The Way of Kings is no joke | REVIEW

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  • @averylcobb6110
    @averylcobb6110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +909

    My first adult fantasy book was Eye of The World and my first Sanderson book was Way Of Kings out of spite at people saying they were too difficult to start with

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Those are such great places to start, honestly -- I always wanted to enter Sanderson's work through the SA because I love a good challenge, and I hate being told I shouldn't read something! lol

    • @Mistborn94
      @Mistborn94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@ManCarryingThing For me it wasn't a difficulty thing just there's a suggested reading order and you might miss some easter eggs/tie ins otherwise.

    • @Lb_Collects
      @Lb_Collects 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ManCarryingThing I've never been part of a book fandom, I just read it as It was recommended it to me, loved the series so far, didn't see it as a "challenging read" - am i wrong?
      Only time I felt something was challenging was "Malazan book of the fallen" - i don't mean that as an arrogant statement - nobody cares about reading skills lmfao, maybe it is just because i love large world building series that make ya think

    • @VictorAlonzoVela
      @VictorAlonzoVela 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait till you get through the entire Wheel of Time series. WOW. I lost count of how many times I've read it.

    • @WereCatStudio
      @WereCatStudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Mistborn94 Honestly it does not matter. I've read SA first and then I went trough Warbreaker and Mistborn and was like "ooooh, hold up for a moment!" during some moments. As long as you remember what you've read before, you can connect it no matter the order.

  • @sylphrena6956
    @sylphrena6956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    HONESTLY I DID NOT FIND THIS BOOK SLOW AT ALL. Just when I read the 2nd chpt and was absolutely obsessed with this book series

    • @isaacs5731
      @isaacs5731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Neither did I. I read it in like three weeks and was completely engrossed the whole way through

    • @ronanward6411
      @ronanward6411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      i bingeread the first three books in the span of about a week and a half, very much didnt find them too slow was full of suspense just wanting to know what happens next haha

    • @DanielLopez-ob9jz
      @DanielLopez-ob9jz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I felt as if Mistborn was a bit slow tbh. As soon as I finished part 1 of Stormlight in about 3ish days, I finished part 2 in about a single day, idk.

    • @ayaan650
      @ayaan650 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      BIG facts

    • @pandaleaf4187
      @pandaleaf4187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ronanward6411 My god you are a trooper sir. I read the first Mistborn book and absolutely loved it. But, I decided to wait on finishing the whole series because I heard about The Way of Kings and how good it was. It took me a whole month to finish it, but I have loved every single page. I'm actually a writer myself, and worldbuilding is by far my favorite part of writing a book. And I'm sure you know how absolutely astonishing the worldbuilding is in twok. The plants, the weather, the geography, everything. I have never felt such love and dedication from a world created by an author. It inspires me to put in the same love and dedication.

  • @ram666zy
    @ram666zy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    I've read the way of kings after years of not reading anything and it was so fun and accessible it got back into reading

    • @animalobsessed1
      @animalobsessed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same! Besides the Cosmere, I can count on one hand the number of other series I've read in the past 5 years. I'll probably start reading other books again, once I finish with the Cosmere.

    • @bradleybergen480
      @bradleybergen480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same! I was burnt out on reading after college and then read the first three books in a month

    • @Jtrent
      @Jtrent ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually Same

    • @stringman994
      @stringman994 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh my gosh! I was the exact same. I went several years after college not reading and tried several shorter books to get me back into reading, but it always stopped after a week or two. I tried Way of Kings while in a book store on a whim hoping a giant brick would encourage me to read better than the shorter ones, and I was gripped by the first Kaladin chapter

    • @carmacksanderson3937
      @carmacksanderson3937 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not to copy every other response, but this is exactly what happened to me lol. Hadn't read a book for pleasure in maybe 5 or 6 years then I blazed through this book in less than a month. Accessible prose and yet such gravitas when it's needed

  • @alec187
    @alec187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    “He talks a bit like Ben Shapiro”
    Now I can’t unhear it

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      lol im sorry

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What was really good was the Daniel's thumbnail 🤣

    • @therealtromboneguy
      @therealtromboneguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I heard it too!!!

    • @ethanmulvihill7177
      @ethanmulvihill7177 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He talks like Shapiro and Tarantino, but admittedly more like Shapiro

    • @TalmoTheSell
      @TalmoTheSell 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ethanmulvihill7177 that's described perfectly

  • @joebishman6163
    @joebishman6163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Do not make a T.V. series until the book series is finished.

    • @justjukka
      @justjukka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Agreed. We don't need another GoT or Full Metal Alchemist situation.

    • @kainightingale253
      @kainightingale253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I’m very surprised considering that Brandon Sanderson writes more than we can read 😅

    • @Apersonwhoisaperson22
      @Apersonwhoisaperson22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t think one will release because of hoids actor/voice actor aging.

  • @leekelly337
    @leekelly337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I began with Way of Kings as well and loved it. The only reason I’d suggest Mistborn first, is because I think Stormlight is far better. I went back and read Mistborn while we were waiting for the 4th book of Stormlight and couldn’t help thinking it was a tier below. Still a good series, but it was somewhat ruined for me by the greatness of Stormlight.

  • @rogthepirate4593
    @rogthepirate4593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    I guess that sentiment of "Don't start with SA" is really related to that slowness. I've read someone say that ideally you need to "trust" Brandon a bit to understand that it WILL pay off.
    Which makes sense, because if you've read pretty much any of his other books you know it will. That said, it really depends on the reader, some people have no problem committing to it despite the slowness.

    • @tomwisniewski8988
      @tomwisniewski8988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It was Brandon Sanderson himself who said that during one of his college lectures on TH-cam.

    • @scarmackd1498
      @scarmackd1498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, I didn't even realize it was considered slow until now, after reading WoK 3 times.

