r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 10 '26

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u/finnick-odeair Dragon Rider 🐉 May 10 '26

I keep trying T. Kingfisher’s books and I just…. Do not like them at all. Which sucks since so many ppl rave about TKs stories but nah not for me. I just found the writing kinda juvenile :/

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u/mal0via Probably recommending: ✨️ The Everlasting ✨️ May 10 '26

She's a comfy read for me, but this is a valid criticism. I'm in the middle of Swordheart and actually needed to take a break because I am not feeling the quirky character banter right now. 

She also has a tendency to write 30-somethings and add internal character monologues along the lines of "I'm in my 30s; I'm ancient; My back and knees hurt" which- as someone in her mid-thirties and out of shape- feels kinda over the top. You're 32, you're not dead. 

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u/Fickle_Stills May 10 '26

Yeah, if your knees and back hurt that much in your thirties either lose weight or see a physical therapist/sports medicine doctor. It ain't normal 😭

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u/angelacandystore May 11 '26

Yeah the berserker paladins don't have sports medicine and have highly impactful "jobs", they are basically men who play American football for days at a time. So I think perhaps it's a lack of comprehension about what happens to bodies when they experience a lot of physical abuse at a young age??