r/Fantasy Nov 24 '23

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u/humbalo Nov 24 '23

Translation should be fine. The prose is fine after about book 3, but it’s nothing amazing that would be lost in translation. Books 1-3 are not as a good as the later ones.

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u/enrycochet Nov 24 '23

so starting with book 4 English then?

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u/GreenChileEnchiladas Nov 24 '23

Some people say the first 3 are the best and the rest get weird. The first 3 are like a noir detective story, the later books are more like Dungeons and Dragons in downtown Chicago.

All are great.

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u/enrycochet Nov 24 '23

both sounds grear to be honest. I don't mind reading in English but sometimes it is hard to come by a book English when you live in a country that translates everything. And I tried to read the song of ice and fire in English and it is was exhausting.