Jorville Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 I am curious what other people think about this. I have only read it twice but that's because I can only read it when I am in for a good cry after. I would have to say that if it's not my favorite it would definitely be in my top 3 all time favorite stories. The interplay between Shai and Gaotona is just amazing. There wasn't a character in the story that I felt was boring or I didn't have an opinion on. The whole thing is just beautiful. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormrunner1730 Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 It's definitely Brandon's best work language-wise. While I favor Mistborn and Stormlight because of their scope and characters, Emperor's Soul is a great story. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Investor Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Agreed, I favor the others, but Emperor's Soul is a fantastic read, and considering the size, I've probably reread it more times than any other book. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster Retribution Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 I´ll be contrary here: I think it is pretty overrated. Granted, I should probably reread it, but as it is, I think it´s good, but not amazing. I don´t love any of the characters, and the story didn´t do much for me. The magic was cool, and I liked the lore it gave us on Sel, but otherwise, I didn´t find it that great. I am happy a lot of other people like it so much, but I don´t understand the greatness, personally. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 While I also don't rate it as sanderson's best work, there is one thing I greatly admire: so, the plot was set up with the protagonist having to achieve an impossible task in 100 days. But laws of storytelling state that of course she would succeed, so there was a serious risk of losing any tension. I mean, I never even remotely doubted that the emperor soul would be fixed. Restoring tension to that by all the interplay with the arbiters and gaotona was really well done 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avandar Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 I definitely think it ranks up there for best novella. And I too, as a 50 something-year-old man, tear up every time I read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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