The Book Thread

[Eldan]

Lots of people write non-purple prose that is, as prose, engaging and lively and full of style and personality. Really, most halfway decent modern writing is like this, because flowery and complex language has been out of fashion for a century or more now. The last person I can think of who was actually good at really genuinely complex, ornate, and difficult prose in fantasy is Tanith Lee, and she's been dead for 7 years.

Have you tried Susanna Clarke?

A Deadly Education is surprisingly fun. Like, there's so many YA clichés in there, but they are played with so well and the main character manages to be both thoroughly sarcastic and genuinely emotional in very engaging ways. Part three just came out this week, I'm just waiting for it to arrive.