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hot take yes this is an info dump but also I will mainline more cosmere

Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

September 10, 2025 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

BINGO: Black, it’s all over this cover There is a lot of telling instead of showing in this book, for an author who is already sort of well known (and, in some circles, sneered at) for being very tell-y. To be fair, I think it’s because Sanderson is very keen on his world and excited to tell us about it! And to be even more fair, I am a little Cosmere gremlin who will never be satisfied with details and arcana, no matter how arcane. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cbrbingo17, cosmere

wicherwill's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured · Tags: brandon sanderson, cbrbingo17, cosmere ·
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“If there was one thing she had learned on this trip, it was that leadership was more than titles and giving orders. It was an act of becoming something greater than what one had been before; it was doing things for others, things that they could not do themselves. It was a burden, true, but it refined as much as it hurt.”

White Sand Omnibus by Brandon Sanderson

July 6, 2025 by wicherwill 2 Comments

hot take very worth re-reading, they should just pull the older version off the shelves — book recall, anyone? wonder if it would have made as much sense if I hadn’t already known what Sanderson was trying to do via the author note So yes, this is markedly, substantially different from the individual books. The art still has the abrupt switcheroo halfway through the second (third?) volume, and the fundamental plot is the same, but there’s a real attempt to clarify the narrative thrust via […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cosmere

wicherwill's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere ·
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“You should tell her, the knight interjects, that is basically the entire point of math. Explaining stuff everyone already knows.”

The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

February 13, 2025 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Original review: NOW IT IS TIME FOR WIND AND TRUTH (but I have another two weeks to wait) Updated long review: First off, I had a whole thing written and it got lost on Goodreads, how bizarre. Doesn’t it save automatically? So well to quickly recap (and I won’t give away who the main character/Nomad is until later on, if you want to avoid): – it’s funny how there’s SO MUCH plot crammed into these small novels between the giant paving stones (and really, they […]

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wicherwill's CBR17 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere ·
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starting these books on Monday is hazardous to your productivity

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

December 31, 2024 by wicherwill 2 Comments

If it weren’t for how much I liked the first book this would probably be my favorite–there’s so much character development and arc payoff in this book, and genuine surprise at some of the twists and conclusions. It took me about a week to read The Way of Kings whilst also working, and I assumed this would be similar so I started it while on the way to Brussels for a work trip. Somehow, despite having to go into an office and do work there and talk […]

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wicherwill's CBR16 Review No:69 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere ·
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perfect time to finish this :)

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

December 31, 2024 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

A massive pick-up in tone for me from Oathbringer, although I have clear favorites by this point and they’re never around enough (give me ALL the Adolin-as-the-best-himbo vibes) (H/T to Evin for the video) (a reminder that if you need to talk to someone and don’t solely communicate via spanreed help is always available if you need to talk). The pieces are starting to fall into place, but there are so very many of them that you’re basically Lucy trying to get all the candy off the conveyor […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cosmere

wicherwill's CBR16 Review No:68 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere ·
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the Stormlight begins

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

December 31, 2024 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Excellent start to this universe, for all that it took me ages upon ages to finally pick it up. I think this time around I wanted to be a completionist, and read in the correct order. I think, having now finished through #4 and impatiently waiting for #5 to come off of hold at my local library, that it was worth it…even if I didn’t remember half of the Cosmere crossover bits and had to re-read them on Coppermind or via recaps. But leave all […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cosmere

wicherwill's CBR16 Review No:67 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere ·
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