[Lobat]

I like fantasy where the characters are real, flawed and intricate as the people we know from our own lives.
I always had problems with characters that make very few mistakes. Like a person that kills 50 Orcs in a ambush, or a superhero type.

Good exp. for books with real characters with a great story:
Tolkien - Lord of The Rings
Tad Williams – all books
Robin Hobb – all books
George R R Martin – Song Of Ice and Fire
J.V. Jones – All books, but not Barbed Coil
Kate Elliott – Crown Of Stars
Gaiman – Neverwhere
Ian Irvine and Modesitt are ok, not great

I have tried, Steven Ericson, Melville and Barker, but not good, to complicated to read.
I liked Wheel of Time and The Dark Tower, but I need a long break after a superhero book.
Can somebody help me, I have problems, so few authers I like, I need more:)

I looked at the, The Recommendation Thread, but it didn’t help, sorry.

[kuden]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson
Thomas Covenant series is probably the most fitting for an anti-hero with plenty of flaws , there's actually very little that isn't flawed about him :P

[Lobat]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson
Thomas Covenant series is probably the most fitting for an anti-hero with plenty of flaws , there's actually very little that isn't flawed about him :P

I know, strange start for the "hero" in book one:rolleyes: , i have read all 7 books. Book 7, was not so good btw.

[Werthead]

Okay, I'll bite. Check these newcomers to the genre:

Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind
Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora
Joe Abercrombie: The Blade Itself

All have complex, conflicted characters of the sort you describe.

[shadow9d9]

If you like flawed characters, you'll LOVE Prince of Nothing. Very flawed and real characters.

[SteveF]

If you like flawed characters, you'll LOVE Prince of Nothing. Very flawed and real characters.

The characters in PON are indeed flawed and often interesting, but I wouldn't have said they were especially real. Certainly I've never met anyone who talks/thinks/acts like they do and I doubt they exist, with the possible exceptions of pretentious undergraduate philosophy majors.

[Lobat]

If you like flawed characters, you'll LOVE Prince of Nothing. Very flawed and real characters.

Got 50% in “Prince of Nothing”. To complicated, a "heavy" book.
I never liked books, where the writer doesn’t like to "explain" what he is writing about. Bakker jumps in a world, with little explanation how the world is working, what laws, history etc. The Book was also boring.
Same problem with Erikson, more action, but very complicated.:confused:

So, no sorry, Prince of Nothing is not a book for me.

Looking forward to read Patrick Rothfuss and Joe Abercrombie. Maybe also Scott Lynch.

[Konrad]

Try American Gods by Gaiman too.

And Gemmell have a couple of the flawed too, like Waylander, Skillgannon, John Shannow and some more.

[saintjon]

Matt Stover has your prescription. Read Heroes Die and thank him in the morning :)

[al'Kael]

I'm currently reading David Anthony Durham's Acacia and he's done a very good job of creating flawed and realistic characters that you despise and admire at the same time

Acacia isn't out for a few weeks, though. You mentioned most of the people who first popped into my head (Hobb, Williams, Martin), but I do like the suggestions of Lynch and Rothfuss.

You could give Neil Gaiman's American Gods a try, if you liked Neverwhere you should like American Gods as well.