From Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. Why does all fantasy have to be like that?

Please recommend some fantasy novels with themes of real liberation to me. I love fantasy but I hate that it's always a new monarchy people happily submit to...

  • Tapirs10 [undecided,she/her]
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    3 years ago

    The worst one that I have read for this is the lightbringer series. The whole time you are thinking surely now the main character will lead a rebellion against the nightmarish monarchy based on human sacrifice, but no. He just doesn't, and the evil war criminal type guy becomes king in the end.

    • ElGosso [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Why wouldn't they just get a new king? Is the Lightbringer out there developing the productive forces? Are they partitioning the commons and driving the peasantry to work in cities? Is the light they're bringing actually colonialist plunder?

    • RollOfTape [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Thanks for recommending something I specifically asked not to be recommended smh my head