Koldun he/him Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) I read all of the Kaladin chapters, skipped most of the Kal ones. Is that weird? To be clear, I pretty much only read the Kaladin chapters. Not Shallan, not Dalinar, not Szeth. Just Kaladin and all of part one. Edited March 22, 2017 by Koldun
Shard Slayer Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 Could be interesting to read the book like that. Maybe I'll have to try it when the 3rd book comes out. It would certainly lead to picking up a lot more on subsequent read-throughs. Depending on how interwoven the plots of the different characters are it could lead to confusion though, since a character will talk to another main POV character and learn something that they appear to have just spontaneously known in their own POV chapters. I would hazard a guess that The Way of Kings is probably the best book for doing that so far, since Shallan, and Kaladin chapters are pretty disconnected from other characters. Adolin/Dalinar end up being combined possibly a little too much.
Modal Seoul he/him Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 That is a dangerous tactic. I wouldn't recommend doing it again, especially for Words of Radiance.
Koldun he/him Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Oh I know. It was weird. I was really, really interested in Kaladin's story. I was in a strange daze, I kept skipping past chapters, all so I could see what happened next with Kaladin. I am rereading WOK now, not skipping a thing.
Tsidqiyah he/him Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 my second read of WoK was Character by Character so Just Kaladin then Just Dalinar finally Just Shallan. not a good tactic for an initial read but in the rereads it gives a clearer insight into the individual characters. Though at the end when the they start intermingling you either read the whole chapter each time or you break them up.
Andy92 Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 When I first read The Way of Kings, I found myself being mostly interested in Kaladin's story a lot more than the rest, so I can see how you would've done this. I don't think it works as well for the second book with how all of the plots start to come together.
Yas she/her Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 I agree that it's a bit strange that you did that, but at the same time, it is interesting to see the series by one character's POV. However, this kind of works best as a reread tactic than an initial read tactic. I also don't blame you for skipping most of the Kal chapters, I felt like doing that a lot too.
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