Gabe
Bundling my review of all 3 volumes because I listened to them all back to back and forget what happened in which book.
The story is fine, but somewhat predictable, and the characters felt like they didn't stay consistent to themselves, and their abilities and competence fluctuated greatly throughout. Some decisions and dialog felt like they were added to extend the length of the books, much to the detriment of the characters.
Another detractor is the fact that I listened to the dramatized audio, which I have yet to enjoy one of them in this format. The sound effects of feet on sand got old almost immediately into the first out of 3 books, and continued throughout, and the accents for the characters felt exceptionally cheesy.
I'm not sure how much of what I didn't like was due to the adaptation from comic to dramatized audio and how many of the decisions were made by GraphicAudio vs. Brandon Sanderson himself, but aside from the magic systems and world building it felt very much unlike the rest of the books I've enjoyed by him.
Perhaps I would have enjoyed this more if I had read the comic, so I'll have to check that out at some point, but I'll probably wait until the proper prose novel is released before revisiting.
Bundling my review of all 3 volumes because I listened to them all back to back and forget what happened in which book.
The story is fine, but somewhat predictable, and the characters felt like they didn't stay consistent to themselves, and their abilities and competence fluctuated greatly throughout. Some decisions and dialog felt like they were added to extend the length of the books, much to the detriment of the characters.
Another detractor is the fact that I listened to the dramatized audio, which I have yet to enjoy one of them in this format. The sound effects of feet on sand got old almost immediately into the first out of 3 books, and continued throughout, and the accents for the characters felt exceptionally cheesy.
I'm not sure how much of what I didn't like was due to the adaptation from comic to dramatized audio and how many of the decisions were made by GraphicAudio vs. Brandon Sanderson himself, but aside from the magic systems and world building it felt very much unlike the rest of the books I've enjoyed by him.
Perhaps I would have enjoyed this more if I had read the comic, so I'll have to check that out at some point, but I'll probably wait until the proper prose novel is released before revisiting.