    • @Anomanderrake_
      @Anomanderrake_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have read books 7-10 of The Wheel of Time… The Way of Kings is much faster paced…

    • @rogthepirate4593
      @rogthepirate4593 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Anomanderrake_ That much is true lol
      Honestly I didn't mind it when I first read WoK either. I'm currently re-reading (well, listening, really, not much time for reading these days so the audiobooks must suffice) SA in preparation for book 5, and it does take a pretty long while to really get going, which becomes very obvious when you start on WoR immediately after.

    • @Anomanderrake_
      @Anomanderrake_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rogthepirate4593 honestly WoR felt a lot slower in the beginning, at least imo

  • @Yotanido
    @Yotanido 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    "Hmm, I gotcha, huh"
    The best part is, that this is absolutely something Brandon would say. With about the same inflection, too. Like, that was a spot-on Brandon impression

  • @benh2842
    @benh2842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Reading the prologue, and then it starts to pay off in the 4th book, that connection as you start to understand what is happening is thrilling and satisfying

  • @SofaMuncher
    @SofaMuncher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I started with TWOK, after not reading a single book since high school 5 years ago... fast forward 7 months and boom I'm waiting for book 5

  • @LostinDiscovery
    @LostinDiscovery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    This was so great! I really dislike the sentiment that you shouldn't start with the Stormlight Archive, I have NO regrets starting there! It is very slow but the pay-off is so fantastic and the rest of the series picks up the pace so much. I've found that going back to WoK there is so much hidden information that just makes the even richer than I first imagined. Subscribed man :)

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Thank you! I'm really glad I started with WoK even though it was a struggle at times. I can tell I'll want to reread it one day - and I'm sure it will be a VERY different experience then

    • @animalobsessed1
      @animalobsessed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I started with WoK, simply because it was the first Sanderson book I'd heard of. I only learned about the Cosmere halfway through, and then went to read Warbreaker, since it was online for free.
      In hindsight, I'm REALLY glad I started with WoK. That reveal near the end, when SPOILER
      .
      Dalinar finds out that the Almighty is dead, wouldn't have worked half as well, if I'd already read Mistborn, and knew that their "gods" come and go, and can be replaced. I genuinely thought that "THE God" was dead, and mankind was now all alone in the world.
      So Warbreaker alone didn't spoil it for me, but Mistborn definitely would have.

    • @ronanward6411
      @ronanward6411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i also started with wok and it addicted me so quick i bingeread the first 3 books one after the other then waited anxiously for book 4 haha

    • @CobaltContrast
      @CobaltContrast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read this in your voice.

    • @josegonzalez-jz2ck
      @josegonzalez-jz2ck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think is better not to start with it no because is too long, is because once you read The Storm lights archive, the others cosmere books can't reach that level, and became more boring than if you start with Mistborn or elantris, and, I recommend you to stop in WoK and start the others cosmere books before reading Words of radiance, you'll enjoy more the book if you know the reference in it.

  • @kbg12ila
    @kbg12ila 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Reason you should start with Mistborn is because after stormlight Mistborn is less enjoyable. That was my experience anyway. I may have liked Mistborn more if I'd read it first.

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Oh that's a great point -- excited to start Mistborn soon, but yeah, I'm a little worried it won't be as impressive as Stormlight

    • @kbg12ila
      @kbg12ila 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ManCarryingThing Yeah. Maybe it's best to have finished stormlight up till it's latest point and then fully get into Mistborn. I read the first book straight after TWOKs.

    • @sherman128
      @sherman128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@ManCarryingThing It's a smaller story, at least in the beginning. The characters are just as good, and the magic system is really fun. Once you get into the full cosmere stuff the scope of the story is daunting but in a good way. There's just SO much to discover, it's great fun.
      Plus he writes at a truly insane pace so you're not left frustrated like with many other fantasy series.

    • @calebgutierrez4447
      @calebgutierrez4447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You might be on to something here. I started with the SA. After I was caught up I read Warbreaker and the first Mistborn book. I was very meh on both of those, I have no motivation to continue through the other Mistborn books. I could care less about the Easter eggs, they’re not ground breaking for me. Quality wise they just seem lightyears away from SA.

    • @Osegis
      @Osegis 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't feel that way at all after a friend had recommended both series. I went through 1-3 SA finished MB, then finished book 4

  • @cosetteb.4940
    @cosetteb.4940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    "he talks a little bit like Ben shapiro" okay do NOT ruin Sanderson for me

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      im sorry, i cant be the only one cursed with the knowledge

    • @cosetteb.4940
      @cosetteb.4940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ManCarryingThing you will be when i kms over this

    • @peterpanda7506
      @peterpanda7506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      thats a win bruh

    • @KriusAerion
      @KriusAerion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that 😂

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shapiro on slow mo 🤣

  • @CrysiCrysis
    @CrysiCrysis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    The Way of Kings is my favorite book of all time… at least the Kaladin chapters are. I worked as a librarian for 5 years, and every time I found someone who was a fan of fantasy epics, I would bring up Stormlight. The two things I would say to them are 1) it’s slow. It’s an epic. It’s thousands of pages long. It will take you a while to read. And 2) stick with Shallan. She’s exposition the character in book 1, but she gets so much better in the next books.
    Shallan was my only problem with the book. Every time Kal was starting to do something interesting, Sanderson dragged me back to Shallan, and I got frustrated with that as a reader. I’ve been reading the book, a chapter or two per week, to a group of friends for the past several months and they all agree as well.
    So if anyone wanders across this comment who has tried to read Stormlight but was caught off guard by how slow Shallan is, just. Bear with her. She gets better. It doesn’t feel like it now, but her questions and mysteries become important later. It’s only upon reading her chapters out loud, having read all the way to book 4, that I have found some of the smaller details in her story from book 1. I’ve read this book cover to cover twelve times and missed so much because I didn’t know what I was looking for.
    Anyway, fun encouragement video. Interesting new channel for me to watch. May stick around for a bit, who knows.

