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The Spear Cuts Through Water

Book · Fantasy books · 26 mentions · 3 subreddits · discussed in r/Fantasy, r/BookRecommendations, r/suggestmeabook

Reddit take

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Pros

  • There was a huge variety of favorite books this year, but the top three were *The Tainted Cup* (51), *Dungeon Crawler Carl* (38), and *The Spear Cuts Through Water* (31).
  • The Spear Cuts Through Water – HOLY shit
  • Fantasy (all these recs have magic, adventure, interesting worlds, and great characters) * The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
  • Why does this synopsis also kinda work for The Spear Cuts Through Water
  • Aside from that here are some personal favorites that are within the general literary fiction genre: - "The Spear Cuts Through Water" by Simon Jimenez (fantasy)

Cons

  • I put down _The Spear Cuts Through Water_ as I think it wasn't the right time for me for this book.
  • I’ve only read the first part of The Spear Cuts Through Water, but you can definitely trace the prose style to this book

Sentiment

24 positive (92%) · 2 mixed (8%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +93% · raw score 92%

What redditors said (10 of 26)

There was a huge variety of favorite books this year, but the top three were *The Tainted Cup* (51), *Dungeon Crawler Carl* (38), and *The Spear Cuts Through Water* (31).
positive · u/a****s · r/Fantasy · Jul 4, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Spear Cuts Through Water – HOLY shit
positive · u/A****e · r/Fantasy · comment · Dec 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Fantasy (all these recs have magic, adventure, interesting worlds, and great characters) * The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
positive · u/L****0 · r/BookRecommendations · comment · Aug 22, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Why does this synopsis also kinda work for The Spear Cuts Through Water
positive · u/S****7 · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Aug 14, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Aside from that here are some personal favorites that are within the general literary fiction genre: - "The Spear Cuts Through Water" by Simon Jimenez (fantasy)
positive · u/k****o · r/suggestmeabook · comment · Aug 8, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
If you want something a bit more poetic and unique, try "The Spear Cuts Through Water" by Simon Jimenez. ... It's a complex and prose heavy work with an interesting framing device. This story heavily challenges what fantasy is/could be and deals with some heavy themes like connection, tyranny, generational trauma, and what does it mean to tell a story.
positive · u/T****1 · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 4, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
This is one of the best books I've ever read honestly. It does something with perspective shifts that I've never seen anywhere else, and it's made a lot of other writing feel inferior.
positive · u/n****r · r/Fantasy · comment · Jun 22, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
The Spear Cuts Through Water. Gorgeous standalone that I knew from the first page was going to be unforgettable.
positive · u/Z****n · r/Fantasy · comment · Jun 18, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
The only one that really stuck in my head was The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. I finished it a couple of weeks ago and I still randomly think about certain scenes when I'm trying to sleep. I honestly didn't expect to get that attached to it
positive · u/G****e · r/Fantasy · May 17, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
LGBTQIA Protagonist |Title|Author|Entries| |:-|:-|:-| |The Spear Cuts Through Water|Simon Jimenez|35|
positive · u/b****l · r/Fantasy · May 11, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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