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What was your biggest fantasy book disappointment? (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ed Greenwood's Elminster series. It gets so much word-of-mouth for being the basis of the Forgotten Realms but it's honestly some of the worst fantasy writing I've ever forced myself through.

[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A lot of early DnD stuff was awful. Even as an adolescent I could tell it was bad writing.