Riddish
The world is a much more interesting place thanks to people like Malcolm Gladwell, who make things look less prosaic or mundane.
I can't even.
O, Brandon Sanderson, the gifted story teller, I forfeit the gift of intelligence to you.
Should you read books 4-7?
Rating BS books 5 stars has almost become a reflex action for me. That being said, I would have to say this book falls a bit short of my expectation and I would rate it more as 4.5 stars.
The last 2 books, were out of this world brilliant and honestly were the best reads of my life. This one thus, had to provide a patchwork of explanations for the last two books, in addition to taking the story forward.
The revelation about the Desolations and Recreance hit me hard in the face (could never have guessed it).
To avoid giving out to much too much information, the rest of the review is tagged as a potential spoiler.
Dalinar's backstory is almost prophetic. The ideals embodied in the whole narrative might as well take shape in a new religion some day :P. Shallan's story though makes her seem too skillful in too short a time. Also, I was shipping Shallan and Kaladin so hard, I stand disappointed. Kaladin being Kaladin, is just f**king awesome. Not to forget, Jasnah Kholin! I just love that woman, is there anything she can't do? The Fused(supposed Gods) should put up a better fight right? A few other question that remain unanswered.How the hell did Amaram get so powerful? Also, is it just me who finds Odium something like Voldemort? Unreasonably confident but easily dealt with. That's not to say he makes a bad villain but honestly, I expected better from him. All in all, the last 2 books just raised my expectations to unhealthy levels and this book, though brilliant, left me yearning for more.
I want to give this book five stars, I really do. It did everything right but the first three books of the series does steal the thunder from this one..
So many high points in this book. Especially the mention of...
(Oops, I won't say more, don't wanna spoil anything)
Brandon Sanderson has such an organic style of writing, you know the end product is going to be great but you know the reading process will be different and difficult even.
Thank you, Mr. Brandon, I truly do have a favourite author now.
Such a beautiful and innocent book. Sweet words and sweet people.
Ari, what a character made me laugh, made me smile and to my surprise made me weep too.
I will pick this book up again for sure!
In my opinion, this book is wrongly criticized. It does a lot of things right. The narrative is easy to follow, the emotions are genuine and makes a very pleasant read. If one does get to the end and not feel affected by the fate awaiting Bruno, heavens help us all.
Wow, never thought I would ever like a classic this much!
This book though ! There's a whole different world out there!
Was going to give it 3 stars, but then Brandon Sanderson put in those few magical words which had me scrambling for the next book!
Gahhh, this guy is really good at what he does!
Shaping up to be an absolute cracker of a series. Just wish it wasn't a 14 part series of really thick, 1000+ pages tomes.
It amazes me to think that there are people in this world who do read, but have not yet read any book written by Brandon Sanderson.
It gets me all excited hoping that someday, these people would pickup just one book of his and then fall in love with BS's world building and all the amazing characters. And then just one day, they would have finished reading all the books he has written and feel this amazingly satisfying “pain”.
Pain because now we wait for the great master to write more books and at the very same time, feel a bit jealous of the people who are just starting out in the Cosmere universe.
Thank you Brandon Sanderson. I have yet to read The Rithmatist, but after that I would be well and truly done with all the books you've written so far (or should I say “published”, I still have Aether of the Night :P).
Thank you for Mistborn, thank you for The Reckoners, thank you for The Stormlight Archive (and hey, you better get on with writing more books for this series) and finally thank you for Elantris
A true American hero. So many ideas being thrown around in the market in the name of e-commerce is just simple digitization of Sam Walton's owned/borrowed ideas.
A very very interesting read this!
More like 3.5 stars tbh. Reads more like a whole bunch of blog posts strung together as is.
Got few points here and there that make you think.
Very well written. It is no easy task to draw parallelisms to the Mahabharata. Yet, Shashi Tharoor does a great job of fitting in our freedom struggle and the years that follow, almost as if Mahabharata was based off of them! Definitely a recommended read given its unique symbolism, unmatched alliteration and a style of writing almost certainly missing in Indian writers.
Somehow, I feel as if I would have to give this book another read to better understand a few things Tharoor has tried to convey.
The best piece of literature I have read this year. I am a big fan of Alain de Botton, having been introduced to his work through his YouTube channel “School of Life”. It opened for me the various schools of philosophy ,which has greatly affected the way I view the world.
This book explores various professions and provides a glimpse into the life of various individuals pursuing them. The writing might come across very erudite, elitist and verbose to most readers, who might have picked up this book for its name and are unfamiliar with the author himself and the context in which this book was written. This should not however, deter anyone from giving it a try.
The book got me looking at everyday things in the work place in a different light. Each page provides something very fresh to think about.
Would definitely recommend this book.