Chaos Posted September 30 Report Share Posted September 30 Post your full book reactions here! To talk about content from other books than this one in this forum (since cosmere spoilers are not automatically allowed), you must use spoiler tags. Please use the cosmere board if you've read all/most of the cosmere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therunner Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 (edited) Zellion..interesting. Edited October 1 by therunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The flying spider Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Just amazing..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Oltux72 Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Atypical for a Sanderson book. The typical concentration of events towards the ending was much less pronounced. And, this is his possibly darkest book ever. I mean, using your dead relatives as a power source and abandoning your old people as human sacrifices, that is hard core. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Silverlight Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 A superb book. indeed. Brandon said he wanted to write a story that maintained a constant breakneck pace, and he did so quite well. He did a great job of maintaining a driving momentum that never let up for more than a few moments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Oltux72 Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 6 hours ago, Johnny Silverlight said: A superb book. indeed. Brandon said he wanted to write a story that maintained a constant breakneck pace, and he did so quite well. He did a great job of maintaining a driving momentum that never let up for more than a few moments. So you agree that the book has no "Sanderlanch"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora's shard Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 (edited) This book was awesome!!! It built and built and by the midpoint, as the revelations came, it was like, okay Brandon, you are giving me too much now... And now that I have read all 4, here's the order of my favourites of secret novels: 1) Sunlit Man 2) Tress of the Emerald Sea 3) Yumi and the Nightmare Painter 4) Frugal Wizard (couldn't even finish it... Is it alryt to admit?? Well, I have now.. So, can't help.. ) Edited October 2 by Pandora's shard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+robardin Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 (edited) 11 hours ago, Oltux72 said: So you agree that the book has no "Sanderlanch"? Actionwise, maybe not. Emotionally, I think it still did. Auxiliary's self-sacrifice to enable "Zellion" to regain flight and Shardplate for a while, while set up and telegraphed, was still a pretty powerful hit towards the end, especially Aux's monologue revealing why he'd referred to Nomad as his "squire" and himself as the knight all that time: not just to tweak/annoy him, but also to remind him of oaths sworn - oaths that Aux, as a spren, could not and never had set aside. Edited October 2 by robardin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm-It Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 There were a lot of quotable lines, but one of my favorites was Rebeke's plea “No more sacrifices. No more lotteries. No more immolating our parents.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treamayne Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Enjoyed the book, and already planning a reread because I am sure I missed things going through it too fast the first time. Was I the only one that felt joy that the Brigade (as scary as they sound) was going to deliver some karma to the TimeTellers? 23 hours ago, Pandora's shard said: And now that I have read all 4, here's the order of my favourites of secret novels: 1) Sunlit Man 2) Tress of the Emerald Sea 3) Yumi and the Nightmare Painter 4) Frugal Wizard (couldn't even finish it... Is it alryt to admit?? Well, I have now.. So, can't help...) Agreed. It's a tight race between SP1 and SP4 to me for Number One, SP3 as a distant third. While I did finish Frugal Wizard (SP2) and I can see why the people who like it do so - it just wasn't my preferred humour style and so is my least favorite Secret Project. (I also am not a fan of the Alcatraz books and have yet to read Book 6) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stigmadiabolicum Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 (edited) Okay so ive been dragging this out, i loved tress and yumi but been the most excited for this cosmere heavy book the most by FAR. I haven't finished it yet (Sigzil is just meeting with cinder king the second time) my only complaint is missing Hoids voice from graphic audio haha. Love the world, love the BDUs, love the threnodites..But my one comment is what he meant by "eyes that reminded him of those he had once loved/trusted" really curious about ideas there..i guess within a book only dliscussion and no cosmere spoilers idk if theres any theorizing that we can do, just really made me wonder I know Brandon loves his limitations and as much as the dawnshard torment is a nice spin, i enjoy glorious moments of awesome and wish he had more like Wax or Kal, but contemplation is an absolute badass. I'm assuming this gets addressed later on, but curious why they can't take shelter at the poles? If its like our world then it wouldnt get as much sun and more night, but i guess its just a temperature or food issue *Edit. Aah, mountains got it haha, i assumed from the star they were on a dwarf planet so the scales are a lot smaller Edited October 5 by Stigmadiabolicum 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearguy Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 Very good, it makes me terrified and excited to learn what happens in Stormlight 5. It's also good to know who Zellion is now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wax Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 I liked the book. Very Mistborn / Yumi like feel to the book. I was initially confused by the worldhopper’s name. I just had some issues. Basically, the touch to have babies concept was a little out there… kind of broke the fourth wall for me “oh, this is to stop this coming up in WoB”. So yeah, this book had an extra dolllop of fantasy. Not sure about that romance angle there. Aux was eggy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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