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Giant Days Vol. 2 by John Allison, Whitney Cogar

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4.25

Arv og miljø by Vigdis Hjorth

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4.0

Genanse og verdighet by Dag Solstad

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Loveable characters? No

2.0

The Way of Kings, Part One by Brandon Sanderson

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dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It's hard to give a review of half a book, considering this is only the first part and I'm getting right to the second part to be able to accurately try and read this as one book. But as I am reading it in two parts, it will probably color some of my experience reading it (like not having a huge brick of a bok to read and rather something I am able to hold, I'm joking but not really - also I just like the UK covers more).

But I do have some thoughts so far.

Mainly that I want to give Brandon Sanderson a lot of kudos for his ability to write a story where very little technically happens - like I am absolutely not sure what the actual plot is and I am technically over half way through - and yet still make it feel so alive and interesting and exciting and consistently making me want to turn the page to read what happens next.

A lot of fantasy books need a good chunk of pages to set the scene, do some worldbuilding so that the plot will actually have a pay off, but not every fantasy book manages to make those pages interesting even if the story after is. Brandon Sanderson definitely knows what he's doing. I'm hoping some of my questions get a little answered in the second half, but honestly, knowing that the rest of the series books don't really seem to be any shorter, I think there's a lot I won't know for a while. Definitely excited to continue reading.

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous funny mysterious reflective slow-paced