I have to admit that the slowbuild is putting me off. I like Brandon's writing overall, but for me this is reading like one giant exposition, which I guess it is. Still, I wish it was a little faster paced.
It starts to pick up around the two-thirds mark, and the final hundred pages are where it really takes off and sets up the rest of the series. It's possible that the slow buildup is necessary for the impact of the finale and all its revelations.
I agree with this. The last third of the book is all payoff. And after I finished I flipped right back to the front and started over with what I knew from the ending.
If you aren't convinced after the ending, then fair game, but chances are good that it will get you excited for more.
Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings is excellent.
- 16/11/2011 09:30:30 PM
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I'm reading it now.
- 17/11/2011 01:12:34 AM
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You should definitely see it through.
- 17/11/2011 03:17:27 AM
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Seconded.
- 18/11/2011 07:27:04 PM
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It is 
- 19/11/2011 09:00:35 AM
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- 19/11/2011 09:00:35 AM
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Re: Next book.
- 19/11/2011 06:16:04 PM
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I thought Stormlight was the series that ties all the other series together?
- 19/11/2011 08:26:33 PM
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It connects to the others.
- 19/11/2011 09:31:49 PM
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The character in question is Hoid, the Wit. And yes, he has been.
- 20/11/2011 07:58:38 AM
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And then there's the people looking for Hoid in one of the interludes.
- 20/11/2011 09:57:08 PM
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I don't think that's completely true anymore. *Small spoiler for Way of Kings*
- 19/11/2011 09:38:29 PM
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It's a good book, though I wish he'd shelved it till aMoL was done
- 24/11/2011 06:41:05 PM
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