Embrisk he/him Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Well, I guess it all started out on my lifes quest, as an avid reader, to find something as good as Harry Potter. I served an LDS mission, and two people in my class at the Missionary Training Centre were talking about a book where people ate metals which gave them different abilities. To be honest, it sounded lame. Leven Thumps's main real merit was the humour, and it sounded like candy war stuff, so I will say now that when I heared, or talked about Sanderson's work, developed a vague, not entirely accurate overview of his books. One of them also told us all about a super hero book, and right then and there told us all Steelhearts weakness, and how he dies. Of course, me, not having any desire to pick up one of his books, didn't mind the spoilers. My first area in the mission, I heard about the super hero novel again. The villain could fly, was invincible, could throw fireballs, and turn things into metal. I kind of imagined some sort of long drawn-out battle against this mysterious villain. After the main character kills the supervillain, he gains his powers, but doesn't use them, because they make you go crazy. I heard about the super hero novel again in my third area, and on companion exchanges, he referred this random guy that we met, who liked reading, (after giving him a Book of Mormon, of course, to his books. He specifically recommended "Missbourne" some kind of un human, or divergent thing, maybe, which was the metal eating book. I transferred again to a new are, with a companion who had read a lot of Sandersons works. I heard about inquisitors, creepy guys that have giant spikes drilled through their brain so they can't think. They also have huge spikes drilled though their bodies that if you take out the one that goes through their heart, they die. I heard of steel, which when you eat it, makes lines appear between your heart and metal that you can push on. I also heard vague descriptions of some of the other metals, including gold. Apparently gold was pretty worthless, because in allamancy, it gave you health, but it would wear off after you use it, reverting you back into your injured state, unless you could use the second type of magic, which allowed you to compress the healing power of gold so you didn't have to have it in your stomach all the time. I heard that the villain wasn't actually evil, but that drilling spikes through people was a thing he did to stop the world from ending. He tried to get all of the atiom in the world and keep it all to himself because when you eat atiom, you are given a choice to release the evil deamon god inside of it, and if you do, the world will end. A boy who studies religion realises that you aren't supposed to stop the deamon from being summoned, but that you are supposed to summon it so that you can kill it. He does this and becomes god. Some other guy who becomes an inquisitor, saves mental strength for years, and breaks the brain control long enough to stab the bad guy that isn't actually bad. Lastly, I heard about a planet where people can control sand, but it actually isnt sand, its little creatures, which allow you to control them in exchange for water. I was transferred again, and my new companion LOOOVED Sanderson. He told me all about this Hoyd guy who goes around the universe, and he kind of sounded like a timelord to me. He also filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge, and told me to just read them instead of listening to people who hadn't picked up a fantasy novel in two years. He seemed keen to read the new "Oathbreaker" novel, though. So now I have just finished my two first Sanderson books, The Emperors Soul, and Steelheart. While a lot of missionaries like his work more than Harry Potter, I prefer Harry Potter. Steelheart WAS the best book I had read in a long time, though. (Yeah, now I know that it is actually Hoid, etc, but I thought I would put everything in how I imagined it to be.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) Welcome! Stormlight and Mistborn are his most popular series, but each series has their fans with most of us more or less liking everything he has written. There are tons of really good fantasy series out there...some of them surpassing Sanderson and Rowling in my opinion. Based upon what you seem to like most of my favorites (the darker, edgier, more violent fantasies) you would probably not like. Although I can recommend, based on your tastes (in no particular order): The Complete Bone Graphic Novels by Jeff Smith, Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, The Riftwar series by Feist, Memory, Sorrow, Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams and The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. I think all the ones above have nothing particularly objectionable in them. Edited July 24, 2018 by Ammanas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ark1002 Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Harry Potter is good, I think better then steelheart, but if you want a book better then HP, read mistborn. Or the stormlight archive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrisk he/him Posted July 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 I am half way through the way of kings right now. Steelheart has been my favourite so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkel Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 If you want a change of author, in between reading Sanderson's epic series of awesomeness...Patrick Rothfuss. It's...kinda like Harry Potter...kinda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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