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maxtrommelen's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
humanignorance's review against another edition
4.0
A great fantasy mystery, engaging from the beginning, and with quite a few interesting twists. The characters were well-fleshed out and banter was entertaining. Many things were unclear by the end, unfortunately, which is my main complaint.
kynan's review against another edition
3.0
Sanderson's distinctive style definitely made itself noticed, especially towards the end but I've got to say, you can really tell the difference between the high quality editing that goes into his usual books and what this short story received!
codydickson's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent. I’d done anything with Magic before, but that was hardly a detriment to my enjoying the story.
windiego's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up.
You could totally tell Brandon Sanderson wrote this Magic: the Gathering novella. It has his signature humor and characters, as well as fantastic magic system.
On the other hand, I knew nothing about Magic and here I was, reading a novella and actually understand what was going on.
You could totally tell Brandon Sanderson wrote this Magic: the Gathering novella. It has his signature humor and characters, as well as fantastic magic system.
On the other hand, I knew nothing about Magic and here I was, reading a novella and actually understand what was going on.
guillejican's review against another edition
5.0
Me ha encantado. Es una historia muy bien escrita, que sabe manejar muy bien los tonos, con una charla entre personajes super agradable y divertida, que destila Sandersonismo por todas partes. Para la gente que se preocupe por si es necesario saber algo de magic para leerlo: No requiere saber nada sobre el juego. Es más, igual que no hace falta saberse el lore para disfrutar el juego, no hace falta para disfrutar de la historia de Tacenda, Davriel y Miss Highwaters, y la cáterva de diablos y demonios que les siguen.
Un economista haciendo pactos con el diablo. Si es que hay que quererle.
Un economista haciendo pactos con el diablo. Si es que hay que quererle.
worldingaround's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
firedek's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
readivine's review against another edition
3.0
Actual rating is 3.50. You can view my full review of this here! ALSO, THIS IS MY FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK REVIEW IN MY BLOG SO DOUBLE YAY!
I’m at that point in my life where I’d gobble up any written work of art Sanderson publishes. Apparently, I tend to gravitate more with his novellas rather than his epic fantasies. (I haven’t read the Mistborn series yet btw! So we’ll see if this would change next year hmmmm)
Children of the Nameless is Sanderson’s own tale set in Innistrad, one of the planes in the game Magic: The Gathering. And nope, you don’t need to play the game or to know any of the references in this novella to enjoy it. Like the complete Sanderson whore that I am, I automatically ignored all my current reads and prioritized this one.
However, this turned out to be my least favorite Brandon Sanderson novella, and I think this had more to do with the fact that I've read quite a lot of his books and other fantasy ones that generate familiar plot devices and sequences. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS UNORIGNAL NOR IS IT PREDICTABLE. It was rather anticlimactic for me but I'm sure this could still be enjoyed by some readers, especially those that want a quick introduction to fantasy! ALSO, IT'S FREE! THIS IS BRANDON SANDERSON'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO ALL OF US. To know more about where to download it just go here
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12/19/2018
It's Brandon Sanderson's birthday today!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE LLAMA HAHAHHA. Which is why I finally decided to read this free Christmas gift he gave to us; albeit it was rather anticlimactic and probably one of my least favorite novella of his, I still fairly enjoyed this one. Full RTC this evening!
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12/13/2018
HI. HELLO. LOOK AT THAT COVER! AND A NEW SANDERSON NOVELLA???? HAHAHAHHAHAHLERD. I saw this on twitter and welp I just have to add it immediately. I'm excited to read this because apparently, I love Sanderson's novellas more than his novels. (I haven't read Mistborn yet so yup HHAHAHA) AND IT'S FREE
"They were all so certain that secretly he was some kind of unnatural monster–rather than just a man, the most natural monster of them all."
I’m at that point in my life where I’d gobble up any written work of art Sanderson publishes. Apparently, I tend to gravitate more with his novellas rather than his epic fantasies. (I haven’t read the Mistborn series yet btw! So we’ll see if this would change next year hmmmm)
Children of the Nameless is Sanderson’s own tale set in Innistrad, one of the planes in the game Magic: The Gathering. And nope, you don’t need to play the game or to know any of the references in this novella to enjoy it. Like the complete Sanderson whore that I am, I automatically ignored all my current reads and prioritized this one.
However, this turned out to be my least favorite Brandon Sanderson novella, and I think this had more to do with the fact that I've read quite a lot of his books and other fantasy ones that generate familiar plot devices and sequences. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS UNORIGNAL NOR IS IT PREDICTABLE. It was rather anticlimactic for me but I'm sure this could still be enjoyed by some readers, especially those that want a quick introduction to fantasy! ALSO, IT'S FREE! THIS IS BRANDON SANDERSON'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO ALL OF US. To know more about where to download it just go here
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12/19/2018
It's Brandon Sanderson's birthday today!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE LLAMA HAHAHHA. Which is why I finally decided to read this free Christmas gift he gave to us; albeit it was rather anticlimactic and probably one of my least favorite novella of his, I still fairly enjoyed this one. Full RTC this evening!
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12/13/2018
HI. HELLO. LOOK AT THAT COVER! AND A NEW SANDERSON NOVELLA???? HAHAHAHHAHAHLERD. I saw this on twitter and welp I just have to add it immediately. I'm excited to read this because apparently, I love Sanderson's novellas more than his novels. (I haven't read Mistborn yet so yup HHAHAHA) AND IT'S FREE
kiwibooks's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0