First Time Reading Stormlight Archive

I'm trying not to spoil myself, but I also want to discuss!

I was a bit hesitant to pick up a series by Sanderson outside the Wheel of Time. Not because I didn't trust his writing, but mostly because of anxiety.

I bought the audiobook version of the Way of Kings recently, and holy crap, this is a good book! It took a bit of going back and re-reading at first, because Sanderson just kind of throws you in. I like authors that do that, but this was a lot to take in.

Anyway, I really like pretty much everything going on. The characters, the world, the magic system, the different cultures, the creatures, the lore... I think I'm just about past the half-way mark of the first book. I may just pick up the second one in physical form, because my credits for Audible come in on the 20th of each month.

My favorite character at the moment is Shallan. I relate to her in a lot of ways. She's a nerd, she's a smartass, she has to push herself harder than she normally does for others, and she has a petty side to her in all that too. Oh, and she likes to draw! I can't wait to see where her and Kaladin's story goes.

I also really like Dalinar. I find myself rooting for him most of the time.

 

I love the books as well, and finished the three published ones in less than a month. That's all I was doing in my free time because they were so good.

I also like Shallan and Dalinar as some of my favorite characters. Like most fictional characters they have their moments when you just want to strangle them or smack them upside the head, though.

 

She does have red hair. And thank you for that compliment!

 

You are so right about that!

 

Man, I got really invested in Shallan's story last night, and then it switched to Kaladin's perspective when things came to a head. I was so frustrated! I caught up with her this morning, though.

 

I accidentally put something on my keyboard and apparently it made a lot of spaces. I'm keeping it. Edit: Aww, the forum stripped them. It was like 6.5 lines in the editor though )

And yes, that can be one of the frustrating parts about books with multiple perspectives. On the one hand, you get to see a lot of what's going on, and you get unique takes on those events from the characters. On the other hand, sometimes you want to keep going with one character's story, especially if you really like them or don't like the one that follows.

 

You're right. I experienced that with WoT too, but I think I was soooo invested in it because I was listening to this particular part while on my walk last night. It was also just...really good.

 

I am so obsessed with Skyward lately, it was AMAZING

 

Knowing this does not make the transition any less frustrating.

 

I just finished Way of Kings (because it's an audiobook.) I can't wait for my credits to come in, so I just bought Words of Radiance in physical book form.

 

I started to read the actual book of Words of Radiance, because I just can't wait for my credits to renew, and also I want to start bonding with my books again.

It's been interesting, because I haven't seen a lot of these names spelled out, so sometimes, I'll stop and hesitate on a name before I figure out who it's supposed to be.