Good story with interesting ideas. Main shortcoming is that it takes A LONG time for it to get going - if you can make it past the first 800 pages, the remaining 3 or 400 are rather enjoyable. The writing style is kind of choppy at times and the overuse of italics / emphases is kind of annoying. ...
Just like in Elantris, Sanderson builds a fantastically intricate universe and brings together an original, unexpected cast of characters in the Stormlight Archive. He has a light touch with scenic detail and can capture a unusual idea down on paper without slowly the plot. Odd elements of the st...
I will admit, this book did not end exactly as I hoped it would - but as I've thought about it after completing it, I realized that while the ending was not entirely satisfying, it was exactly what it should be. I'll explain.Sanderson exhibited a lot of brilliance in these books. From dealing w...
Great continuation of the Stormlight archives. The addition of a bunch of new characters and the progression of existing ones leaves you with a lot to take in, so its ok if you read slower than a chull. The action and the immersion is wonderful and you won't be disappointed by the storyline. Has ...
I was not impressed. Sanderson, what were you thinking? Ruining that perfect Mistborn trilogy with this miserable piece of western-fantasy? I might be out of line here, but Mistborn world should have been left intact. Suddenly, I'm not very eager to read the second trilogy. Characters are semi-de...
This book is fantastic- exciting but not just action packed, it also had some mysteries that I did not see coming and asks some interesting moral questions about violence and defense and leadership. The voice of the main character reminded me of Alcatraz Smedry and there were occasional humorous ...
I think the other two books in this series were my personal favorites and this one wasn't quite as good as the others. May be this is more of a 4.5 star book, but regardless this series is gearing up to be one of my favorite middle grade series ever! I adore Alcatraz, his grandfather, Bastille, a...
Not very fleshed out -- I think Sanderson shines best in longer formats where he has more space to develop the world and the characters. Here the characters are more an amalgam of traits -- bad-metaphor spouting (getting old, sadly), food snobbery -- than real people. The way people react to li...
More a 3.5 rating but my issue isn't with the quality of the writing as it is good. The world Sanderson has created is unique and memorable. My issue is that over the years as life slaps you around I have become more cynical and I strongly believe the world exists in greys whereas in the main I f...
I NEED THE LAST BOOK. I'm just going to say that the ending is in keeping with the character of the series.
4.5. This is my first Brandon Sanderson novella and, for me, this story and this idea work really well as a novella. I do kind of wish this had a bit more detail to it - maybe a better understanding of the connection Shai feels to the emperor as she's piecing together his soul/personality, or som...
So this is a Sanderson book which I really haven't heard much about before picking it up, although I did know that it was based around a video game. I am not a gamer and I have no intention of playing the game, but I wanted to give this a go anyway because of it being by Sanderson and I believed ...
This is the second Alcatraz book. I liked it even better than the first. Alcatraz has to continue to fight the evil librarians who have manipulated all information to their advantage. This time he encounters them on a ship made of glass (shaped like a dragon) and later inside the underground L...
4.5, I think. The fact that Brandon Sanderson can write a world like this in under 100 pages is just amazing. I really hope there's a sequel to this - the only thing I really have to say is that the writing itself suffers a bit when condensed into something so short. It was a really fun, quick re...
Oh, wow. This is undoubtedly one of the very best series I have ever read. From the beginning I knew it was unusual. I thought I had seen Brandon Sanderson at his best in Rithmatist, but that was just playtime for him. This is a masterpiece. I had a few worries about the end being as spectacular ...
This trilogy was the weakest of the Sanderson stuff that I've ready. Much of it is too complicated focusing on the metaphysical world he created. The story seemed to have suffered because of it. I also didn't see a lot of continuity between the books. The first book was a heist story but then...
Brandon Sanderson creates a really intricate system of "magic". Its not really magic its more like physics but its the magic of this realm. The first book was my favorite (i think) because it read like heist movie (think ocean's 11, or the sting). The other books are good but lose some of that ch...
For a short story/novella this was unexpectedly fun. Although I should really say 'expectedly', as everything this author has done for some time now has been fairly gold. Normally I wouldn't read a story taken from a video game, but seeing as it was Sanderson I gave it a try, and I'm glad I did...
Great epic novel. Listened to it on CD. Couldn't have asked for a better fantasy book. So. Good.
This was one of the most amazing books I have ever read, rivaled only by book one of this series. that is really all I can say about this book. It was funny, clever, creative, and gripping all the time I was reading I was captivated by it. Then the author signed a book just for me even though the...
Wow.... Ich war ja nach dem Weg der Könige schon sehr angetan, aber auch hier wurde ich nun alles andere als enttäuscht. Der einzige Grund warum ich wieder keine 5 Sterne gegeben habe, aber klar mit 4,5 Sternen bewerte, ist die Tatsache, dass sich jedes von mir gelesene Buch mit Hyperion/Endymion...
Absolutely brilliant. Found Brandon Sanderson when he started working with Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, so glad I did. Finished part 1 and picked up part 2 straight away, couldn't put it down...roll on November when book 2 of the Stormlight Archives comes out :-) The Way of Kings release...
