Apologies for the ranty nature. I read alot of books sure but my writting is trash
I started reading Sanderson with tress of the emerald sea. It was fantastic and Sandersons style was very catching to me. Recently, I made the decision to read more of his work. Sanderson suggested on his site an order and I started by his suggestion with Mistborn. Absolutely loving it still very catching but, in my opinion, it’s much weaker than tress a book he made much later. Just going into the last of the 3 in the apparent first run so I’ll be done in about 5 days. Thus, I’m looking for my next few books to read.
My major worry is that it just won’t catch with me. If I start a book that’s reasonably good but doesn’t pull me back in I find myself failing to read it or anything else for quite some time. I essentially took a 6 month reading hiatus when I read Lessons in birdwatching a good, though very flawed, book. I’d do 20-50 pages a month with that book. Before I was reading daily for a few years, and after I’ve been doing the same, but sometimes I just find a book I won’t give up and can’t find myself excited to read.
He states that his suggestion to start with mistborn comes from the fact that he finds elantris to be weaker. With this in mind I’d like to know if it’d be worth it to skip the book, read the wiki or some synopsis, and move on to his more recent work. With nearly 600 pages that book would take 3-6 days of reading depending on how well it catches.
Is this sacrilege? Is the writing a serious downgrade for somebody who liked very much liked mistborn though thought it weak at times?
The authors great though. The guys got me planning to read what I asssume is magi-punk from the cover art for mistborn 4 which is not something I’d do normally
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Soooo Elantris is by far my least favorite cosmere book. To me it seems like B. Sando Sanderson is still finding his voice and style. I did every other cosmere book and came back to Elantris when I had nothing else, sometime after the release of Words of Radiance.
You don’t need to know anything from Elantis for any other book to make sense. There’s some behind the scenes stuff in Elantis that is worth knowing for future speculation about where B. Money is going with it all. But it’s also stuff that you probably won’t understand without a second reading or having read a lot of other cosmere already.
I’d say read everything else you’d like to first and circle back when you are ready. Stormlight archive is my favorite. Aramcum Unbound is also one i keep coming back to - but be very careful of spoilers with that one!
Personally I think Warbreaker is way more essential than Elantris. And I think those are Brando Sando’s weakest.
Thank you, unless someone else gives be reason not to I think I’m going to take your suggestion. Next will be warbreaker, then the way of kings.
How are you liking Warbreaker? It wasn’t my favorite but it was still solid.
Oh hey, been a bit but I’m glad you came back to this. I honestly really liked the book. Very rushed ending though I’d argue. I like a lot of what they did with the mercenaries and with nightblood along with the general lore. Everything with lightsong and blushweaver was great too but at times it dwadled around and when it came to it, answers seemed to just be tossed together amd regirgatated.
I know that’s a lot of complaining but other than the end the book was very good. It is his style to have everythingfall together at the end it seems but the other four books I’ve read by him seem much more-like a bunch of pieces falling into place and a few things blowing up spectacularly than this one which felt like “and then it turned out some people are bad and the others are good. Here’s why it all happened and some lore too. They also fight. But wait? Happily ever after too.”
I don’t regret reading it at all though. All three stories were great in their own right and the world is certainly my favourite. The system is so interesting along with the culture. I hope he revisits it.
God, sorry for the novella, but you did make the mistake of asking me about a book. You fool.
Took a break but now I’m 400 pages into way of kings BTW. Liking it a lot so far.
Lightsong was my favorite character, but I do wish we got to see more of Vasher. I feel like his backstory was really interesting.