    • @dramalexi
      @dramalexi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think it's more of a subjective matter that you think of Shallan as boring in Book 1. Rereading The Way of Kings makes me feel really engaged with her intricate depth of personality and there is a little bit more going on in her arc than mere exposition. But I think that there are a lot of people who wants to see her in action very early on but get to read about stuffy philosophy instead :D

    • @matthewevans5486
      @matthewevans5486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dramalexi I definitely agree with OP that Shallan is boring in book 1 but that's purely because for most of the book she's an exposition machine who nothing happens to until she goes for a stroll with Jasnah. I didn't appreciate the information we get from her chapters or the more subtle story that surrounded her until my second read-through

    • @chantararix
      @chantararix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Funny, because I felt the drag in Dalinar's chapters. Well, yes, Shallan chapters were kinda slow at first but I really enjoyed her later as much as I did with Kaladin. It was really her personality that made me like her a lot.

    • @animalobsessed1
      @animalobsessed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@chantararix Same, when I was reading it, Dalinar was the only character that made me consider skipping ahead. I didn't dare miss anything though, so instead I just slowed to 20 minutes per day, until I got past his chapters and got back to the other characters. Then I read their chapters in one sitting, until Dalinar showed up again.
      (By the end of WoR, Dalinar was my second-favorite character, but he certainly didn't stand out that way!)

    • @SquiredCircle
      @SquiredCircle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Never really understood people who say Shallan is boring. Shallan was my favorite character from book 1. In her chapters at least there was some intrigue going on and also Dalinar's. But I guess it makes sense that it would be boring if you were reading 2 chapters a week.

  • @jf5251
    @jf5251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    We were at summer camp and me and some of my book nerd friends brought a bunch of books for the ride up. My friend Zane brought the first three stormlight books box set. My friend Theo read the entirety of Way of Kings during summer camp, it was a five day camp so that's 200 pages a day! AT FUCKING SUMMER CAMP!!! I will never get over that. There was one point where we were hiking and Theo was just reading on the trail. Also Theo ended up starting Oath Bringer on the trip and just brought the book home with him and Zane didnt get his book back for a week

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      people who read that fast are likely aliens, not human. be warned

    • @jf5251
      @jf5251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ManCarryingThing thank you kind sir, I will keep that in mind and never trust him with a book of such size.

    • @cosmicflare_
      @cosmicflare_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dang O_o at my summer camp we hardly had any time to do anything besides camp activities. Welp I guess it wasn't a free roam camp because we had to travel in groups but still

    • @savageraccoon787
      @savageraccoon787 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ManCarryingThing I'm... an alien 😱

    • @realsteal0003
      @realsteal0003 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ManCarryingThingi actually finished WoR pt2 over the weekend😂

  • @CobaltContrast
    @CobaltContrast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The prolouge starts off as just another one. But then every book thereafter brings you back to that fateful night --and I'm getting chills just thinking about it-- from another perspective. And you learn something new. Something more. It's better than Rotfuss A way of Three Silence.

    • @ceb0lla904
      @ceb0lla904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm only on words of radiance but when I saw the prologue was from jasnah's pov!!!! of that event!!! I screamed

    • @CobaltContrast
      @CobaltContrast 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ceb0lla904 I most certainly squealed with excitement too.

  • @jessicatatum7769
    @jessicatatum7769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I always laugh when people complain about the slow pacing because as a speed reader, I'm always frustrated because most books are over too quickly to really enjoy. The pace of the SA is literally what I've waited my whole life for, and one of my favorite parts of the series.

    • @andresromerocoz
      @andresromerocoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's true to me too, also the clear way Sanderson give you the stuff not having to search for subcontext is why I like his writing, because I tend to read books that I like mire than one time.
      I get tangled, don't know if I make my point understandable XD

  • @daisuke133
    @daisuke133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Not only I started reading Sanderson's with Stormlight, I started reading again altogether after a decade or so. And guess what ? I regret nothing !

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I notice lots of people who haven't read for a long time get back into it because of sanderson

    • @daisuke133
      @daisuke133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ManCarryingThing cause he the man

  • @cosmic5789
    @cosmic5789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Words of Radiance, which is book 2, does everything that book 1 did even better. The joy that you get as the pieces start to come together in the final third of the book is invigorating. And the climax is just grand in every sense.

    • @tomtommerson6320
      @tomtommerson6320 ปีที่แล้ว

      WoR is just fulfilling WoK promises. And I love it for that

    • @lucaspayne2546
      @lucaspayne2546 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't know why, but Oathbringer's final third struck me the hardest out of the four books. Loved all of them though.

  • @worland102688
    @worland102688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Way of Kings. The most interesting book where hardly any major plotlines playout. The entire first book is all setup and yet, somehow, it's fascinating as hell. Slow as dripping glass but somehow keeps you reading. Wait until things really start up in the sequel. O.O

  • @zach3394
    @zach3394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I get that the books could be hard or boring for some people, but I never found that to be the case for me. I've read all four books in the stormlight archive in the last six months. I had literally never heard of Brandon Sanderson at all, I just saw some big books on the library shelf back in February and went "that. I want to read that." And I am very glad I did. I was hooked by the prologue and just have not been able to put these books down. I can't get enough of the memes and fan culture around it here either.

  • @Tornnnado
    @Tornnnado 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I first read tWoK in a week and I absolutely loved it. Didn’t feel slow to me.

