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Post by Jaysnow on Feb 9, 2024 14:13:35 GMT -5
My personal opinion: Dawn of the Clans. Not too much prophecy/supernatural bullshit, really interesting story/subplots, and every single character (background or not) has a distinguishable personality. The arc ends with the best written death scene in the series. It's pure poetry.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Feb 9, 2024 14:49:17 GMT -5
Really surprised people are choosing DOTC. I thought the writing in that arc was a mess.
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Post by Sunleap on Feb 9, 2024 15:02:52 GMT -5
Really surprised people are choosing DOTC. I thought the writing in that arc was a mess. If you don't mind may I ask why? I personally think it's a fairly solid arc. Just curious about your take on it.
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Post by π±ππππππππππ on Feb 9, 2024 15:13:38 GMT -5
Even though my fav arc is TNP, it's certainly not the arc with the strongest writing. Especially considering that it was supposed to be a trilogy ending with Dawn but then got extended to six books instead. And that second half was rather messy overall even though it had good concepts.
But yeah anyway, sorry for rambling. TPB gets my vote. Not perfect in retrospect by any means but closest to it. PoT would be in second place followed by TBC as third for me.
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Post by deerspirit on Feb 9, 2024 16:01:54 GMT -5
POT, TPB, OOTS, TNP, ASC (if Froststar doesnβt happen), TBC AVOS, DOTC, ASC (if Froststar happens). Overall the first four series are definitely the better written and flow better mainly because Vicky Holmes was a better editor than the current editors. I also think focusing on one clan and not switching back and forth between different clans flows better and you get to know the supporting characters better.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Feb 9, 2024 16:45:02 GMT -5
Really surprised people are choosing DOTC. I thought the writing in that arc was a mess. If you don't mind may I ask why? I personally think it's a fairly solid arc. Just curious about your take on it. Imo, the pacing was all over the place, and it never felt like their was a central story that was threading everything together cohesively; just a bunch of smaller plots that happened to overlap, e.g. with how the main villain kept exchanging out for someone else. Some of the characters were interesting but there were just way too many of them with story significance, and the overall effect was an arc that felt bloated and messy without a central spine to keep it together.
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Post by ππ₯πππ€π¬π¨π₯ on Feb 9, 2024 18:39:26 GMT -5
The Broken Code, closely followed by The Prophecies Begin
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Post by Purdyisbestboi on Feb 9, 2024 18:41:46 GMT -5
DotC easily has the best character building of all the arcs, but ASC has such a quaint feeling to it that I canβt help but voting for it. Now, itβs seeming to pick up steam, and I canβt wait!
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Post by Purdyisbestboi on Feb 9, 2024 18:43:55 GMT -5
Even though my fav arc is TNP, it's certainly not the arc with the strongest writing. Especially considering that it was supposed to be a trilogy ending with Dawn but then got extended to six books instead. Wait, it would have been awesome if it was a trilogy! It would have functioned like GOG, where all the arcs have different numbers of books.
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Post by Brownie on Feb 9, 2024 22:55:55 GMT -5
I've only read the first four, but probably PoT, it was easily the most memorable TPB was too fast. If you look over any wiki page of what happens in a single one of those 300 page books... how did they fit all that??? OoTS felt too slow. First five books were just dawdling until the rushed finale. Imma be honest, I loved TNP tho. I don't think it was masterful in any way, but I really liked the pacing and the limited cast
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Post by iceheart on Feb 9, 2024 23:20:47 GMT -5
Plot wise? TPB.
Character development? POT.
Most engaging over all? TPB.
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