Szeth son son Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king. I read that when I was twelve, ten years ago and haven't looked back. Probably my favorite opening line to any book.
"the man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed" is up there for me. not finished with the dark tower as i write this, but still one of my favorites.
@@Cerrmann it depends on the stories you like. it gets crazy and takes a ton of left turns. the first one was a harder read for me, but it's also one of the shortest, with a great ending to get you hooked. i'm on book 4 right now, they only get longer and crazier
@@Cerrmann the first one was written many many years before the rest of the series, when stephen king was a young author. its very different to the rest of the series, and usually the worst received, but its important for plot. its also the shortest book. my recommendation would be to read it and reserve your judgment until the second book. if you dont like book 2, then the series probably isnt for you. however, the first book isnt bad, and i quite like it. but is is very very different
That prediction abou the epigraph was wild, for reasons you'll understand at one point. I hope you have fun with the book! The first big chunk takes its time, but it's all 100% worth it.
For other books in the series each one starts with a single prologue, but the prologues are all connected to each other. So I think you should replicate this format for them as well when you get there, read the prologue and then make a video specifically about that. They are filled with secrets and revelations and foreshadowing so I think you’ll have a blast doing so.
@@conorreads Haha fair enough, maybe I'll start pretending I'm also going to present my ideas! Seeing you doing it is making me want to read more "actively" too, like keeping track of theories and see how many you get right or wrong!!
TH-cam recommended me this video, never seen your channel before. Absolutely loved it and immediately went to watching all the War breaker videos, loved them too. Looking forward to whatever you come up with with Way of the Kings and the other Stormlight books! Can't decide myself if Stormlight or Wheel of Time is my favorite series ever
Thanks, I did all the wheel of time books as well, it didn’t start as reading and predicting but gets there by about the 3rd book. The wheel of time is one hell of a journey
SO pretty good guesses with limited info and some wild ones as well of course. Some things are just very much keep reading and will make sense soon enough others are more cryptic. I'm doing my reread ahead of book 5 and during RoW one part of what you described has only just been revisited. So plenty to explored and come back to
I’m glad you’re seeing the structure of what you’ve started with this series! Yes, the three prologues are indicative of how ambitious Brandon is in writing Stormlight and I can just say that in my opinion, he really delivers. Interesting predictions and happy reading!
@@frantexmor8681 (Conor, don’t read this yet!) I would count the Cenn chapter as a prologue, as it is another character’s POV introducing Kaladin. I know Brandon named it chapter 1 after running out of homonyms for prologues, but from a narrative perspective, I’d say it’s basically another prologue. Compare it to the prologue of The Final Empire, with the obligator serving as both worldbuilding and to segue to Kelsier.
Yeah boiiii its all kicking off! I love books that are so long and have so many events and twists and turns that you can barely remember the very beginning from where we end up at the latest book.
i love the way you theorize! i've commented before along the same lines but as brandons says you're thinking on the right lines. the only "correction" i'd give you is that the heralds shouldn't be looked into more than i assume you see them now. they're not gods, despite immortality. cant wait to see you finish the next books!!
Oh my god I've so been here with Stormlight, trying to piece together all these disparate elements into a theory XD Your attention to detail will do you credit as you read, just don't go bananas on the theories until you have a little bit more info
@@conorreads I was the same, I had to make a huge Google doc to make notes. I took a look through your videos and we're kinda doing things in an opposite order. I started with the entirety of SLA first and now I'm onto Mistborn and trying to work out what's going on there. Currently reading Well of Ascension atm
Enjoyed the video man. Definitely need another video going back over this when you finish the book. What you got right or wrong and theories going forward!
One Correction: the king only had 2 children. Jasnah and Elhokar. Dalinar was the kings brother (the drunk one at the party).
Szeth son son Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.
I read that when I was twelve, ten years ago and haven't looked back. Probably my favorite opening line to any book.
"the man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed" is up there for me. not finished with the dark tower as i write this, but still one of my favorites.
@@akikzza ive been meaning to read that series, but Ive been told that not all the books are good, especially the first one. Is that true?
@@Cerrmann it depends on the stories you like. it gets crazy and takes a ton of left turns. the first one was a harder read for me, but it's also one of the shortest, with a great ending to get you hooked. i'm on book 4 right now, they only get longer and crazier
@@Cerrmann the first one was written many many years before the rest of the series, when stephen king was a young author. its very different to the rest of the series, and usually the worst received, but its important for plot. its also the shortest book. my recommendation would be to read it and reserve your judgment until the second book. if you dont like book 2, then the series probably isnt for you. however, the first book isnt bad, and i quite like it. but is is very very different
@@dechain1927 that's helpful, thanks. I am trying to get into western high fantasy, and its the best known out of everything.
