I felt Tindwl and Sazed's relationship was great once it was revealed they liked each other- but they had virtually no chemestry before that and no hints that they would like each other at all- though I did begin to wonder if maybe it was going to happen just as a trope. The "she is hateful...
Making this a separate post because I've now finished the first Mistborn book... so here's some notes I wrote as I went through it today lol
Marsh becoming an inquisitor- I called it way beforehand. I feel proud of that one lol
Lord Renoux being a shapeshifter- I called that too, though was...
Holy Crap! Mistborn: the Final Empire is so good so far! I love the contrast between the Lord Ruler having a background being full of humility, compared to our hero, Kelsier who is just egotistical lol.
I also find it interesting to have the POV character to be not the hero per-say, kind of...
Thank you both! I've not heard of Elantris. I'm definitely interested in Mistborn, just wasn't sure if I should start there or not.
Wasn't there a book series he wrote before he took on Wheel of Time? Sorry, I know so little about him but I felt like I really want to read his work!
Where is there balance in evil? People being killed, tortured, or raped or any number of things- evil is chaos. It fundamentally is not balance at all- but the opposite- meant to unbalance all that is. That's something I never understood from the sort of yin and yang philosophy. Evil isn't a...
I just feel like I fundamentally disagree with its message.
Good is still great without evil. Evil is merely the absence and/or perversion of that which is good.
I also think it forces the message by making good things be seen as "bad"- in order to force an inaccurate narrative. It's no small...
I have finished it. I will stand by my "great" rating. (5 out of 7) Though the ending philosophically bugs me. Things to ponder on- would good feel empty without evil? I am not sure I agree with that. I also worry it goes over dramatic with its definition of evil to fit that narrative.
All the...
Another major death happened. But he took the Foresaken with him.
All I will say on that part. This book is making me actually cry.
Between this and the possible worlds seen, I am tempted to give a 6. But sticking to my 5 so far.
So a certain Aes Sedai just died. Those who read it, know who. The one who died after briefly getting another Warder to replace her dead one.
Even with knowing the spoiler (I learned this spoiler by accident during my reading of book 10. Damn Dragonmount.. it's why I quit going there within the...
this book keeps pushing it. It's just a series of battles, so I'm trying to be generous, but it keeps dipping down to being just good (a 4), but then a great moment happens and it plays with being great (a 5)... either way, it is DEFINITELY not a 6 nor a 7 so far. Just not entertaining enough...
This is bothering me. I am on chapter 34 and rand is in the blackness and talking to the dark one. But I don't remember seeing the end of his fight with Mordin! I could have sworn that I have been reading every single page, so how did I miss the ending to that fight? I remember reading them...
Shara's rise into battle is awesome! Glad to have more than just the Dreadlords lead by the newest forsaken (which is an awesome addition btw!) to assist the shadow.
The light winning is more glorious if the shadow puts up a good fight (other than just the age of legends's forsaken survivors...
On chapter 12 of the final book. Getting very angry that they are taking so long to address the black tower. I get that them doing so much helps balance the final battle (otherwise, the protagonists were winning too much up until now), but it's the final book, get on with it already!
12...
Really? I actually didn't notice that at all. Jeez, they seemed to all be happening in real time in all the books I read, so I guess it just slipped for me. I figured that anytime it goes to another character, sometimes it's immediately after the last one, or sometimes it rewinds slightly but...
Book 13 gets a 6, same as Dragon Reborn. Borderline a 7, very tough call to make. But the early first half felt like a 5, thus overall it is a 6. Also, I Dare not risk saying spoilers. How fitting this was so difficult to judge, as this was easily the longest book in the series. I solemnly swear...