A great pair of shorter stories from Sanderson.Legion, about a man and his multiple hallucinated personalities, I thought was good fantasy fare. The characters were interesting and dynamic but as a short story could not be developed in quite the depth that the reader might have liked.The Emperor'...
This is a unique offering by Brandon Sanderson and three other writers of 4 short Stories/Novellas. It starts by giving you the final story to read and then you can read the four of them brainstorming ideas for taking a simple one paragraph idea and building it out into a full story. Then they sh...
Decent Story, definitley not one of his best. Really in my opinion, the story is really a 2.5 or 3 star story, but after reading the story, and reading the title of the book. Did I understand the deeper meaning to the story and plot. And why it is called Defending Elysium.The Story begins when ...
A masterpiece in every way, Mistborn - The Final Empire doesn't just rise to the top of the fantasy genre, it actually redefines it!The history books of the Final Empire tell of a battle that took place over 1,000 years ago, when a prophesied hero defeated a threat known only as The Deepness and ...
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Vin frowned, then glanced at Elend. He seemed...distracted. "I don't like her," she said.Elend smiled, stacking up the books on his table. "You don't like anyone when you first meet them, Vin.""I liked you.""Thereby demonstrating that you are a terrible judge of character."Weeeellll peeps, it's o...
We met Brandon Sanderson at a book reading/signing yesterday. Such fun! He seemed very nice and thoroughly excited about his creations. Younger than I'd expected and also very "normal" but fun. Most people were there for his other (adult fantasy) books and the majority of the Q&A revolved aro...
Sisters Vivenna and Siri are princesses of Idris. Susebron is the God King one must marry. Lightsong is the reluctant minor god of bravery. Vasher is an immortal still trying to undo mistakes of centuries before. Magic from individual breath from everyday objects can perform all manner of miracle...
the box said, projecting his uncle’s voice. “So good to hear your dulcet tones. I presume your entrance was properly dramatic?”“It’s a telegraph for voices,” Wax said, stepping forward. He kept his gun on Kelesina, who backed up to the wall of the small room. She’d gone completely pale.“Something...
Trust me, I have some very good sources on this. They all agree: Being a king stinks. Royally. First off, there are the hours. Kings work all of them. If there’s an emergency at night, be ready to get up, because you’re king. Inconvenient war starting in the middle of the play-offs? Tough. Kings ...
Armando said. He stood at his window, which was triangular—he occupied one of the peaks of the mansion. He’d demanded the position.“Can I shoot him?” J.C. asked me softly. “You know, in a place that’s not important? A foot, maybe?”“His Majesty heard that,” Armando said in his soft Spanish accent,...
Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man’s life by what he threw away—or by what he was willing to burn in order to stay warm.A loud church clock rang eleven as Wax moved through the mists on Allomantic jumps. The sound echoed in the night, the bell tower hidden in the darkness....
He lifted me off the ground by my neck.Sparks! He had enhanced strength. None of my profiles mentioned that either. I was so panicked I didn’t even feel pain—just terror.Despite that, I managed to reach out and slap Mizzy’s bomb onto Obliteration’s chest. He didn’t vanish. He just looked down as ...
Old instincts itched at her to search the bodies, but she suppressed them. It had been a long, long time since she’d been forced to sink so low as to rob corpses. She held no illusions that she had grown beyond such things—you did what you needed to in order to survive—but this was not the day fo...
I try very hard to be deep, poignant, and meaningful at the beginning of each chapter. Most of the content of these books is basically silliness. (Granted, these events are real silliness that actually happened to me, but that doesn’t stop them from being silly.) In the introductions, therefo...
Alive. She was alive! Dob the stableman knelt beside her, holding the jar of powdered silver. She coughed, lifting fingers—plump, the flesh restored—to her neck. It was hale, though ragged from the flakes of silver that had been forced down her throat. Her skin was dusted ...
Thieving crews worked together out of necessity, and any man who couldn't guard his own possessions was considered to be unworthy of them. Vin, of course, had been at the very bottom of the hierarchy—and while she hadn't had many possessions to protect, being a young girl in a primarily male envi...
However, he is from Terris, where the prophecies originated. If anyone could spot a fraud, would it not be he? Nevertheless, I continue my trek, going where the scribbled auguries proclaim that I will meet my destiny—walking, feeling Rashek’s eyes on my back. Jealous. Mocking. Hating. 13 Vin ...
Para que aprenda a ser cirujano. —¿Cómo? ¿De verdad? —preguntó Laral, mientras caminaba por el borde de la roca justo delante de él. Tenía vetas doradas en su pelo por lo demás negro. Lo llevaba largo, y flotaba tras ella al viento mientras hacía equilibrios, l...
The rock gave way slightly. She rubbed the dust between her fingers. Lymbrog. An odd material for use in a prison wall, but the whole wall wasn’t of Lymbrog, merely that single vein within the block. She smiled. Lymbrog. That little vein had been easy to miss, but if she w...