  • @spreadbookjoy
    @spreadbookjoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Ha! This is the best review/recommendation/support group video I’ve seen for The Way of Kings ever 😂

  • @GideonCyn
    @GideonCyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Flowery prose is not necessary when your writing ability is at Sandersons level. He can paint a vivid picture with a sentence! people who critique him for not having flowery prose are so pretentious.

    • @aaditsingh3632
      @aaditsingh3632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes! He’s not a classics writer, he’s making his own classic. His prose isn’t too overly complex too, and honestly that’s what I would prefer with so much information that’s thrown at us in his books

    • @jeremiahdixon6231
      @jeremiahdixon6231 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      why do Sanderson's fans always use the word "flowery" to describe the prose they think his critics would prefer? I would be happy if Sanderson' prose was simply functional and workmanlike without calling attention to itself. In my opinion it is actively bad to the point that it distracts me from the otherwise compelling narrative. how much you can tolerate bad prose is up to you, but let's not straw man the critiques of his writing

  • @tdogmoney1
    @tdogmoney1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Some hardcore Sanderson fans get up in arms when you suggest that The Way of Kings is too slow and too long, even when you at the same time acknowledge it’s an incredible book. I totally agree with your conclusion. Fantastic book even if it’s a bit slow and could benefit from being shorter.

  • @funguykel
    @funguykel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm a little late, but just passed page 600 and feel I am finally beginning to enjoy the storyline. There were times I wanted to toss the book aside and read something else. I purchased the large paperback. Didn't want to waste my money.

  • @baileyvolkert
    @baileyvolkert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If you don't read the other Cosmere books first you will miss a ton of Easter eggs. Keep in mind these big chonkers are part of an even chonkier universe, and that universe has a timeline, or order of events. Also The audiobooks are much easier (and enjoyable) than the books by themselves for me at least. Kate Reading and Michael Kramer are incredible and do all of the Stormlight Archives, and most of the other Cosmere books as well.

  • @jonshepherd2550
    @jonshepherd2550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ive just read way of kings without ever hearing of it before... one of the best reading experiences of my life

  • @portertikkanen9082
    @portertikkanen9082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I never thought once that this book was slow. Love to hear other perspectives. I read it again right after finishing for the first time.

    • @samuelleask1132
      @samuelleask1132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here. I absolutely adored it and I didn’t find it slow for a second

  • @dugonman8360
    @dugonman8360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Whenever someone says stormlight archive is really difficult I tell them "oh, if you want a super easy read thats really beginners friendly, try out Book of the New Sun or Wizard Knight. Both are under a thousand pages, you'll enjoy them, I swear."

  • @the_milkgod9134
    @the_milkgod9134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This video is my emotional support getting through this book

  • @hansyolo8277
    @hansyolo8277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I stopped reading for pleasure for years from like the year before I started Highschool until I graduated, I don't really know what started my desire to read again, but I read a couple short books and wanted to pick up a fantasy series... found Daniel Greene's channel and came to the conclusion that I wanted to experience both Stormlight and Wheel of time, so I chose to read Stormlight and listen to WoT. Oh my god TWOK is daunting when you've read maybe 2 other books for pleasure in the past 5 years, it took me 2 months or so to read, not reading every day, but sitting down regularly for an hour or so. But it was easy to read. A mountain, but one with a nice path going around and up. TWOK is slow, maybe slower than it needs to be, but I've read all Stormlight books out so far, and it's been worth every page, and TWOK is the shortest one.
    No matter how much or little you've read in however long, you can read and do just fine with The Way of Kings. It's a brick, but it's easy to read, and damn is it worth the effort.

    • @matthewevans5486
      @matthewevans5486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't rate the wheel of time, I'm on book 11 now and I'm just listening out of respect for the amount of time I've spent on the series already, not any actual interest in where the story is going

  • @emosongsandreadalongs
    @emosongsandreadalongs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dude, I really love your channel. I found your channel and absolutely fell in love and then later discovered that you're friends with Donald Green. But I can look past that indiscretion.
    I don't mean to do the annoying self-promo thing but since you talked about how slow and choppy Stormlight can be, I thought I'd mention that I'm working on a series of videos where I recap each chapter in a minute or less. The idea is that they are for the people who want a refresher/recap of past books before starting to read the next one in the series. I won't put a link here, but if anyone's interested you can find the whole playlist on my channel.
    I'll be finishing up with WoK hopefully this month and then moving on to WoR soon after that

  • @TeacupGirl
    @TeacupGirl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Shallan’s part in WoK did annoy the heck out of me the first time I read the book through, but she does get better and her story does get way more interesting… and then when I re-read the books over I find Shallan’s story so much more fun because I know her character improves and grow so much…. Whereas after WoK, Kaladin’s character growth slows down so much that I find myself getting frustrated with how his story drags out. BUT! again, the character growth speeds up for him again in RoW so that is something to look forwards too as well.

    • @fabricatedlightning1158
      @fabricatedlightning1158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah like kaladin is my favorite character in reading ive come across rn because of the growth he goes through in the wok and my biggest issue with wok is, as you said, shallen during wok has very very slow parts, its nessicary for future growth and to add exposition but still sooo slow that it was a struggle to read through those parts grom ger perspective

  • @wastelanda7x
    @wastelanda7x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm very close to finishing Oathbringer and I gotta say, this series is the next big thing and I love it

  • @powerpow365
    @powerpow365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am here. I am back. Three months ago I saw this video, and I picked up the book. Three months later I’m back and I UNDERSTAND. Words cannot express what I’m feeling but I want you to know that this video made me pick up a book for pleasure for the first time in 5 years. Thank you and AHHHHH

  • @ShinMalphur
    @ShinMalphur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My recommendation: the audiobook. It's long too, but it felt so much more manageable. Listened to about 6 hours daily (during work)

  • @journeymanic9605
    @journeymanic9605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I didn't find WoK's slow the first time I read it. Probably helped that I saved it for last, but I didn't know about it at the start. I'd heard about Mistborn and started with that. But I found Kalladin's depression and personal struggles captivating, but exhausting. So Shallan's chapters were a nice reprieve. It helped that I identified a lot with her being a socially repressed snarkster. There were a few moments I was upset to move away from one view point to another, but by now I'm just want more. My advice to people feels a bit exhausting, but honestly I feel it's the best way to go about it. They're both 400,000+ word novels, but Wok and WoR should be treated as part one and two of a massive book, in my opinion. A lot of the setup from WoK gets a LOT of pay off by the closing pages of WoR. The characters are much much more linked together, and the true stakes are starting to show themselves. The Sanderlanche descends!

