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A review by daniel_faniel
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
It’s unbearably slow and the things the book focuses on have no pay-off in the end. It also focuses on the least interesting parts of the overall story.
People say the ending makes up for it but I disagree. It was an interesting concept for an ending that book 1 already handled better, and the ending also has no correlation with what the rest of the book focuses so much on. The ending of the book pertains to a sub-plot. The ending to the main plot (the conflict between Elend, Straff, and Cett) is handled almost entirely ‘off-screen’.
The ending focuses more on the koloss which are literally just there because. He could’ve easily come up with a stronger reason to have them there besides “they’re being paid.” Idk, maybe have it have some connection to the Well or the Lord Ruler’s death or something. Nope.
People say the ending makes up for it but I disagree. It was an interesting concept for an ending that book 1 already handled better, and the ending also has no correlation with what the rest of the book focuses so much on. The ending of the book pertains to a sub-plot. The ending to the main plot (the conflict between Elend, Straff, and Cett) is handled almost entirely ‘off-screen’.
The ending focuses more on the koloss which are literally just there because. He could’ve easily come up with a stronger reason to have them there besides “they’re being paid.” Idk, maybe have it have some connection to the Well or the Lord Ruler’s death or something. Nope.