Amira

I still plan on finishing The Sunlit Man.

Hey guys, As you may have noticed, I haven't been reading much lately. I think it's finally time to admit this book in no longer working for me. I'm sorry to let you all down. It's been a lot of fun, and maybe someday I'll still change my mind, but for now this is the end.

Ahh, thank you!! SA3, chapter 36, Dalinar's past: I don't like Evi so much. Okay, good, it turns out Dalinar spared that one kid. This makes way more sense, honestly. Killing the kid didn't feel like him. Chapter 37, Rock: Lopen cracked me up with his joke about skyeels being ugly and stupid and bridgemen being only one of those. Then he got stuck to the ground and switched to humor I didn't care for. The moment with Renarin and Rlain was great. I feel like we don't know much about either of them. They could both use more screen time and character development. It's really awesome that Hobber was healed. What about Dabbid? Why can't he be healed too? Then Rock's family arrives. As someone who came from a country where common words are often used as names, it's strange that Rock translates all their names instead of introducing himself as Lunamor, his wife as Tuaka, and so on. You guys wanna start calling me Statement? Finally, there's that really interesting detail about Rock lying about him being a cook because that's the role of the third child. Hm...

Chapter 11: Yay, finally he's talking to them! And... he isn't being very nice... Chapter 12: People turn into batteries? And here I thought Yumi was the book that was inspired by The Matrix. Although, to be fair, this version reminds me more of Full Metal Alchemist than The Matrix. Chapter 13: Oh, I forgot to say - So it turns out Nomad used to be a Windrunner as part of Bridge Four, but this still doesn't answer what kind of spren Aux is and what type of surgebinder he is/should be via THAT bond. Chapters 14-15: Ah, I wondered when someone would confront Nomad about his conversations with Aux in Alethi.

WoR ch52, "into the sky" <emoji pulling its hair out>

SA3, chapter 35, Sigzil: I have 2 things to say: 1) That was a very strange chapter to read right after reading the first eleven chapters of The Sunlint Man, and 2) That chapter title, "first into the sky" was clickbait if ever I've seen one.

You're welcome! Yay! Chapter 6: Well, that answers that question (mostly). He was either a windrunner or a skybreaker. Also, I forgot to say, I listened to Brandon reading the sample chapters back when the kidstarter was running, and now that I've read a bunch of Stormlight, everything makes way more sense! Haha Chapter 7: Ah, finally he can understand their language. Can't wait for him to start speaking to them. Another thing I forgot to say: another reason I like this book more than Tress and Yumi is that Hoid isn't narrating it. I didn't like all his philosophical inserts. Chapters 8-9: Okay, WTF, is Nomad Sigzil??? Also, this story is really good. Chapter 10: Goodness, it really is him.

Oh, I just know you all love these books so much, so I hate when I have to say negative things about them, haha. Okay, all of you are saying stuff kind of like this, so clearly I need to be patient and find out more as I read, but I have to say I'm skeptical. I can't imagine anything happening in the future that could make me feel like this chapter works the way it is. SA3, chapter 34, Dalinar: Yay, Dalinar finally managed to get through to one of the other leaders! I wonder if now he's gonna send visions to all the others, haha. As requested by some, here's a thread for my Sunlit Man reactions

It's been a lot of fun doing a thread like this for Stormlight, so here's one for the Sunlit Man. Chapters 1-5: For those of you who don't know, I'm currently in the middle of Oathbringer, and from this perspective, I don't know who Nomad is (not sure if I'm supposed to know), nor how he bonded a dead spren (huh?). That being said, Dalinar has bonded the Stormfather, so I guess anything is possible? I already like this book more than Tress and Yumi, because it has a lot of action instead of romance; action is more my thing. I like Nomad as a character, I like how powerful he is, and I like how he has this Torment that won't let him use weapons or attack. Makes the story very interesting. It's a lot of fun to follow a character from Roshar. When I read Yumi, Design was my favorite character, and it was always fun when she would say "storms" or anything else familiar. So now I get even more of that! I wonder what kind of Surgebinder Nomad is, seeing as he bonded a spren and even has a Blade (even if he can't get it to take the form of a Blade most of the time). We haven't seen him do any sergebinding yet that I've noticed (through chapter 5). Maybe he can't surgebind because Aux is dead? many questions... The writing so far in this book has been fantastic. Um... that's all I can think of for now. Onto chapter 6!

SA3, chapter 33, Shallan: Okay, if in the interlude I felt like things weren't clear and seemingly contradictory, then this chapter was way worse. I felt like it was written in a hurry and not edited properly. You all are welcome to disagree, but so much here didn't work for me. The idea that Shallan would continue to hide away in her room and think about the Midnight Mother instead of going right away to talk to Jasnah and get answers simply didn't convince me. Even when Shallan did finally ask Jasnah how she survived, I felt like the answer was too vague. When Shallan last saw her, she thought she was seeing a dead body. How did Jasnah go into Shadesmar in that condition? It also didn't seem realistic the way Jasnah just swooped in and tried to be in control of everyone and everything again. It seemed a bit childish of her, in fact. Even if you're the boss, if you've been out of the office for a while during an unfortunate time when your employees had to completely transform the business, you should at least start by asking them to fill you in. Does Shallan even want to continue being Jasnah's ward? She's a Knight Radiant now, so it's not like Jasnah is still her only ticket to belonging with the elite. Finally, why would Shallan ask Jasnah if she was sure it was the ghostbloods who tried to kill her? Shallan already knows it was them, sent by Tyn... Yeah, sorry I had so many complaints about this one.

OMG, this is so cool! I'm honored! IDK, Taravangian just seems like one who's looking for info no one's seen before. I'm just glad I don't have to read those romance novels, haha. SA3, interlude 3, Venli: Gosh, living with only those nasty rhythms seems difficult, almost like you'd have to be some variation of angry all the time. Eshonai is dead? I thought she was kind of a main character. I feel a little confused about the whole listener gods and forms of power. The listeners worked so hard and sacrificed so much to stop their gods from returning, and then one day they just decided to call them back? Did Eshonai not know that discovering stormform would bring them back? Did Venli know?

I doubt it. I have no clue SA3, interlude 2: we see the effects of the everstorm in yet another place, and it's nice to see Navani's translation of the Dawnchant is being useful. Now who is this patron they speak of? I'm going to guess... Taravangian.

Not much happens in the first interlude of Oathbringer, except we meet a man who is excited for times of change, and I think I'm a little like him. I like when a lot of revolutionary things are happening. Depending on how disastrous they are, of course.

Thank you! Cool! Even though with how slow I'm reading, I bet by now that's no longer the case SA3 chapter 32: A short chapter about Shallan to end part 1. There was that one thing she said about the other Unmade "they will be normal to us, the way things always were" or something along those lines... What does this mean? I'm guessing one of them is the Thrill, but what might the others be? Hm... Anyway, the chapter ends with Jasnah returning, and everyone finally finds out she's alive! Except I have to wait for part 2 to see their reactions! Three interludes are next, and unfortunately Szeth isn't one of them

OMG, someone was inspired by my thread and is doing the same thing!