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great point! They go perfectly together. Things really start to get different and more complex in the following books

  • @imbored5951
    @imbored5951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bought Mistborn first and it stat on my self for a month. Bought Stormlight and read it within a week.
    No regrets.

  • @blakeslate6248
    @blakeslate6248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Two years ago, I had just started getting back into reading after many years. I shared a kindle account with an old co-worker of mine. After finishing re-reading a few beloved classics from my childhood, I didn't know what to read next, and I saw The Way Of Kings on our account. I had never heard of Brandon Sanderson before, I just wanted something to read in my off time. So I thought, why not? There's three books, should keep me entertained for a while if I like them. I didn't even get 100 pages, and I ran to my local book store to purchase all three of the published Stormlights. I've now read almost all of the Cosmere books, a handful of his other books, own a leatherbound of Warbreaker and have plans on getting all of the other leatherbounds. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, and I couldn't be happier about it!

  • @jameshenry9894
    @jameshenry9894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really agree with the comments on Sanderson's prose. Never understood the criticism, it is very clean yet nuanced.

    • @michael305m3
      @michael305m3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s clean and doesn’t hurt the story but it also doesn’t add to it

  • @FantasyTalk
    @FantasyTalk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wow, you got a good vibe man, can’t wait to see more from you!

    • @ManCarryingThing
      @ManCarryingThing  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fantasy Talk Thanks dude! More to come!

  • @Katspearl
    @Katspearl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I totally did not follow the advice to not hyper focus on details. I TOTALLY loved rereading everytime something came up that I had seen before.

  • @joshs3775
    @joshs3775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oof "I picked up war and peace as a break" is so true. Still my favorite book lmao

  • @erinmadden7336
    @erinmadden7336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It took me like 6 months to actually read the book. I kept starting and then putting it down for months then having to restart. Then I read it in 3 days and holy shit

  • @martic5951
    @martic5951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i want to start with the BIG final boss!! XD

  • @eluvianii
    @eluvianii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always thought the recommendation not to start with Way of Kings was more about not getting the references from previous books

  • @alexmart3931
    @alexmart3931 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this. Halfway through and I can't put the book down. Find myself going back and reading earlier chapters. But thanks for the advise about not hyper focusing on details.

  • @Jesmarie7
    @Jesmarie7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I need those support groups ASAP!!!!! 😂😂

  • @windwatcher460
    @windwatcher460 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was my first Sanderson book and the world building pulled me in so much that I blew through it in about a week. It's such a good story

  • @LiftedStarfish
    @LiftedStarfish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's gotta be an anime

  • @allysonmiller5158
    @allysonmiller5158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "I've never read a fantasy book this long."
    That's why people recogmend starting with mistborn. It is a much shorter introduction to Branderson's and showcases his writing style much better then his early books like elantris and more immersive then his Novellas.

  • @jazzyaz8634
    @jazzyaz8634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The true final boss is reading Rhythm of War having not read the first three books

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There's no point doing so.

    • @Foxholt
      @Foxholt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why would anyone do that?

    • @jazzyaz8634
      @jazzyaz8634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Foxholt to be a pro gamer sigma male Gigachad

  • @videoslv4626
    @videoslv4626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love your channel! Great insight with much needed humor. Hope you keep making more videos!

  • @mamunestor
    @mamunestor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I read all of the wheel of time. And I thought Sanderson’s books were the best WoT books, so I started the Storm light archive. I’ve really liked it. Rhythm of war was a mixed bag though. A lot of good, some bad, but a heck of an ending.

  • @outsidethewall8488
    @outsidethewall8488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In hindsight I realise it was in fact fairly slow but I'm such a character-driven reader that I don't think I noticed how slow it was my first read through. I've come to appreciate complex plots more just through reading the other books in the series but you're absolutely right that Sanderson always rewards well you for your time and patience.
    Now just finished the second Malazan book and loving it so far so I guess slower plots just never bothered me because I love the character development that gets to take place in that time. Shallan drove me crazy in WoK in that well-written character whose decisions you never agree with sort of way, but now after finishing the rest of the (published) books in the series I've come to love her. I did start with mistborn but honestly just by chance because stormlight only had the first two books written at the time (I believe) so it just made sense to read the complete trilogy first. But stormlight is my favourite because after how good mistborn was I didn't think I could be any more impressed by his writing and yet my expectations were surpassed.

  • @ThatPash
    @ThatPash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brandy Sandy saved my 2020, I ate all his books in the span of a few months it was great.

  • @wolfishpotato6978
    @wolfishpotato6978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had a pretty similar experience with starting Sanderson, I'm _very_ introverted and am not on the internet very much so I hadn't heard of Sandersin at all. Then over quarantine I discovered the book side of TH-cam and was like "I've finally found my home!" I heard the name Sanderson pop up several times and thought, oh yeah he must be a really good author to have all these good reviews. But I didn't actually fo any digging on what he writes or anything, it was just a note to self in the back of my brain "Sanderson might be cool." One day I was at Barnes and Noble and noticed Way of Kings and thought, "sure ok" and bought it. It has never taken me so long to get through a book lol, but I'm so glad I did it because now it's one of my favorite series

  • @ellie-501
    @ellie-501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I started off reading Mistborn, then warbreaker, and once I read Stormlight, my mind was blown.

