Buster Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 The best part of ASOIAF for me is the relatable and believable main characters like Jaime and Theon, who throughout the series go through ordeals that fundamentally change who they are and completely change how the readers perceive them. Has anyone got any recommendations for a book series of any genre that has characters as good or even better than these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Selig Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Does it have to be a series? Standalones are often better at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liffguard Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 My vote would go to the Vorkosigan series. I think Bujold is one of the best authors in SF at writing characters and their interactions. She can show characters evolving without dramatically changing their fundamentals, and is really good for subverting the reader's previously established conceptions of those characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End of Disc One Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Honestly when it comes to character development for a large cast, I think ASoIaF wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 As far as Series go, Robin Hobb's Liveship trilogy is a bit ahead in my heart. The Long Price is pretty amazing too, and since I'm bringing up boring usual suspects, I should mention Bakker and Abercrombie, who pretty much cook their grimdark out of ground character psyche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 The Saga of the Exiles. All of the many main characters change radically. Really, that's what the books are about. I could explain more, but it would obviously be a massive spoiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 8 hours ago, Astromech said: The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham 8 hours ago, Liffguard said: My vote would go to the Vorkosigan series. I think Bujold is one of the best authors in SF at writing characters and their interactions. She can show characters evolving without dramatically changing their fundamentals, and is really good for subverting the reader's previously established conceptions of those characters. 6 hours ago, Errant Bard said: As far as Series go, Robin Hobb's Liveship trilogy is a bit ahead in my heart. The Long Price is pretty amazing too, and since I'm bringing up boring usual suspects, I should mention Bakker and Abercrombie, who pretty much cook their grimdark out of ground character psyche. These. And not just The Liveship Traders, but the entire Realm of the Elderlings series. Watching Fitz grow and change (and doing it with him as the series was released over the course of 22 years), is one of my most enjoyable reading experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Bakker has about as much character development as a potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: Bakker has about as much character development as a potato. Maybe so, and the same for Abercrombie, but they still do some nice psychological character study, so I brought them up. I mean, you could say the same of Dostoyevsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceluby Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 4/27/2018 at 3:22 PM, RedEyedGhost said: These. And not just The Liveship Traders, but the entire Realm of the Elderlings series. Watching Fitz grow and change (and doing it with him as the series was released over the course of 22 years), is one of my most enjoyable reading experiences. This. It's better than ASoIaF IMO. 16 books, some of the most believable characters in fantasy, non-human POVs that still deliver character development, definitely the most emotional series I've ever read, and that ending.... This should be at the top of anybody's list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 4/27/2018 at 4:44 PM, Darth Richard II said: Bakker has about as much character development as a potato. There is a Mr. Potato Head on a pole behind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 ASOIAF is obviously the best in the genre when it comes to characters (more fleshed than in any other fantasy series I've read) with Realm of Elderlings being second (although Rain Wild Chronicles sucked). Main character in Long Price Quartet has such an amazing development. Jorg is not bad in the Broken Empire . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Don't know if it was mentioend yet, I think it was, maybe by me, I dunno but anyway: Dagger and the Coin has some of the best character development I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Darth Richard II said: Don't know if it was mentioend yet, I think it was, maybe by me, I dunno but anyway: Dagger and the Coin has some of the best character development I can think of. Whom in particular? I thought that most of them were kind of the same, just got slightly more mature (the blonde girl became more manipulative) and the Tyrant became more evil with power. The others kind of remained the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 I’m not not even finished the Dagger and Coin series yet (have just read book 3) and think it’s completely inaccurate to say there is no character development. Pretty much all of them have fundamentally changed from book one. And you didn’t even mention Clara, seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrin Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I really liked the character development in the Broken Earth series. Several characters change radically and all the MCs have a lot of depth. The world building is quite good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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