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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
I read very few books in 2016.
I started 2017 having in mind that I should just accept I simply can’t find time to read anymore so I set my yearly goal of books read at 12.
Fast Forward to December 31st, 2017 and I’m sitting on a list of 100 books read in a year.
Or so I thought.
Turns out I had double shelved one and I wouldn’t have found out if I hadn’t been a nerd about it and having made spreadsheets and yadda yadda yadda.
ANYWAY, 100 had become my unofficial goal somewhere around the 9th of December when I was at 83 or 84 books and so naively had told @captaindibbzy that “I might make it to 90.”
Bulldozing through books to make a deadline for fun? Win-win situation.
So I couldn’t let it slip from my hands. But it was also 10pm. I literally only had two hours to start and finish a book. I didn’t wanna do a comic and I didn’t want to do a reread.
And this brought me to “Perfect State”.
I must admit, I got into Sanderson after years of hesitation. I had a few false starts with Mistborn in 2014 (as it turned out I wasn’t in the mood for it yet) and then started reading the Stormlight Archive because of a piece of artwork I saw on dA. (I’m shallow, suck it :p) That said, Sanderson has, so far, never disappointed me. Everything I have read by him is AMAZING and if I could capitalize that A twice I would have.
So, “Perfect State”.
My only complaint is that the book wasn’t longer. It’s a novella, set in a sort of a Matrix world where each person lives in a world p much in their mind and get to be Kings, Rockstars, or whatever they want. They can literally have anything they ever wished for but it comes with something like a level system. Think VR Sims with less killing off your sims for fun xD
So, I don’t want to spoil this but do get this if you are looking for a great and fast sci-fi read. I am honored to have this as my last book for the year!
I started 2017 having in mind that I should just accept I simply can’t find time to read anymore so I set my yearly goal of books read at 12.
Fast Forward to December 31st, 2017 and I’m sitting on a list of 100 books read in a year.
Or so I thought.
Turns out I had double shelved one and I wouldn’t have found out if I hadn’t been a nerd about it and having made spreadsheets and yadda yadda yadda.
ANYWAY, 100 had become my unofficial goal somewhere around the 9th of December when I was at 83 or 84 books and so naively had told @captaindibbzy that “I might make it to 90.”
Bulldozing through books to make a deadline for fun? Win-win situation.
So I couldn’t let it slip from my hands. But it was also 10pm. I literally only had two hours to start and finish a book. I didn’t wanna do a comic and I didn’t want to do a reread.
And this brought me to “Perfect State”.
I must admit, I got into Sanderson after years of hesitation. I had a few false starts with Mistborn in 2014 (as it turned out I wasn’t in the mood for it yet) and then started reading the Stormlight Archive because of a piece of artwork I saw on dA. (I’m shallow, suck it :p) That said, Sanderson has, so far, never disappointed me. Everything I have read by him is AMAZING and if I could capitalize that A twice I would have.
So, “Perfect State”.
My only complaint is that the book wasn’t longer. It’s a novella, set in a sort of a Matrix world where each person lives in a world p much in their mind and get to be Kings, Rockstars, or whatever they want. They can literally have anything they ever wished for but it comes with something like a level system. Think VR Sims with less killing off your sims for fun xD
So, I don’t want to spoil this but do get this if you are looking for a great and fast sci-fi read. I am honored to have this as my last book for the year!
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A solid, pretty enjoyable novella, but I definitely preferred Sanderson’s Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell novella .
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
My second Brandon Sanderson, and it holds up to the expectation of brilliant. This very short novella creates a fantastic sci-fi world in such a small space. It's imaginative, and simple in the delivery of posing questions foe the reader to contemplate the idea of fate vs design, but also what it would mean if we really were the centre of our own worlds and only needed to cross paths with others in small amounts. Who would I choose to be if I could craft a world to my personality? I don't know.
The fast paced plot keeps you moving through, which made the small but critical plot twist at rhe end all the more delicious.
The fast paced plot keeps you moving through, which made the small but critical plot twist at rhe end all the more delicious.
If you give me a story by Sanderson and starts by literally saying My birthday present was concurring the world ,you can bet I'll read it. The idea was amazing and not far fetched from a future that I can imagine.
The story flowed naturally and I even thought it would be boring but it got interesting quickly. I loved the ending and really wanted another part to this book.
The story flowed naturally and I even thought it would be boring but it got interesting quickly. I loved the ending and really wanted another part to this book.
