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Last book of the year!

Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

December 31, 2019 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

In before the freeze! I didn’t come close to a Cannonball, but I did my best. I read the first book in this series this past February, and loved it immensely. Like everything the last couple months, I had trouble getting into this book. But, it’s Brandon Sanderson, so I stuck with it. And I’m very glad that I did. I could’ve avoided the difficulty had I just re-read Skyward, but it all worked out in the end, I guess. To start with, the book […]

“I’m tired of people dying because of arguments between their leaders.”

The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson

June 8, 2019 by Halbs Leave a Comment

A few months ago I reviewed the first book in the Mistborn trilogy. I mentioned in that review how good the fights were, and how much I enjoyed Sanderson’s world building. He sketches out a complex continent full of history, classes, and intrigue and puts his RPG party of thieves, smooth talkers, and warriors to work. It’s fun! In The Well of Ascension, Sanderson benefits from all of that book one groundwork while also enriching the world’s lore and political machinations. As a political scientist, I […]

Fantastic Fantasy Fights

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

March 19, 2019 by Halbs 2 Comments

In my previous reviews, I’ve mentioned trying to branch out into new genres this year. Besides expanding your mind, one great bonus about exploring new sections of the bookstore is that all of the genre’s classics are new to you. That’s how I felt about about reading The Final Empire, the first book in Sanderson’s much-lauded Mistborn trilogy. The book is nearly fifteen years old, but hot off the presses for me. After finishing the first book, I’m looking forward to spending more time in this […]

Why haven’t I read all of Brandon Sanderson’s books?

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

February 2, 2019 by ingres77 10 Comments

Brandon Sanderson is a marvel. His output far exceeds other writers of his caliber. Since releasing Mistborn in 2006, he’s published over 20 novels along with numerous novellas, short stories, and graphic novels. And many of his books are giant tomes pushing 1,000 pages. In 2016 alone he published three novels, two novellas, and a graphic novel. And it’s not like he’s releasing mediocre work, either. His Wheel of Time books are widely seen as some of the best in the series, while the Mistborn, […]

Spaceship pilot/dragon rider.

Skyward (Skyward, #1) by Brandon Sanderson

December 30, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

I had so much fun with this book. I’ve not really seen Brandon Sanderson go full sci-fi before. He did that novella, Snapshot, but that’s pretty much it. Everything else has been in the realms of epic fantasy, superheroes, and the more speculative end of fantastical fiction that doesn’t really have a scientific basis (i.e. Legion). But I wasn’t really worried because a lot of the same tools he uses for his fantasy books are also applicable to sci-fi. He’s a fantastic worldbuilding, an excellent plotter, […]

And so I have now given Brandon Sanderson three stars.

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

Well, I suppose it had to happen sometime. I’m rating a Brandon Sanderson book less than four stars. He’s written about five million of them, so statistically this was a very likely outcome, eventually. And now it has, and we can all move on with our lives. I really enjoyed the first two novellas in this series. The premise is great (a genius who has schizophrenia channels his illness into the creation of imaginary people who he calls aspects, all of whom are experts in […]

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