    • @JawaharPinnelli
      @JawaharPinnelli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am starting Warbreaker now. After reading Mistborn first, then Stormlight recently.
      How did you like Warbreaker's magic compared to the other two? I am hoping it will be even more mystical in, even, everyday use.

    • @ellie-501
      @ellie-501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JawaharPinnelli I thought it was different (in a good way), but easier to keep track of than the other magic systems. It’s a bit more mystical, considering that the characters are newer to it than, say, the thousands of years rosharans had been using their magic system. Idk if that makes any sense haha but I enjoyed it

    • @JawaharPinnelli
      @JawaharPinnelli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ellie-501 That's cool. I'm getting my copy tomorrow. Can't wait.

  • @lololulu1238
    @lololulu1238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started Sanderson with WoK. I regret nothing 8 months later.

  • @MrSean24601
    @MrSean24601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To me, the slow pace of this book didn’t feel like a negative. Yes, it takes its time, but it never feels boring. I could just listen to these characters interact with each other all day, especially Bridge 4.

  • @drzyzgarobert
    @drzyzgarobert 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After years of an aversion to reading caused by years of reading assignments in school, I've given books another chance partially thanks to this video. Thank you, kind sir-carrying-thing, for making me carry an e-book reader (the thing) everywhere I go.

  • @CobaltContrast
    @CobaltContrast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I started with Way of Kings. Then I read Mistborne. Now I'm caught up on all his books. He's a machine. He does romance really weak. I wish there was more. His mental health and political issues are on point.

    • @zipperzee
      @zipperzee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I liked the romance in Mistborn so hard disagree there

    • @CobaltContrast
      @CobaltContrast 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zipperzee you disagree there should be more romance?

    • @zipperzee
      @zipperzee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CobaltContrast I disagree that it was weak. I would've liked more of everything really and that's a good thing.

  • @agustiniturrideluca6051
    @agustiniturrideluca6051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I read the two first books in my teens, then I forgot about the series for a while, but this year I came back and finished the third one
    I mean I liked what I have read, AND IM NOT TRYING TO PORTRAIT MYSELF AS A INTELLECTUAL but I never thought it was really hard to read o something like that, for me it seems like easy literature to past the time
    I am really looking forward for the fourth book

  • @jackblevins1201
    @jackblevins1201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this book series! I started with The Way of Kings, I listened to it on audible (45.5 hrs) and liked the series so much that I ended up listened to basically all of his books. But I loved this series so much I listed to it two more times. ~212 hours for books 1-4 plus book 2.5

  • @ButtercoreFTW
    @ButtercoreFTW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i started with way of kings, stormlight archives are amazing, cant get enough of that universe, now im reading mistborn

  • @NutCase
    @NutCase 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "that smug little, ahh I got ya" Yes!
    XD
    Thanks youtube for suggesting this a year later.
    Hoping you got a chance to jump on the KS!
    I'm looking forward to a year of Sanderson so much!

  • @sydneyalisonbaker
    @sydneyalisonbaker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started with Stormlight. No regrets! Best series I have ever read!!

  • @andrewrogers6629
    @andrewrogers6629 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your reflection on where you were midway through the book; you're like, "This book is long, I need a change of pace, I think I'll read War and Peace." 🤣

  • @finierude
    @finierude ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hi i just finished way of kings. i had chills like four consecutive times today that was CRAZY. it did start off a little slow for myself and i was a little overwhelmed by all the names being thrown around but by god was it all worth it!!!

  • @jmbd1593
    @jmbd1593 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have picked up this series thanks to you. I am now reading Edgedancer in preparation to reading the 3rd book of the Stormlight Archives, Oathbringer. The last 100 pages of The Way of Kings are FANTASTIC. I couldn't help but fuckning scream while reading. Seriously. No other book ever gave me this feeling. I could totally see this as being the next epic fantasy TV show but I am not sure a TV show could to it justice. How would all the sprens be represented ? They would have to tone down much of the fantasy elements, the same way they did the GOT TV show. I think the medium that could do this series justice would be an anime. But I doubt it would ever happen but who knows ?
    Has Apple TV made an epic Fantasy series yet ? They are such on a roll that I wish they get to do the show !!!

  • @Interionisim
    @Interionisim 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I started reading this after I had just read The Name of the Wind and Wise Man’s Fear back to back. Those books blew me away and consumed me like no other books had. So naturally I drug my feet with this book, put it down multiple times, lost my place and got confused with the multiple interludes and character changes. To the point that I got about 400 pages in and just gave up.
    Boy do I regret that. I wish I had picked it back up sooner. I have only read Elantris and Warbreaker (both great), but I finally got into this book seriously and stuck it out. It was difficult to read when you are constantly changing prospective as soon as you really get interested in something. Then, as you said towards the end it just all comes together and it’s all worth it. I’m picking up Words of Radiance as soon as possible now.

  • @cynthiaholmes5124
    @cynthiaholmes5124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm about to read this book soon I have already read some of Sanderson books can't wait to read way of Kings the first book I read of his was warbreaker I really enjoyed it 🌈🥰😏😊

  • @chubtoad01
    @chubtoad01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I read WoT as it published and when Sanderson finished it was the only of his work I’ve read. The past couple months I read all the MISTBORN books. I am about a 3rd into WoK and loving it! Lots of info to keep in head, but so good.

