Sean
Brando Sando did it again. Stormlight is my favorite series, but Mistborn might take over if it keeps going like this. It was fast-paced, constant twists, incredible world building and magic. It had my thinking about it nonstop. Kelsier and Vin are two of my favorite characters ever. Vin grew through the book and how she is at the end is incredible and so we’ll deserved. On the other hand, Kelsier is mysterious and a little less available but that also works for his character arc. The best part of this book is, to quote Sanderson from a blog post I found from when he was writing this, is the Brandon Avalanche. About halfway through part four to the end of the book is exhilarating and shocking in a way only Sanderson can do.
Brando Sando did it again. Stormlight is my favorite series, but Mistborn might take over if it keeps going like this. It was fast-paced, constant twists, incredible world building and magic. It had my thinking about it nonstop. Kelsier and Vin are two of my favorite characters ever. Vin grew through the book and how she is at the end is incredible and so we’ll deserved. On the other hand, Kelsier is mysterious and a little less available but that also works for his character arc. The best part of this book is, to quote Sanderson from a blog post I found from when he was writing this, is the Brandon Avalanche. About halfway through part four to the end of the book is exhilarating and shocking in a way only Sanderson can do.
Arctic dreams took me a very long time to read but I enjoyed every second. This book covered ecology, indigenous knowledge, arctic exploration, and more. Throughout it Lopez’s sense of place conveyed strongly and left me with a sliver of understanding of the arctic and a strong desire to travel there and experience the things that he did.
Arctic dreams took me a very long time to read but I enjoyed every second. This book covered ecology, indigenous knowledge, arctic exploration, and more. Throughout it Lopez’s sense of place conveyed strongly and left me with a sliver of understanding of the arctic and a strong desire to travel there and experience the things that he did.
Read for class. It was a good overview of the history of the public land system and was a surprisingly easy and enjoyable read.
Read for class. It was a good overview of the history of the public land system and was a surprisingly easy and enjoyable read.
This might have been the most excited to read a book I’ve been because of how great Jonathan Strange by the same author was. It lived up to the hype. Piranesi’s house is the most incredible setting I’ve ever read about and felt like a character as much as the others in the book. The journal entry style made it feel like I was watching the events and mystery unfold exactly as Piranesi did. This was one of the quickest, most immersive books I’ve ever read and I enjoyed every page of it.
This might have been the most excited to read a book I’ve been because of how great Jonathan Strange by the same author was. It lived up to the hype. Piranesi’s house is the most incredible setting I’ve ever read about and felt like a character as much as the others in the book. The journal entry style made it feel like I was watching the events and mystery unfold exactly as Piranesi did. This was one of the quickest, most immersive books I’ve ever read and I enjoyed every page of it.
This is classic, epic fantasy at every level. Good battle scenes, interesting magic, with a side of political intrigue. It only gets 3 stars because there was just too much going on that it made it difficult to really engage with any one part. Viktor is a strong character but I wish this had been more focused on him and maybe one or two others rather than there being 20 different narrators. I checked the cast list at least once a chapter for probably the first 500 pages. That being said, it’s a fun, fast read in an interesting world and I’ll consider continuing the series.
This is classic, epic fantasy at every level. Good battle scenes, interesting magic, with a side of political intrigue. It only gets 3 stars because there was just too much going on that it made it difficult to really engage with any one part. Viktor is a strong character but I wish this had been more focused on him and maybe one or two others rather than there being 20 different narrators. I checked the cast list at least once a chapter for probably the first 500 pages. That being said, it’s a fun, fast read in an interesting world and I’ll consider continuing the series.
