What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?
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@the-green-death said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:
As for other LNs I recently read Accel World vol. 3 and am now a few pages from finishing 4. I dropped this almost two years back I think but it’s actually become really good.
Accel World is in that Dropped/Hiatus mode for me when it comes to reading it. It has such an interesting premice but that's just it, an interesting premice. Overall it is better than SAO and I think the relationship between Haru and Kuroyukihime is one of the best things about the series. If I were to put my feelings about Accel World into words It would be "it is a great story written very poorly" if that makes any sense. One of the reasons why Danmachi is so great is because it has a flow, a rhythm to it that is just so smooth. I like Short bite-sized chapters much more than really long chapters but I feel if a story can get me to read 80 pages, nearly 1/4 of the book, without me even noticing, that is a very well written book. Danmachi has some really long LN but they do not feel long at all, this just shows how great the writing Danmachi has. Reading Accel World makes me feel all that time I could be doing something else like reading Danmachi or Re: Zero since I am only in the middle of Vol 3 and I don't feel like I am wasting my time reading that (or as much as I do with Accel World). I do not know if my standard is just too high or if I finally became a pretentious A-Hole.
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@hyferzftw I say start with Volume 1. This is my answer to any series you may have watched the anime too. An adaption is not the original Work and will never be; Game of Thrones is very different from A Song of Ice and Fire, the books the show are based off. An adaption may and probably will miss little important things that may be important foreshadowing.
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@hyferzftw It has been a while since I read the first volumes. I find the first volume OK, but volumes 2-4 were a bit boring for me. The anime covered the first four volumes plus a bit of the tenth.
That being said, things are great from volume 5 and forward. I'm still at volume 9 though, I was following the fan-translations and now want to start a re-read with the official translations.
It's a relatively slow introspective series so it takes its time to develop its characters and it works very well IMO.
Also, Kuroyukihime-sensei FTW!
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I have heard that Accel World is much better written than SAO - especially the early volumes. Accurate statement or just one person's opinion?
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@paul-nebeling It's his later work, so it's both a natural outcome and seems to be the consensus as well (to me, it definitely has a much more laser-focus on an overarching plot and supports that plot really well, sometimes to its own detriment with the number of cliffhanger ends and "the immediate story will be continued next book!"s).
You could almost argue that he course-corrected too hard, going from Kirito "I'm so perfect my creator had to retcon weaknesses for me and that only lasted for one arc" to Accel World "the entire world is predicated on character flaws." Either way, I definitely enjoy reading AW a lot, whereas I can't even get myself to touch SAO past the first book.
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There's another "light novel" (more like web novel with pictures) challenger out there now, but I don't really know what to do with this. Anyone know anything about them?
https://manga.tokyo/shikigami-girl
About Shikigami Girl
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I'm in the mood to listen to some books today, so I think I'll try and get through some Vending Machine.
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Currently reading "So I'm a Spider, So What?" and it's a good read. I'll probably buy the 2nd volume too.
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I just got the Toradora LN, though I haven’t started it yet.
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@legitpancake said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:
I just got the Toradora LN, though I haven’t started it yet.
Did you watch the anime? I feel like this would be fun to go through completely blind, no previous experience with the other media / print releases.
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@terrence Yea I've seen it. One of these days I'd like to rewatch the show, maybe with the English dub. I doubt I'll buy all the volumes though. I mainly bought this first book to support SS.
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I hope Toradora turns out better than Monster Girl Doctor, which I did not hear very good things about :o Conversely, I think the Average Abilities e-book did much better, so hoping it's an upward trend.
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@myskaros said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:
I hope Toradora turns out better than Monster Girl Doctor, which I did not hear very good things about :o
I heard bad things about the editing, yeah. Anything story wise I'll have to see for myself. I got that one sitting on my shelf (I wonder if they fixed up the digital release?).
Sol Press' "Battle Divas" digital copy had a few errors too on release (mostly missing words, like "the" or "to" iirc).
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Just finished Toaradora! and damn that’s a great first volume. Never seen anime or read manga, but loved loved loved the first volume. Great to get some slice of life, romcom stories that are available digital. @Terrence - if you haven’t picked it up I feel this is right up your alley
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@the-green-death said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:
@Terrence - if you haven’t picked it up I feel this is right up your alley
I did spoil the story of Toradora for myself with the anime. I might get the novel at some point though. Another good one, if you haven't seen it, is Golden Time, a college SOL romance. If Toradora is successful, I wouldn't be shocked to see Seven Seas grab Golden Time's light novel too.
I'm really looking forward to "A Sister's All You Need" at the month's end. Not digital unfortunately. T.T
Currently I'm focused on Baccano Volume 5 and White Album 2 Visual Novel (my romance kick for the month).
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Finished Strongest Gamer yesterday - really enjoyed that - it was a very relaxing book that had been laughing hard at times - I had a smile on my face for most of the book. I will be keeping an eye out for more of the series.
Started Battle Divas today... and I'm not enjoying it. At all. I'm currently about 40% the way through and I'm not sure if I'll finish it. The terms "rushed", "chopped" and "infuriating" seem to come to mind. As it currently stands, I my recommendation is to avoid it.
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@fozzedout I thought Gamer was pretty good but I’m with you on Battle Divas, really hard to read. I’m doing a few pages here and there in between other LNs so I don’t go crazy reading it
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Speaking of LNs that are worth reading even after watching the anime, I strongly and in no uncertain terms recommend the Tanya the Evil LNs as much more in-depth and descriptive of the good(?) major than the anime. The two complement each other perfectly like a good filet and a fine wine. :-)
I feel the same way about Grimgar which adds a lot to the story in internal dialogue.
Toradora is one of my top five anime of all time but I've been on the fence about reading the LN. That show was much more visual and I'm having a hard time imagining there being much to add in regards in Ryuji internal dialog, especially in a later add. I suspect it'll come across a lot like the Haruhi LNs which I didn't feel added much to the anime experience...even though I am fully aware that with Haruhi the LNs came first.
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Well I finished Battle Divas. And I will admit that it gets better about 75% of the way through.
But it isn't enough to save it. I won't be getting any of the others in that series. Even if it is a completed 3 volume work.Well, unless someone tells me that the story has done an about face like Magic Is Too Far Behind.
As for what's next? Hmmm, that story has left a bad taste. Is "For My Daughter" a fluff-fest? I'm feeling like I need something cute and sweet
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@fozzedout said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:
Is "For My Daughter" a fluff-fest? I'm feeling like I need something cute and sweet
The first 3-4 volumes were pretty great, but I found myself kind of losing interest after that. I'll give it another show when it's on catch-up again, but I just really wanted father/daughter doting hijinks and the story went in a different direction :(
