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Least Favorite Cosmere Works

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  1. 1. What is your least favorite Cosmere book?

    • Elantris
      2
    • The Final Empire
      0
    • The Well of Ascension
      4
    • The Hero of Ages
      0
    • Warbreaker
      5
    • The Way of Kings
      0
    • The Alloy of Law
      0
    • Words of Radiance
      0
    • Shadows of Self
      1
    • The Bands of Mourning
      1
    • White Sand
      6
    • Oathbringer
      0
    • Rhythm of War
      0
    • The Lost Metal
      0
    • Tress of the Emerald Sea
      0
    • Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
      0

  2. 2. What is your least favorite Cosmere series?

    • Elantris
      4
    • Mistborn era 1
      1
    • Warbreaker
      5
    • Stormlight Archive
      0
    • Mistborn era 2
      1
    • White Sand
      8
    • Tress (standalone)
      0
    • Yumi (standalone)
      0

  3. 3. What is your least favorite Cosmere novella?

    • The Hope of Elantris
      7
    • The Eleventh Metal
      6
    • The Emperor’s Soul
      0
    • Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
      0
    • Sixth of the Dust
      0
    • Allomancer Jak
      4
    • Secret History
      1
    • Edgedancer
      1
    • Dawnshard
      0

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alder24

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Really? It's like picking your least favorite child! You're breaking my heart! I can't do it - White Sand.

That's because it's a graphic novel, and it just loses something in that form. It is readed too fast, it's short and misses a lot. I haven't read the prose version, maybe it would change my opinion a bit. But I have to shamefully admit that Elantris would probably be my second pick - don't get me wrong, I like it of course, I really enjoy reading it, but I always have a really hard time getting myself to reread it. I've been planning to reread it for a year now and I'm still not even close to starting rereading.

My least favorite series is again White Sand, but I'm not sure if we can call it a series yet. Except for Mistborn era 1, Mistborn era 2 and SA, the rest is just standalone for now.

For the novella it'sThe Hope of Elantris. But is it really a novella? Excluding those really short stories (The Hope of Elantris, The Eleventh Metal and Allomancer Jak) it's a much harder pick, as I've enjoyed all of them. In that case I would probably pick Sixth of the Dust, but with a truly broken heart. 

Someone voted for Secret History? That was unexpected. I'm really curious why.

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1 hour ago, alder24 said:

Really? It's like picking your least favorite child! You're breaking my heart! I can't do it - White Sand.

That's because it's a graphic novel, and it just loses something in that form. It is readed too fast, it's short and misses a lot. I haven't read the prose version, maybe it would change my opinion a bit. But I have to shamefully admit that Elantris would probably be my second pick - don't get me wrong, I like it of course, I really enjoy reading it, but I always have a really hard time getting myself to reread it. I've been planning to reread it for a year now and I'm still not even close to starting rereading.

My least favorite series is again White Sand, but I'm not sure if we can call it a series yet. Except for Mistborn era 1, Mistborn era 2 and SA, the rest is just standalone for now.

For the novella it'sThe Hope of Elantris. But is it really a novella? Excluding those really short stories (The Hope of Elantris, The Eleventh Metal and Allomancer Jak) it's a much harder pick, as I've enjoyed all of them. In that case I would probably pick Sixth of the Dust, but with a truly broken heart. 

Someone voted for Secret History? That was unexpected. I'm really curious why.

Yeah, as much as I hate Kelsier (sorry), Secret History was amazing, probably my second favorite novella (after Emporer’s Soul). And by novella I meant novella/short story, but I was too lazy to write the extra two words.

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Ookla the Sibling

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48 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

@The Sibling why do you not like Shadows of Self?

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I didn't enjoy the reveal that Lessie was Paalm or that Paalm was the governor. Not for any particular reason, just a lot of Brandon's other reveals work a lot better for me.

mistborn era 2 spoilers

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I didn't enjoy the reveal that Lessie was Paalm or that Paalm was the governor. Not for any particular reason, just a lot of Brandon's other reveals work a lot better for me.

mistborn era 2 spoilers

huh.

Well I guess that's fair, in your opinion. *shrugs*

I'll always consider it amazing, no matter what.

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huh.

Well I guess that's fair, in your opinion. *shrugs*

I'll always consider it amazing, no matter what.

Honestly I don't even remember it that well, I think because it didn't really make an impact on me. Maybe if I re-read it it will land better but the first time through it didn't bring up much emotion in me. 

To be fair to the book though, I did really speed through Era 2 and now that I've re-read Bands of Mourning I do really like it.

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Just now, The Sibling said:

Honestly I don't even remember it that well, I think because it didn't really make an impact on me. Maybe if I re-read it it will land better but the first time through it didn't bring up much emotion in me. 

To be fair to the book though, I did really speed through Era 2 and now that I've re-read Bands of Mourning I do really like it.

That makes sense. For me, Dune Messiah was the same. It didn't work for me, but the reread was worth it. I hope you give Shadows another try sometime!

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I am not a huge fan of Warbreaker, granted the only thing I haven't read is White Sand. It just never clicked for me even if I like the world a lot. I am glad I have read it though since it seems to be very important in the long term.

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On 9/30/2023 at 5:20 PM, Ravenclawjedi42 said:

I have the same question for you about Warbreaker.

I'm not a fan of bedroom scenes.

On 9/30/2023 at 8:46 PM, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

Wait... you're telling me that you like White storming Sand more than a Mistborn novel?

White Sand was great.

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52 minutes ago, Frustration said:

I'm not a fan of bedroom scenes.

White Sand was great.

For Warbreaker, I can see your point of view... I share it for the most part. Lightsong, Vivenna and Vasher save it for me.

White sand... I will always dislike the non-omnibus graphic novel. That was.... not good... it's the worst of Brandon politics combined into one story.

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40 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

For Warbreaker, I can see your point of view... I share it for the most part. Lightsong, Vivenna and Vasher save it for me.

White sand... I will always dislike the non-omnibus graphic novel. That was.... not good... it's the worst of Brandon politics combined into one story.

Politics?

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1 hour ago, Frustration said:

Politics?

I mean how he writes politics, not his own politics. Some of the politics Brandon has written have not been very well done... White Sand is a prime example. The characters just walk up to someone and say, "Well... wanna join us so that we can do stuff?" Then they just outright agree like what...

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