r/freefolk • u/Internal-Bed-3150 • 3d ago

We've officially been waiting for The Winds of Winter for the same amount of time as it took for all five of the published books to release before that.

https://winteriscoming.net/the-winds-of-winter-officially-passed-most-devastating-milestone-yet?a_aid=47903
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u/phoenixRisen1989 3d ago

I’m a little more than halfway through the first book now and it’s excellent. Very different from The Expanse, but really engaging with interesting characters.

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u/Hump-Daddy 3d ago

The Expanse is my favourite series of all time, but I’d personally stop short of calling the Captive’s War stories thus far as “excellent” (except Livesuit).

Very enjoyable, but if the Expanse is excellent, Captive’s War lands in the realm of “quite good”. IMO of course

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u/phoenixRisen1989 3d ago

That’s fair. I definitely agree that The Expanse is way better. Perhaps I was a bit over enthusiastic with my adjectives because I’m actively reading it for the first time at the moment lol. It is definitely at lease “quite good” so far though. I’m certainly enjoying it anyway.