More of Sanderson, and I must say that I’m still really impressed with his writing. This story was nice, although not as complex as the others. This was also much shorter than the others contributing a good bit to it. There are points in the story that show a less developed idea of motivation than in the later books, and there is only one bad character that is redeeming. The evil characters are pure evil, which is something he gets over in his later books, giving them the concept of doing something evil for some ‘greater good.’ I like the ‘greater good’ idea since it is morally ambiguous. In this book there was a clear evil and clear good, with a character converting from one side to the other being his transformation. I like the dead city concept, as it was very refreshing.
This is a very interesting take on the question of god and done in a unique way. There is a great story set around aliens making contact, and their beliefs in god. The style of belief seems very strongly correlated to Isaac Asimov’s The Last Question. The god here follows a strange belief that I already held, that god can collapses the wave-function; meaning that god chooses the outcome of uncertain events. I had previously held that this was on an event by event basis, but the belief put forward in this book is that it is done on a ‘frame’ by ‘frame’ basis. These ‘frames’ consist of a single instance in the entire universe. It is a different take on why bad things happen to good people in that the god entity can’t make everything good, but can only choose the next frame of the universe to have the best possible outcome.
I really enjoyed this book, especially once all the main characters got together in the same place. The interactions of the main characters and getting to hear parts from both sides was hilarious, and incredibly well written. I can’t wait for the third book to come out.
This is another book in my Brandon Sanderson reading spree. He is a really good writer in that he can make a captivating universe, with complex histories, and developing characters. I appreciate the detail and complexity his characters show, and how they act consistently and understandably.
This book especially shows it off, with several of the main characters being of very different mindsets. This story is very intriguing, and I prefer the story of Kaladin being my favorite. He is such a tragic hero that comes back from the tragedy.
I really liked this book, and especially the mythology that came from the earlier books in the Mistborn series. The modernization of the book did not make it lack at all in the magic category. The introduction of guns certainly changed the uses of the magic, but didn’t change the interesting parts. The new speed bubbles were a little strange, but they were still pretty neat.
This was a very good book. I think I like the first one better, but the entire series of the Mistborn is fantastic. The final battle was a little underwhelming since it was pretty much glossed over. I supposed there wasn’t much variety to cover, but I would have liked to hear a little more about it. The main characters endings are very interesting as well. They have a lot going on and the plot takes a step back to a higher realm at the end. I’m not sure if I like that step back or not, but I’ll have to think on it.
This book was very good, and had a lot of great suspense. With the Final Empire fallen the government and world leadership must be built from the ground up, and it makes for a really interesting social thought experiment. The working of the third metallurgical art also comes into play. The world is greatly expanded and the characters develop greatly. The plot has a few really good twists to it as well.
This book is quite interesting and I like the world that has been built. There are a few things that are a little over the top, like the mist, ash rain, and red sun. There is a lot of mysteriousness that isn’t explained in this first book. There is a really nice end to the first book, but it leaves things a little open for the next two. I like the characters and their development, and I also like the story.
This is set in the D&D universe of Icewind Dale and all that follows from there. I didn’t much care for the book as the characters are all over the top, and they don’t develop at all. I was amused by the assassin, but not much more than that. The story didn’t make up for the lack of character development either. The one good thing about this book is that it has interesting action sequences, but that is about it.
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