That prediction abou the epigraph was wild, for reasons you'll understand at one point.
I hope you have fun with the book! The first big chunk takes its time, but it's all 100% worth it.
For other books in the series each one starts with a single prologue, but the prologues are all connected to each other. So I think you should replicate this format for them as well when you get there, read the prologue and then make a video specifically about that. They are filled with secrets and revelations and foreshadowing so I think you’ll have a blast doing so.
We've had one, yes. But what about second prologue?
It's amazing how much you pick up on! On my first read most of these things totally flew over my head 😅
Thankyou! Taking notes and knowing I’ll be doing the video makes it much easy to spot things than simply reading for myself
@@conorreads Haha fair enough, maybe I'll start pretending I'm also going to present my ideas! Seeing you doing it is making me want to read more "actively" too, like keeping track of theories and see how many you get right or wrong!!
TH-cam recommended me this video, never seen your channel before. Absolutely loved it and immediately went to watching all the War breaker videos, loved them too. Looking forward to whatever you come up with with Way of the Kings and the other Stormlight books! Can't decide myself if Stormlight or Wheel of Time is my favorite series ever
Thanks, I did all the wheel of time books as well, it didn’t start as reading and predicting but gets there by about the 3rd book. The wheel of time is one hell of a journey
@@conorreads it really is. Guess I have some catching up to do then. Keep it up!
this is such a unique style of video, i was hoping you would do this follow up after your first video
I’ll be doing the whole book this way my friend
@@conorreads looking forward to it🙏
SO pretty good guesses with limited info and some wild ones as well of course. Some things are just very much keep reading and will make sense soon enough others are more cryptic. I'm doing my reread ahead of book 5 and during RoW one part of what you described has only just been revisited. So plenty to explored and come back to
Wait til you get to the end of the book and realise the entire book is the greatest Prologue ever written lol.
so true
This is going to be a fun ride!!
I’m glad you’re seeing the structure of what you’ve started with this series! Yes, the three prologues are indicative of how ambitious Brandon is in writing Stormlight and I can just say that in my opinion, he really delivers. Interesting predictions and happy reading!
Wait, three? Which one is the third one?
@@frantexmor8681 (Conor, don’t read this yet!)
I would count the Cenn chapter as a prologue, as it is another character’s POV introducing Kaladin. I know Brandon named it chapter 1 after running out of homonyms for prologues, but from a narrative perspective, I’d say it’s basically another prologue. Compare it to the prologue of The Final Empire, with the obligator serving as both worldbuilding and to segue to Kelsier.
I started this book during my first parent teacher conferences as a teacher in between meetings.
ummm UMMMMMMMMMMMMM HUUUUUUUUUUH??? my guy is a actual genius if he managed to get that out of a epigraph
Yeah boiiii its all kicking off! I love books that are so long and have so many events and twists and turns that you can barely remember the very beginning from where we end up at the latest book.
Hey love to see how you read and review sandwrsons writing. This is my favorite series. Id love to hear you keep doing this throughout the books
Have loved your reviews for a while, so happy you are doing stormlight. Just for reference Szeth's name is pronounced Zeth.
According to Sanderson, Szeth is pronounced "Zeth". I usually say it somewhere in between "seth" and "zeth" in my head when reading.
Szeth is the Herald of War reborn... or maybe he's just talented. lol, I love it.
i love the way you theorize! i've commented before along the same lines but as brandons says you're thinking on the right lines. the only "correction" i'd give you is that the heralds shouldn't be looked into more than i assume you see them now. they're not gods, despite immortality. cant wait to see you finish the next books!!
I’ve had it pronounced like “Zeth” through the audiobooks and it’s just stuck with me
Oh my god I've so been here with Stormlight, trying to piece together all these disparate elements into a theory XD Your attention to detail will do you credit as you read, just don't go bananas on the theories until you have a little bit more info
I am sorry to say I will most likely go bananas with the theory’s way before I get enough info 😂
@@conorreads I was the same, I had to make a huge Google doc to make notes. I took a look through your videos and we're kinda doing things in an opposite order. I started with the entirety of SLA first and now I'm onto Mistborn and trying to work out what's going on there. Currently reading Well of Ascension atm
Always excited to see one of your videos pop up!
Enjoyed the video man. Definitely need another video going back over this when you finish the book. What you got right or wrong and theories going forward!
Good idea
Yes🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
S’zeth is funny 😂 I think everyone’s settled on just Seth
In the audiobook they say his name Zeth
Yeah just 'z' the S a bit and that works.
Zeth is the kind of default in the community, though there's no set pronunciation in any Sanderson book (except Elantris)
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