Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy books (lemmy.world)

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I wanna read something that's fucking brutal with fighting and sex and all the things, but also WELL WRITTEN (so NOT George R.R. Martin, I can't stand his shit). I want Lord of the Rings on crack and steroids.

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[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

TIL there's a sub here for books.

Terry Goodkind wrote the Sword of Truth series beginning with The Wizard's First rule in 1994, with 17 books in the main series and I believe still ongoing. Not much sex, but it has the brutality down, and is very well written.

[-] Aermis@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Goes weird and hard to follow after the 4th book. Even the 4th was a bit of a drag

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