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BoopfromtheBlue

đŸ©”Fav Genres: Fantasy, Romantasy and Sci-Fi 💙I love discussing books and theorising đŸ©”I don't hate on books that aren't for me

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Romantasy Starter Pack Vol I
Universe Quest: Maasverse
My Taste
Project Hail Mary
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
For Whom the Belle Tolls
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BoopfromtheBlue commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Well written fantasy/romantasy recs

    I'm going through the popular romantasy sagas (think ACOTAR, The Empyrean, etc) and I keep finding comments in forums about how poorly written these are. Now I'm no writer and I haven't read THAT much to realise what's wrong with the writing. I'm curious to read something that falls within the well written standards so I can compare and find out by myself. What is a book that you love and is well written? Also, what defines a good writing? Are we talking lack of plot holes? Perfect grammar? Goes above and beyond with the story building?

    Please help me understand.

    Editing to add my take on it: I find something is poorly written if I struggle to follow the story for a couple of paragraphs, which only happened once or twice while reading those books I mentioned. I may or may not like the plot, but I don't think that defines the writing, does it? Repetition of phrases also bothers me if it happens too often and doesn't add up to the plot.

    Edit 2: I guess what I'm trying to understand is if there are a certain set of 'rules' that define good writing or it all comes to personal taste (sorry, my background is in science and I know very little about art😅)

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  • Words of Radiance
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    Jul 11, 2026
    Words of Radiance
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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0Audiobook: 4.0
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  • Tower of Dawn
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    EXCITED FOR THE TANDEM READ😍😍

    Did you guys read Tower of Dawn after Empire of Storm or tandem read ? â˜ș

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