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The Way of Kings Part Two by Brandon Sanderson

funny mysterious reflective tense 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

Honestly, this is one of the slowest building books I've ever read, and yet there's never a dull moment. It did take me some time to get back into it, but with everything I had to read for uni and working on assingments, I didn't really feel like reading anyways. But once I got to sit down during some nice summerdays that I just had, I raced through the rest of it. And those last 150 pages were amazing. I told myself that I would use a break between the book here because they're so long and everything, and I will read some other books between this and the next one in the series, but that break might not be as long as I initially though it would be. 

Stories by Neil Gaiman, Al Sarrantonio
Did not finish book. Stopped at 44%.

It's been over a year since I started this collection and I stopped because most of the stories didnt keep me engaged. Now, I've read the few stories from the authors i wanted to, and even those were kind of disappointing. The stories I did read are very well written, they're just uninteresting, I don't care for them. The only one I marked that I liked enough to reread is the one by Neil Gaiman. It kinda sucks, because I had high hopes for this considering some of the names on the cover, but alas, cant always get what you want.

Markens grøde by Knut Hamsun

3.0

Giant Days Vol. 2 by John Allison, Whitney Cogar

4.25

Arv og miljø by Vigdis Hjorth

4.0

Genanse og verdighet by Dag Solstad

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

The Way of Kings, Part One by Brandon Sanderson

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

adventurous 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

4.5

System Collapse by Martha Wells

4.25

Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman

4.25