Todo es mentira, pero prefiero fingir que no
Brandon Sanderson nos trae una pequeña novela, a medio camino entre la fantasía y la ciencia ficción, con el objeto de entretenernos unas pocas horas. Un ser todopoderoso nos relata cómo llegó hasta ese punto y cómo, una vez alcanzada la cumbre, necesitó crearse un némesis para poder sentir que todavía le quedaba algo que hacer. Ganar siempre es aburrido. Dejando su guerra en un segundo plano, el protagonista decide acudir a una cita.
Cuando se finge ser un dios
La ignorancia es felicidad, el autoengaño es opio. Desde el primer momento Kairominas de Alornia nos quiere convencer de que es el Dios-Emperador del mundo, pero pronto sabemos que es un engaño: existen otros mundos y él no tiene poder fuera de sus fronteras. Su arrogancia le acompaña allá donde vaya y en esos lugares, encontrará a otros como él, igual de arrogantes.
Solo dos personajes, pero logrados
Con dos le basta al autor para presentar la ambientación de la novela y hacer avanzar la trama, Kai, el Dios-Emperador de un mundo medieval y la mujer que el Wode (una especie de entidad que regula diversos mundos) ha seleccionado para que se aparee (sí, para que tengan un hijo). El primero está obsesionado con las hazañas de su pasado; la segunda es una rebelde que pretende derribar lo que ella misma ha logrado conseguir, dispuesta a luchar contra su destino escrito. A través de sus opuestos puntos de vista, Sanderson deja entrever qué circunstancias han llevado a que estos personajes vivan en estos mundos irreales.
Giros argumentales en poco espacio
La verdad es que no hay tiempo para mucho, pero Sanderson se las arregla para que cada diez páginas haya una pequeña sorpresa para el lector que amenizará la lectura. El final también tiene su propio giro, aunque no es todo lo emotivo que a él le hubiera gustado que fuera.
Reseña original en http://carlosperezcasas.blogspot.com.es/2016/05/resena-xxiv-perfect-state.html
Brandon Sanderson nos trae una pequeña novela, a medio camino entre la fantasía y la ciencia ficción, con el objeto de entretenernos unas pocas horas. Un ser todopoderoso nos relata cómo llegó hasta ese punto y cómo, una vez alcanzada la cumbre, necesitó crearse un némesis para poder sentir que todavía le quedaba algo que hacer. Ganar siempre es aburrido. Dejando su guerra en un segundo plano, el protagonista decide acudir a una cita.
Cuando se finge ser un dios
La ignorancia es felicidad, el autoengaño es opio. Desde el primer momento Kairominas de Alornia nos quiere convencer de que es el Dios-Emperador del mundo, pero pronto sabemos que es un engaño: existen otros mundos y él no tiene poder fuera de sus fronteras. Su arrogancia le acompaña allá donde vaya y en esos lugares, encontrará a otros como él, igual de arrogantes.
Solo dos personajes, pero logrados
Con dos le basta al autor para presentar la ambientación de la novela y hacer avanzar la trama, Kai, el Dios-Emperador de un mundo medieval y la mujer que el Wode (una especie de entidad que regula diversos mundos) ha seleccionado para que se aparee (sí, para que tengan un hijo). El primero está obsesionado con las hazañas de su pasado; la segunda es una rebelde que pretende derribar lo que ella misma ha logrado conseguir, dispuesta a luchar contra su destino escrito. A través de sus opuestos puntos de vista, Sanderson deja entrever qué circunstancias han llevado a que estos personajes vivan en estos mundos irreales.
Giros argumentales en poco espacio
La verdad es que no hay tiempo para mucho, pero Sanderson se las arregla para que cada diez páginas haya una pequeña sorpresa para el lector que amenizará la lectura. El final también tiene su propio giro, aunque no es todo lo emotivo que a él le hubiera gustado que fuera.
Reseña original en http://carlosperezcasas.blogspot.com.es/2016/05/resena-xxiv-perfect-state.html
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Merely okay short story from an author who would go on to be superb. Sanderson’s short fiction is weak because it doesn’t give him time to play to his strengths (plotting and densely accurate worlds), and so the reveals and character turns in his short stories haven’t had enough intro to be satisfying.
- The concept was really interesting
- A Wax and Wayne feel to the humour
- The connection between Kai and Sophie was good
- Good twist ending
- I'm glad I read it but I'm pretty certain that non-Cosmere books just aren't for me.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced