Daxos Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 The Way of Kings had me completely riveted in a way that was unlike any book I've read in recent memory and when I finished it, there was no question in my mind that it was one of my favorite books of all time. Likewise, Kaladin's character in that book is among my favorites in all of fiction -- not just fantasy. I was a little concerned with how Sanderson could possibly follow up a book that, in my opinion, crossed the borders of perfection and made a permanent warcamp there, so when I first started reading Words of Radiance I felt a little let down. To qualify that though, I came into it with Olympian expectations and read it immediately after finishing WoK so that I was essentially (and unfairly) comparing the climax of one with the start of another. By the time I was done with WoR, however, I considered it almost as good as the first one. The last 100 pages or so were outstanding, epic, riveting, [insert litany of superlatives here]. I now have a new favorite author. I won't make this terribly long for the tl;dr crowd, and in an attempt to avoid any spoilers for those who might come across it, but I did want to add that Sanderson does a fantastic job with his characters. Based on some of the comments I've come across, I might even be one of the few that really likes Szeth. I loved his chapters in the first book and could hardly wait to get to them. One character I wanted to give a little love to as I close this out is Syl. Stormfather, is she is absolutely freaking adorable! I can't remember ever adoring a character to this extent and I have a big, goofy, child-like grin on my face right now just thinking about her. Well done, Mr. Sanderson. Well done. Now hurry up and write the next book. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionaryofgod Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 I think this is probably the best fantasy I Ever read. In my opinion words of radiance is even better than the way of kings. Hurry hurry Brandon! I want to know more 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Fun fact, from the start page I could only read "I can´t praise Brandon Sanderson" and knew instantly that the word enough would follow. That´s how good he is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxos Posted October 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) Fun fact, from the start page I could only read "I can´t praise Brandon Sanderson" and knew instantly that the word enough would follow. That´s how good he is. Unintentional click bait, folks. You can put the torches and pitch forks down. Edited October 10, 2014 by Daxos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) DAXOS!!!!!!! Im so sorry man i went to give you a vote up but i accidentally voted down!! Please give him more votes guys!! Uggghhhh one of those days!!! If it's any constellation i just got chewed out by my boss...LOL Edited October 11, 2014 by Rubix Please don't double post. Use the edit button instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxos Posted October 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 If it's any constellation i just got chewed out by my boss...LOL Hopefully it was nothing Sirius. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 On my phone... thought i was looking at porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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