theforteminem Posted February 11, 2023 Posted February 11, 2023 I really, really like brandon's books, especially his sanderlanches. mistborn era 1's took me by surprise, as they were my first brandon books, and by the time I finished reading stormlight I was thuroughly addicted to them. I love how intense they could be, how they feel like a kick in the teeth and get me hype as hell while reading them. but I feel like the last several books brandon's done haven't had the same kick-in-the-teeth, gutpunch feeling. part of that I can attribute to era 2 of mistborn having a very different feeling to mistborn era 1 or stormlight, and part of that I can attribute to TotES's more storybook fantasy tone, but I also think part of it has to do with how brandon has been trying to have each of his parts end in a climatic way, not just having part 4 be the climax to end all climaxes, as he's done in the past. I haven't really posted in the 17th shard forums before (despite lurking on here for over a year and a half), but I figured I should see if anyone else has felt any of this. to clarify, I still very much love his books, and I thought TotES was one of the best he's ever written in terms of character work, but the feeling of the oppresive, overwhelming sanderlanche is what I've been missing.
KaladinWorldsinger Posted February 13, 2023 Posted February 13, 2023 I feel like in Oathbringer Brandon decided to make the ending as intense as he could and it ended up in a weaker, more meandering story. Rhythm of war felt more balanced in that regard.
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