I recently exposed myself (get your minds out of the gutter haha) to the writing of Brandon Sanderson. About a year and half ago, I read the Final Empire. I loved his ability to write an action sequence, I've never seen anyone write more engaging action with magic and skills where I had no idea what they were. Then his ability to capture fashion, style, emotion, relationships allows him to be a stealthy world builder without info dumping. Neil Gaiman is similar in that regard by focusing on characters, their styles, their language and their relations, he is able to create the world in which they live as a matter of fact. The Sanderson worlds that I've exposed to now are all so unique and full of detail. I feel like I know them, without being crammed full of info and magic rules, instead I've told a really fun action and emotion packed story.
Anyway I just wanted to say hi to the community, as I just signed up for the boards here. I've currently read the mistborn series, Elantris, and most recently Stormlight Archive. Oathbringer was just 5 stars. 3 of them amazement, 1 of them tears, and 1 of them needing more.
Stormlight just fulfills all of my Fantasy desires. It is in no way derivative. It is a completely unique world that just continues to get more intriguing. The interplay of the cognitive, spiritual, and physical realms is really thought provoking, and unlike anything else I've read. And how do you not love Kalladin and Shallan, whose internal conflicts symbolize the conflict of the world
Mistborn was a great action adventure love story with the most creative magic system ever. This was my first exposure to Sanderson, I was hooked and had to finish the whole series back to back. Lol. Though honestly I really dig the Wax and Wayne stories even more, but then I'm a Sherlock Holmes fan and I dig the steam punk mystery vibe of it.
Elantris just a beautiful heart warming story. I hope he revisits this world sometime, but the story was so strong on its own its not really necessary. Just more of a desire.
Looking forward to exploring more of the cosmere. I was skeptical of Sanderson at first because I tend to like my books to be a bit more risque, and so it took me a while to try him out. His characters have me engaged now. So I'm in.
