> > I beleive that we need to get more realism in these sorts of books.
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> More realism. In a fantasy novel. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

I almost posted something similar, but I knew perfectly well what was meant. The characters need to be realistic; it's the world around them that is the fantastic part. And the story, given the characters and world, needs to be plausible. The essentials of storytelling don't really change much from genre to genre, even this one.