Fantasy books, stories, ＆c

Yeah, WoT lost me too.

I actually do like Big Fat Fantasy, but I could never get through Wheel of Time by Jordan, or George R. R. Martin's stuff. And this was back in the late 90s when I was devouring ANYTHING that was Big Fat Fantasy. There was just something about the writing that lost me. Never got through Tolkien either. I think I need some spark of "character" if you will...some sort of cleverness, or truly new and interesting idea? Long and convoluted without having either a stand-out character to hook me, or a clever idea, seems to lose me.

I find, of the 90s BFF, I liked Robin Hobb, Melanie Rawn and Kate Elliott best. In more modern times, I like Seth Dickinson, Patrick Rothfuss, and Tamsyn Muir.