So I began reading Way of Kings...

[Basel Gill]

Right from the first scene, I could tell this book was gonna be complex. Just this one book is going to be more intricate than the entirety of WoT. *eyes bug out of my head*

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

but it is good?

[WolfbrotherKronos]

but it is good?

Yes

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Alrighty then

[Ryrin]

I have it. I was thinking the same thing by just looking at it.

[Davrick]

Yes I really enjoyed reading this book. I have the second but have not had time to start yet.

[Songstress]

Both The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance are undeniably complex.  I like Brandon Sanderson's essay here that explains what he intended to accomplish.

 

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/03/words-of-radiance-and-the-art-of-creating-epic-fantasy

[Basel Gill]

OMG this book needs a glossary in the appendix.

[Davrick]

I thought there was. I've got the paperback copy. Ill have to look again.

[Basel Gill]

I skimmed through the Ars Arcanum in the ebook and didn't see one.

[Mystica]

I read the mistborn ones and was a bit put off by those to be honest so I never bothered with the other books from Brandon.

Don't get me wrong, he's brilliant in his ability to come up with fresh new systems of magic and nature bending, but storywise it was a bit bleh. And the ending I saw coming miles away, so it wasn't much of a surprise, which kind of ruined it for me.

[Panchi]

The Way of Kings is much better than Mistborn, imo. I liked Mistborn but not really much. Good for a one time read but The Way of Kings is the book that makes me want to try more of Brandon Sanderson's works.

[Basel Gill]

I just finished the last of the original Mistborn trilogy and I actually rather enjoyed it.

[dawnflower8]

I like Mistborn a lot more than Way of Kings - I guess I'm kind of in the minority here. Strangely, my favorite Brandon Sanderson book is Elantris.

 

All of his books are extremely good, though.

[Basel Gill]

380 pages into this. The whole feud between Dalinar and Sadeas is interesting, but it's also striking me as incredibly one-sided. So far all we have seen is from either Dalinar's view or that of his son. I want to get inside of Sadeas's head too. Dalinar doesn't trust Sadeas, his family doesn't trust Sadeas. And anything from their POV bears that bias from the distrust. Brandon really needs to show the other side of things and include what Sadeas thinks of things.

[Basel Gill]

So there's a character named Barm in this. LOL.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Bet it's an homage. He likes to do that.

[Basel Gill]

DONE. OMG.