So what's the going opinion on Scott Lynch? I picked up

The forced witticisms made me delete my ebook version after around 100 pages. Every character talks the same. Every time a character opens their mouth you might as well insert '>tips fedora' instead of actual text, the author put a lot of work in to try and make the dialogue 'spark fire' while all it sparks is embarrassment.

mouthbreathing tier

Mouth breathing fantasy tier for sure.

>>8521802
Point taken. Any recommendations for someone not all too deep into the whole thing? Other than "kek stay away from fantasy in general senpai".

>>8521812
Gene Wolfe
Jack Vance
Fritz Leiber
T. H. White
R. E. Eddison
Lord Dunsany
Mervyn Peake
J. R. R. Tolkien
C. S. Lewis
Ursula le Guin

All of these have at least 2-3 works worth reading, there's a lot of great fantasy. You just probably won't find it on mainstream recommendation sites. It's all well known, but the fad in fantasy right now is edgy garbage.

>>8521815
these are actually all decent recs
I'm surprised

>>8521800
I'm not a big fantasy guy, but even if you think it's trash-tier fedora meme Reddit numale buzzword whatever, Locke Lamora is pretty enjoyable in its unabashed cheesiness.

>>8521832
All are well known and often mentioned in the general by the part of posters that isn't mentally challenged.
If you have something else feel free to recommend it, I'd gladly add it to my to read list.

>>8521800
I'm reading them and enjoying them, but he's overly fussy and draws everything (plot, dialogue) out to absurd lengths. Fritz Leiber manages Lynch-esque good stuff with much better restraint. Still, the "let's explore a new bizarre town in each book" appeals to me, and the strange ancient glass buildings.

>>8521815
You forgot John Crowley whose legit Wolfe tier, possibly even better.

>>8521976
I've honestly never heard of him. What did he write?

>>8521815
Thanks for the list! I guess I'll start with Wolfe as I saw his name flying around a couple of times while looking for new books. Will note the names down for future reference.

>>8521983
Not that other anon but Little, Big is an underappreciated master-piece (even Bloom says so), it's absolutely unique in what it does

The first book was pretty solid, the following books were fun but not as good.

Still looking forward to book 4.