  • @chillguy9971
    @chillguy9971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just finished the main story and am going to read the final 50 pages of epilogue today, this is my first Sanderson book too and it took me about 4 months to finish

  • @hsmith4263
    @hsmith4263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brandon Sanderson's books read like YA, but have a lot more, plot, detail, I guess? Very good transitioning to wider fantasy as a teenager

  • @julio1148
    @julio1148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brandon Sanderson's books are an excellent audiobook experience :)

  • @selectivelysocial7117
    @selectivelysocial7117 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I started with the Rithmatist and worked my way up through Alcatraz, Mistborn, Steelheart, and then Stormlight, but, then again, I started reading Sanderson's books when I was in 4th grade.
    I think that the person I was when I did read Stormlight could have enjoyed it thoroughly without reading the other books, but I wouldn't recommend Way of Kings to a casual reader--not as a starting point, at least. This is because there's a lot of easter eggs and concepts that get swept up in the tide of all the book's content that--at least in my experience--are easier to pick up and enjoy with that extraneous knowledge. Also, Way of Kings can be sort of intimidating.
    Honestly, when recommending a Sanderson book to someone new, I'd recommend The Emperor's Soul. It gives insight into the writing style and concepts and has a great story. It's also a shorter read with a quick pace, which can make it feel like less of a task.

  • @thewarlocke5303
    @thewarlocke5303 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I burned through it in about a month. It was slow in parts, but I also got in the habit of sitting down in the evening and just reading for a while, instead of gaming or watching shows and .. I had forgotten how much I MISSED doing that. I honestly found Dalinar pretty interesting from the start, but also that could be partly influenced by me being a 40-ish year old woman and to me I also may have had a bit of UH .. bit of a thing for him. Haha. Shallan took a little longer to grow on me, because I've never been a very timid sort of person and her being a teenager I guess I didn't relate to her as hard? But I did end up finding her more interesting as the story progressed (Jasnah tho? She's perfect. Never change, Jasnah) Kaladin I flipped back and forth between finding him frustrating/annoying and also loving him.. and also maybe finding him at times a little too relatable and hitting a little too close to home, as I also have chronic depression and a WHOLE lot of not so great memories.
    I actually just started my re-read of the series, trying to time it so that I finish Rhythm of War right around the time the new book comes out. Don't know if I'll manage, but I'm going to at least try, haha. May have to just read some summaries to get it more fresh in my mind if I run low on time. That's another thing about getting old, brain don't work so good as it used to, I tend to lose some details, so I always re-read something I know I loved.
    I'm also catching SO MUCH more this time around, even in the first handful of chapters I'm regularly going 'oh holy shit' and noticing things that didn't stick out as important the first time. There is SO much foreshadowing I didn't retain because I was just trying to cram all the world building, and remember who was who the first go around.

  • @justjukka
    @justjukka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got through The Wheel of Time (up to before Sanderson starts writing) back in 2007, so I thought The Way of Kings was a lovely stroll, and I'd love to drink a large glass of hatorade and rant about that series at Sanderson because of how much he loves it.
    [inhale]
    Anyone else ever wanna talk to him about the parts that make you cry? It's like, dude, this is good writing, but I don't want you to understand stuff that sucks this much. 😢
    I'm rambling, so I'll just say, good video. 😊

  • @KikiKakapo
    @KikiKakapo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I pretty much read it in like 1-2 days and i regret nothing. Such a good book honestly and I can’t wait to read Brandon’s other books once I’ve finished stormlight archive

  • @sidh196
    @sidh196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk it was pretty easy to understand. People need quick dopamine fixes

  • @videoslv4626
    @videoslv4626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’d say the Way of Man Carrying is no joke 😉🙃

  • @PinkKitten002
    @PinkKitten002 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It legit took me a year to read this because I kept starting and stopping to bleach my brain with random smut romance novels (it's a curse) then once I hit around 50% everything just clicked and I binged the rest in 2 days and now I'm partway through words of radiance, it started off rough with what felt so damn random (the interludes, describing every piece of clothing and food ever) then it just picked up hard, by the end I was so thankful I had the 2nd book, I can already see this being s new favorite series

  • @jaredjjacobs
    @jaredjjacobs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doing audiobooks has changed my life. I was able to just jump into the Way of Kings and conquer it. Working through Rhythm of War now

  • @llywyllngryffyn8053
    @llywyllngryffyn8053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was pretty good. Not the amazing epic victory that it was touted to be, but pretty good. Brandon Sanderson doesn't disappoint met like so many other modern authors do.

    • @cosmicflare_
      @cosmicflare_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. The ending is a bit overhyped, which is mainly because the main characters are too OP.

    • @llywyllngryffyn8053
      @llywyllngryffyn8053 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cosmicflare_ The way the ending happens is totally formulaic. It's paint by numbers plotting. I actually like Kaladin and his progress along the path. He doesn't just start out OP and really he isn't that OP at the end, just the most potent of his arc in the book. Zzeth is OP.
      Every turn of the plot was 'textbook' for lack of a better term. The originality in this book is all the 'stuff' in the world and the new magic system. While the magic system does seem to have its rules, it is doled out in a very Deus Ex Machina way. Kaladin doesn't know that he is pulling in storm light to fuel his abilities, he doesn't know he is making the arrows hit the bridge instead of himself. He gets to plod through it all ignorantly because of plot armor. 'Instinctive use of magic'. Shallan does the same with slipping into Shadesmar... though I don't want to talk about her... I really don't like any of the women in the story except the merchant... the one from the Interlude.

  • @izzyfallen1693
    @izzyfallen1693 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have not actually sat down and read a book in a long time, none-the-less a fantasy one of this size, I'm halfway through and find my something often rereading the same thing thinking I missed something crucial like you mentioned. So I sought out a review for some reassurance for my struggles... well this definetly helped. Thank you!

