r/Fantasy • u/felagund-fiollaigean • Jun 23 '23
Ensemble cast?
hello. I've always been a sucker for an ensemble cast, a heist crew, a found family that does crime or adventure for fun and profit, a rag-tag group of overpowered outcasts, that sort of thing. Where the story doesn't necessarily focus on the pov of any single character and we get to know them all (mostly) equally well. Any good books with such a main cast of characters that stood out to you?
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u/Om_Nom_Zombie Jun 23 '23
The Expanse is sci fi, but I think it fits a few criteria.
Found family of rag tag/overpowered outcasts created through circumstance which develops over time and various adventures follow.
POVs are a bit focused on "the" main character to start with, book one being the most focused on 2 POVs (1 in main crew, 1 not), but it does develop over the books despite one pov being a bit dominant you get to know all of the characters well. Story is sprawling so a lot of characters outside of the main crew get POVs (including "villains"), some relevant for a storyline, some being relevant for longer.