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4.37 AVERAGE
4.37 AVERAGE
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What an amazing short story. Very fun magic system that makes mistborn era 2 make a lot more sense now. Loved the amount of character that was put in to basically a bottle episode.
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very interesting reading this right after Elantris. The stories are very different in just about every way. Where Elantris follows the epic fantasy, this is almost like a heist, but with a few very interesting twists on the genre.
We begin with a forger who's about to be executed. She's saved but only to save the emperor she stole from. A forger, or Forger, in this world is basically a magic user of a specific type. The magic system is much more developed and involved than in Elantris, and I can see why Sanderson is known for his systems. It feels naturalistic, spiritual, and scientific, which actually makes a lot of sense to me.
Read this in one sitting in just a few hours. It goes quick and it's consistently interesting. It came out a number of years after Elantris, and it's clear how he's developed as a writer. He's more confident here, his sentences and character interactions less clumsy. In fact, his characters are effortless and their interactions are just great.
It's a really fast paced novel with almost no action. It's very conversation driven and I'd say at least half the novel consists of two of the main characters talking.
So, yeah, I dig it, and I'm pretty into Sanderson. I think I've done enough testing and might dive into one of his many trilogies. Probably Mistborn, since at least the first trilogy is complete. I probably won't start it soon, but he's on my list for next year.
Also, this takes place in the same world as Elantris but has no real relation to the novel, so you can read this without having read Elantris. In fact, there's only one reference to Elantris and it takes place like 90% of the way through the novel and consists of one image. So nothing is lost by reading this first, and the only thing gained by having the knowledge of both is seeing that these do, in fact, take place in the same world, just a continent apart.
But, yeah, very good stuff here and so much fun.
We begin with a forger who's about to be executed. She's saved but only to save the emperor she stole from. A forger, or Forger, in this world is basically a magic user of a specific type. The magic system is much more developed and involved than in Elantris, and I can see why Sanderson is known for his systems. It feels naturalistic, spiritual, and scientific, which actually makes a lot of sense to me.
Read this in one sitting in just a few hours. It goes quick and it's consistently interesting. It came out a number of years after Elantris, and it's clear how he's developed as a writer. He's more confident here, his sentences and character interactions less clumsy. In fact, his characters are effortless and their interactions are just great.
It's a really fast paced novel with almost no action. It's very conversation driven and I'd say at least half the novel consists of two of the main characters talking.
So, yeah, I dig it, and I'm pretty into Sanderson. I think I've done enough testing and might dive into one of his many trilogies. Probably Mistborn, since at least the first trilogy is complete. I probably won't start it soon, but he's on my list for next year.
Also, this takes place in the same world as Elantris but has no real relation to the novel, so you can read this without having read Elantris. In fact, there's only one reference to Elantris and it takes place like 90% of the way through the novel and consists of one image. So nothing is lost by reading this first, and the only thing gained by having the knowledge of both is seeing that these do, in fact, take place in the same world, just a continent apart.
But, yeah, very good stuff here and so much fun.