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A review by itskatehill
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
I struggle with picking a rating for this because it's just so damn long. There are so many parts that I loved, some that annoyed me, some that I was like...what? etc etc. Maybe my rating will fluctuate in time as I continue the series/digest more.
I think there is a reason why I don't read many books over 600 pages, and it's because my mind doesn't retain this amount of information. There are things I completely forgot that happened half way through this book, and I had to go oh yeah, that happened. If you really want to understand this world on the level that Sanderson does you've got to be so dialed in, so eager to really research how the magic system works, etc. A friend of mine said that he spent hours on the wiki doing research. I just don't think this is that series for me.
I know it seems like so far in this review like I was lukewarm about this book, but come on...it's Brandon Sanderson. He's so obviously a genius. You'd have to be to write a book like this. I've also been watching his courses at BYU, and he clearly knows his stuff, and I love that. This series is a lot like admiring a piece of classic art. It may not speak to you personally, but you see the merit.
I still am enjoying this story very much, and I can't wait to get to Oathbringer because I want to know Dalinar's story. (He's my favorite).
Overall I thought this was much faster paced than the first, and I really loved the first half. The last third kind of left me overwhelmed. I thought too much was happening, too many names, too many plot points, etc etc. But I loved the ending to TWOK, this one, not as much.
I think I still need to digest this a bit and then maybe I'll have more thoughts on it.
I think there is a reason why I don't read many books over 600 pages, and it's because my mind doesn't retain this amount of information. There are things I completely forgot that happened half way through this book, and I had to go oh yeah, that happened. If you really want to understand this world on the level that Sanderson does you've got to be so dialed in, so eager to really research how the magic system works, etc. A friend of mine said that he spent hours on the wiki doing research. I just don't think this is that series for me.
I know it seems like so far in this review like I was lukewarm about this book, but come on...it's Brandon Sanderson. He's so obviously a genius. You'd have to be to write a book like this. I've also been watching his courses at BYU, and he clearly knows his stuff, and I love that. This series is a lot like admiring a piece of classic art. It may not speak to you personally, but you see the merit.
I still am enjoying this story very much, and I can't wait to get to Oathbringer because I want to know Dalinar's story. (He's my favorite).
Overall I thought this was much faster paced than the first, and I really loved the first half. The last third kind of left me overwhelmed. I thought too much was happening, too many names, too many plot points, etc etc. But I loved the ending to TWOK, this one, not as much.
I think I still need to digest this a bit and then maybe I'll have more thoughts on it.