  • @greebsta
    @greebsta หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who in heck decided that newcomers to the fandom shouldn't start with the Stormlight Archive?
    Sure you may not get some easter eggs straight away, until you've read other Cosmere books. But you can piece things together across Sanderson's many books, if you so choose.
    I started with Mistborn Era One, then started the Wax and Wayne series (Era Two), but I got side-tracked by the fantastic Kel Kade series, The King's Dark Tidings, which I believe is unfinished.
    I then decided to read the Stormlight Archive, and found it a joy to read. One of the best in the fantasy genre in my opinion.
    Before people roast the crap out of me, I intend to go back to continue the Wax and Wayne Mistborn books soon (I got to book two), after reading Wind and Truth 👀

  • @isaakvandaalen3899
    @isaakvandaalen3899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Way of Kings really puts the *epic* in Epic Fantasy.
    It's huge, in literally every sense of the word.

  • @reaganorton1710
    @reaganorton1710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Exactly! People say he has no prose but the clarity it beautiful

  • @PeterDivine
    @PeterDivine 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I might add in that I've been listening to this series on Audible as an audiobook, and the format of it fits wonderfully for the medium. I tried listening to the Witcher series like that, and _hoo boy_ that was a mistake- not because the series was necessarily bad, but because Sapkowski absolutely _disdains_ basic chronology in his literature. Meta-narratives within meta-narratives, references to stories about prophecies of future events that would have happened if they'd been properly remembered in alternate timelines by priestesses in drug-addicted fugue-states and oh dear god what the hell is even happening anymore

  • @anonymousanonymous1338
    @anonymousanonymous1338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went into this book knowing even less about Brandon Sanderson than you. I had never heard about him before, and I randomly chose his book from a bargain bin at a local bookstore. I proceeded to read the entire book and... yeah, it good. It real good.

  • @cohesian1
    @cohesian1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I started with the Way of Kings and Words of Radiance. Then Warbreaker. Then Edgdancer and Oathbreaker. Have read 2/3 of the Mistborn era 1 will finish soon. And loved Rhythm of War. Elantris was incredibly enjoyable. Oh man. It’s hard to stop reading Sanderson now that I’m hooked.

  • @sheth3773
    @sheth3773 ปีที่แล้ว

    I look forward to starting this series when it's a couple of books away from being completed. Sanderson seems like the kind of writer who will actually get the job finished, but having been burned by GRRM, Rothfuss, and, to a lesser extent Jordan (dude can't help that he died, and WoT was eventually finished) I'd rather be convinced the series is going to be complete within a couple of years before I start it.

  • @zynpkrdg
    @zynpkrdg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Haha that's what i did! I went into it knowing NOTHING (seriously, the only thing i knew was its genre, high fantasy) and with WAY too much confidence lol. Now i have 300 pages left to finish it and, i sometimes ask the question "am i finishing the book or is it slowly finishing me?"
    I started reading english books a year ago, and as soon as i got a bit confident in my english reading i was like "people tell me not to start reading fantasy with this book so i just will i guess." And lemme tell you, i think Brandon Sanderson has some personal beef with me, because he made sure that i'd love Kaladin way too much for a fictional character so that he could ruin his life to make me suffer. At this point i'm just really hoping that he doesn't follow the trend of giving stories sad endings for the sake of my sanity.
    And idk what's up with that talk about waiting till 700 for the book to get engaging, i was hooked at "Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar..." tbh.

  • @Zspader
    @Zspader 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found your channel! This is the intelligent book channel of youtube I see! 😂 😆
    I just started Words of Radiance last night. Read the prologue.
    It took me 2 and a half weeks to read TWOK!!!
    You’re hilarious, your vibe makes me feel like we’d vibe over beer at a tavern! Keep it up brother! 💯

  • @xDMrGarrison
    @xDMrGarrison 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually LOVED how slow it was. I often had this visual in my imagination of two distant worlds/clouds/continents/something, moving together extremely slowly yet steadily. And the more I moved forward in the book, the closer they got, the more little tendrils exchanged between the two, like bits of lightning? Like every time the seperate ends of the stories touch, tendrils are echanged, but they're still seperate. And then ... when they finally connect, it is really beautiful.
    I know this sounds pretentious and needlessly vague, but this is a pretty direct description of what it felt like for me.
    And I don't know if any book will ever reproduce this feeling.
    edit:
    Also, I'm not an avid reader at all, and pretty impatient too. On top, Way of Kings was my first Sanderson book. But I never felt like I was slugging through in hopes for a payoff. I simply enjoyed reading about the characters' experiences and seeing how they live, and I liked all 3 of the main characters (and most side ones too, maybe all), they felt very real.

  • @harmonicarchipelgo9351
    @harmonicarchipelgo9351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My first Sanderson was also Way of Kings. I found a copy at a thrift store with no knowledge of who Sanderson was and just thought it looked interesting. Maybe this is because I was used to reading long novels and epic fantasy in particular (Les Miserables, Atlas Shrugged, LOTR, Inheritance Cycle, Harry Potter, Wheel of Time, Sword of Truth, etc.), but I had no issue with it being slow. Actually, I feel like it was an absolute page-turner. I think I read it in less than a week. Maybe it felt slow.... because you read it really slowly. I can imagine reading it off and on for weeks or months would be excruciating.

  • @Edward-W
    @Edward-W 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I personally never felt any kind of slowness. I was completely invested from the very first page and drank it all up like Dalinar at the feast

  • @nori9111
    @nori9111 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I finished books 1-4 of SA last summer, it just sucked me in so quick, and now I have to wait in agony for book 5. It kind of makes me wish I'd slowed down when reading them, but now I'm passing the time by rereading WOK and it is so much fun on a reread because I actually understand so much more and I'm catching all the little details I missed. If you are considering reading or partway through the series, know that it is totally worth it and I don't think any book series has made me laugh or cry so hard as the Stormlight Archives.