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adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very boring.
I've read Mistborn era 1 and Warbreaker before this book, Sanderson's way of writing "politics" was my least favourite part of Mistborn trilogy. I just feel the society is always very cartoonish, and the meandering mucking around then everything happens at once kind of political story just isn't very intriguing to me.
I'm also just kind of getting sick of his very religious, misogynistic worlds. At least in Mistborn we had an interesting hard magic system and overarching mystery to uncover, but the magic system in this one was pretty much nonexistent, and boring. How can you make a magical society that lived off magic boring?
I'm sick of the characters as well. In all 5 of his books I've read so far, he's always written a not-like-the-other-girls female character and she gets a bunch of men fawning over her because she's not like the other girls. There's no other female characters of importance, and she won't have any deep meaningful relationship with other women. She will also constantly talks lowly of other women and considers them stupid. Sarene is a marysue, we get told that she's very smart without the book showing her being smart. She's got one of those "why be homeless? Just buy a house!" kind of privileged sunshine and rainbows mentality.
Then there's also the gary-sue perfect noble boyfriend of hers who starts out struggling with magic or politics or whatever, then at the end he glows and omg he's so powerful now! So then he takes the king/emperor/God spot and Sarene is now his good obedient wife.... I really hope Stormlight isn't like this.
I've read Mistborn era 1 and Warbreaker before this book, Sanderson's way of writing "politics" was my least favourite part of Mistborn trilogy. I just feel the society is always very cartoonish, and the meandering mucking around then everything happens at once kind of political story just isn't very intriguing to me.
I'm also just kind of getting sick of his very religious, misogynistic worlds. At least in Mistborn we had an interesting hard magic system and overarching mystery to uncover, but the magic system in this one was pretty much nonexistent, and boring. How can you make a magical society that lived off magic boring?
I'm sick of the characters as well. In all 5 of his books I've read so far, he's always written a not-like-the-other-girls female character and she gets a bunch of men fawning over her because she's not like the other girls. There's no other female characters of importance, and she won't have any deep meaningful relationship with other women. She will also constantly talks lowly of other women and considers them stupid. Sarene is a marysue, we get told that she's very smart without the book showing her being smart. She's got one of those "why be homeless? Just buy a house!" kind of privileged sunshine and rainbows mentality.
Then there's also the gary-sue perfect noble boyfriend of hers who starts out struggling with magic or politics or whatever, then at the end he glows and omg he's so powerful now! So then he takes the king/emperor/God spot and Sarene is now his good obedient wife.... I really hope Stormlight isn't like this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism