@@BigDaddy13515 Thank you, Dominick! Totally agree with you on New Sun. So many layers.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
@@SunEaterBooks That's incredibly high praise. Perhaps I'll need to move those up higher than they are now.
@joecourtney85523 жыл бұрын
If book 4 doesn’t come out till March 2022 and that’s not even the last one I won’t be starting this for at least another year. But definitely excited to.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
I get that. I'm apprehensive to read series that aren't complete. I made the exception for this one because my schedule is so packed I wouldn't be binge reading them anyways and because he seems to be a fast writer. But, as always, do what works for you!
@electrichorseman71583 жыл бұрын
Loving your intros
@General_reader10 ай бұрын
So, after watching several recommendations on book tube, I decided to purchase a copy. I only collect hardbacks which quickly brought me to the realization that there are so few! How in the world am I supposed to find all of them in UK editions!!!! (I like the art style better). Silence of Empire yesterday. Any recommendations on where to get the rest?
@mikesbookreviews10 ай бұрын
It's a big problem since his series has taken off much later than expected. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a better option than overpaying via eBay.
@larkwyll73518 ай бұрын
Thanks for the review of this book. I'll be picking Empire of Silence up soon. Throughout Red Rising's initial trilogy I definitely felt at times like Darrow was a bit over the top in being the smartest person in the room as you said, but idk if I'd classify him as a 'Mary Sue' type do-no-wrong character in the first book. He about died to his best friend at the time in a duel Darrow was ill-prepared for, and gal pal about cornered him into a freezing body of water to remain his freedom, about catching hypothermia. Darrow also made a grave error in a scene with the antagonist that catches up with him later in the series. Earlier in the first book Darrow loses to the rigged hierarchy when his tribe is not chosen regardless of their lead in the standing, and ultimately he could not save his loved one from their fate. Darrow definitely dives head long into things and believes his actions to always be best; but most of the issues I have with that persona come later in the series.
@demidrek-heyward3 жыл бұрын
cool I'm planning on reading this one soon
@mattmarvel97402 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this book but at times when describing situations and things it felt very drawn out and I'd forget what kind of situation the main character was in. I also big fan of Red Rising and Dune so I figured I'd give this a go since there are several books in this series already out
@marykateoleary3 жыл бұрын
I have a poster off the Star Wars picture on your shirt :)
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
It’s a classic.
@KalleVilenius3 жыл бұрын
Well guess I am interested in this now. Maybe I'll give it a go after Wheel of Time. Or maybe I'll use these books an excuse to procrastinate starting on that mountain of words, it's just three books for the time being, that's not too bad of a detour.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
I think most will enjoy it.
@brianrogers43443 жыл бұрын
Mike, is your planned reading schedule public? Would be interesting to see what you have in the queue.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
It is updated 3 months at a time (it fluctuates) on the Discord.
@brianrogers43443 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews Cool, I need to get on the Discord. Thanks!
@neeratron2 жыл бұрын
hOLY SHIT THAT "WHAT IS IT ABOUT" makes me want to read it right now
@kaiju_k50422 жыл бұрын
Another series I just added to my cart, will have to hide the boxes when they arrive then be like, no I had these books for weeks!
@mikesbookreviews2 жыл бұрын
This is a great one.
@madisongoodyear50403 жыл бұрын
Lol the hook 🐟
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
It got my attention. You know I love my damaged characters.
@madisongoodyear50403 жыл бұрын
Clearly I do as well haha
@SunEaterBooks3 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews He keeps getting MORE damaged, the poor bastard.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
You tease.
@bookgirl11953 жыл бұрын
I will definitely read that. Eventually. Lol.
@jeremydanchuk18973 жыл бұрын
Do I get the next 3 Red Rising books or do I start a new series? Dilemmas I like to have.
@TheJezza2233 жыл бұрын
Great review! Any chance of reviewing the chronicles of narnia series?
@zanekhan3967 Жыл бұрын
I love name of the wind
@jimave2 жыл бұрын
I hate Dune and I didn’t finish red rising but I liked this story. I need to go back to the first part of the book and reread it because I don’t know what it had to do with the rest of the story. It’s a good story and I’ll read the next book in the series.
@adamborst3 жыл бұрын
Great! Another one to add to the already too long TBR.
@AlecsStan9 ай бұрын
I have this on my TBR but I try jot to pick up series that are not finished. Is this done?
@preppingforbeginners13476 ай бұрын
Just finished book6 of.tbe red rising ( light bringer ) And waiting on red god!! Hurry up pirce!!!! So I'm looking for a new read amd loved the red rising id like similar or space type sci fi So its this Hyperion 3 body problem So far and I hate options lol What do you guys suggest😊
@JARHuygebaert3 жыл бұрын
Why am I even watching a review of a book I haven't read? Hmm... :)
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
So I can make you spend money.
@AndrewsWizardlyReads3 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews your good at that!!!
@JARHuygebaertАй бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews 2 years after this comment: I bought everything Ruocchio ever wrote so you succeeded!
@ryan6d23 жыл бұрын
I totally disagree with Patrick Rothfuss not being a good storyteller. But hey, loved the detailed review. And now there is another book on my radar...
@maxwelladekoje17263 жыл бұрын
Please review these two fantastic books, "Just Eat the Worm" and "Higher is calling" by Maxwell Adekoje. Thanks! Incredible read 📖 with massive nuggets for 2021. ❣
@stuart13463 жыл бұрын
I’ve never read a sci-fi book, good place to start?
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Sure.
@jttavares3 жыл бұрын
I'm a bit late to the party. Do you think the prose will be difficult to understand for non native people? Because beautiful prose oftentimes means we have too many complicated words in the book. 😅
@MattGrimmett2 жыл бұрын
I'm about 30% in and starting to get discouraged. He's at his low point and just seems to stay there. I'm ready for some "thing" to change, to happen. If there's much more of this I'm going to DNF or take a break and come back. I'm assuming it gets better?
@barliechoy2 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the first one but didn't love it. I am struggling to get through the second book. Will get it done. I like to get to the end of stories. The Name of the Wind thing was a big problem for me, especially the first book. I don't mind the structure being the same but about a dozen times, I would start a paragraph or sentence and be able to finish it because it would be word for word(or close) to something Rothfuss wrote. It was pure plagiarism at points, that said I can't blame him too much for that as I loved Rothfuss' writing. One that springs to mind was something like, " there are names for men who take advantage of women in this way, non of them will be associated with me". I am paraphrasing off the top of my head. But there was a lot of copy and paste from Rothfuss and that was one of them. Shame. If people have read the other books let me know if I should keep going.
@richardfrankel21343 жыл бұрын
If you like great space opera, check out the popular Old Man's War series by John Scalzi!