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What author's writing style do you like the most?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So I tend to highlight books when I find a particularly impactful, funny, or otherwise noteworthy moment of prose. I can say with confidence that the author I have highlighted the most is Yuu Tanaka of **Reincarnated as a Sword **fame. Just a great mix of action, dialog, humor... a perfect all-rounder. I have no issue reading and re-reading and re-re-rereading his books.

Honorable mention goes to Kaye Ng, the author of The Villainess Is An SS+ Rank Adventurer. She is incredibly witty with her dialog. So much so that even when she reuses jokes they continue to have their punch. A few random examples from the 3rd book with absolutely no context:

“What are your current bribery rates?”

“Very low. I have no standards whatsoever.”

Coppelia gasped, her hands covering her mouth. “You mean … there are people who don't design their own death corridors?”

“You're going to stick your sword into the magically warded keyhole full of explosives, aren't you?”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So I tend to highlight books when I find a particularly impactful, funny, or otherwise noteworthy moment of prose.

I do this all the time. I have a text file with quotes that is several pages long (but quotes some everywhere not just LN). Maybe we should do another favorite quote midweek discussion sometime.

I can say with confidence that the author I have highlighted the most is Yuu Tanaka

Patrick Rothfuss for me. Not an LN author but the guy has a way with words.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Patrick Rothfuss for me.

Oh yeah, he's so good! I can't wait for the conclusion of the Kingkiller Chronicles... heh... hehe...heh... sigh

Speaking of non LN authors, add Philip Pullman to the list. I remember reading a page, then rereading, then continuing to read before going back to that one page and reading it again because the writing was just that good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

heh… hehe…heh… sigh

😭

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first 9 volumes of Tearmoon Empire were incredible and the witty prose reached at times that of the likes of Prattchett and Adams.

Other than that it depends on the definition of "writing style". If we include stuff like how thought out things are then I absolutely have to mention Miya Kazuki. It's very, very seldom that I have the feeling in the light novel space that an author has a detailed idea of how the story will progress. In most cases, I get the impression that each chapter is written as they come. I have that mental image of an author beings pulled along by the story like some scrawny individual being pulled along by a large dog. It's probably a side effect of the web novel origins of most titles. So when a series looks like it was planned out in advance, and plot points are introduced in previous volumes instead of paragraphs, it stands out. The Fanbooks Q&A sessions were especially eye-opening when she described how detailed her plot outline from beginning to end was before she even posted the first web novel chapter online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So when a series looks like it was planned out in advance, and plot points are introduced in previous volumes instead of paragraphs, it stands out.

So true! Like that one Dating Sim thing where I had to go back to book one to see a reference that was in book 9. Or in Harry Potter when you finally learn of the Horcruxes in Book 7 and can go back into the earlier books and find several of them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I call it the "Hodor-Moment".