Originally Posted by Astral Traveler
A song of ice and fire.
Read it.
I will say no more.
A Song of Ice and Fire is absolutely amazing, the best fantasy series every written, but he's looking for something trashy and filled with dragons. ASOIAF has very few dragons, (only in the Danaerys parts), and it's a huge political world with depthly characters and intricate plots - not cliche nor 'trashy'. (But OP, you should at some point before you die read A Song of Ice and Fire).
I admit I intentionally try to stay away from extremely cliche fantasy novels. For entertainment, I read almost exclusively fantasy, but look online first to make sure every time I choose a really good one.
Have you read the series Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams? (Also commonly referred to as The Dragonbone Chair which is the name of the first book)
There aren't many dragons in this one, and I think the dragons there are are more 'evil' (or more like wild animals), but it has the atmosphere and generic plot as a novel that would have dragons in it. It's central theme involves swords (the title is the name of the 3 swords). Furthermore, it's exceptionally entertaining, especially near the last half of series (I didn't like the first book that much, you have to trudge through it first). It's cliche, but sort of makes fun of itself. About a young boy who goes on an adventure and becomes great, falls in love, etc. Although it was a bit cliche, I found the characters, the details of the story, very real in a way. I've read many fantasy series and this is one of the most entertaining. When I think about it, the whole unique entertaining atmosphere comes back. I think the only other book I've gotten that with has been Mistborn.
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