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Select a default format to quickly add titles to your cart. View all titles in this series. There is no doubt in my mind that his epic series, the Stormlight Archive, deserves a spot as the best of the decade. How the hell did this pass editing? It did not help matters that I'd already grown distasteful of her repetitive tone and inappropriate cadence for a narrative story. She reads as though each line is poetry, punctuating the same parts of every sentence with the same tone of voice.
This may be great for reading prose but it quickly grew tiresome having to listen to such a repetitive rhythm, and toward the end of the book I was groaning each time the chapters switched from Kramer to Reading. Fantastically gripping and imaginative story once you get past the lengthy slow start though. And for those who move on to the 2nd book Words Of Radiance Be prepared for Kate Reading's cringe worthy, horribly over exaggerated French??
Stormfather help me get through this I'll get this out of the way because it pains me to write this - I tried many times to wrap my head around Kate Reading's phonation and cadence but it was so unnatural that it routinely broke immersion.
She intonates words the way an early computer speech program would. It may seem pedantic if you're just reading reviews but if you listen you will see what I mean. Overall the entire story and the chapters read by Kramer are truly phenomenal. My favourite work of Sanderson thus far. Do yourself a favor and skip the audio version this time. I loved this book.
Of course it was a little slow at first, but that's to be expected when background information is being given at the beginning of any long novel. The characters are well developed and you care about what happens with them. I got a little tired of the jumps back and forth in time, but that was only minor. The glaring flaw was in the narration.
Michael Kramer and Kate Reading do a great job and unlike other reviews I have no problem with their style. Toward the very end of the book though the pronunciation of Sadius was changed by Kate Reading to the point where I was asking myself if a new character had been introduced somewhere that I missed.
I soon figured out who she was talking about, but it's one of those little things that grate on the nerves every time you hear it. It doesn't seem too much to expect that pronunciation of names be consistent throughout an entire series let alone a single book. The producers should be embarrassed to put out a final product with such an amateur flaw.
Audio books should be edited as properly as written books. I have become a big fan of Brandon Sanderson's work and this new series does not disappoint. He has created another interesting world full of rich characters and I can't wait for book two. The same narrators from the Wheel of Time series re-unite with Sanderson to create another winner. Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, and now this work vaults Sanderson to the top of my must-read list.
This book is so good I will gladly listen to it again as a refresher when book two comes out! My first books by Sanderson were those of the Mistborn Trilogy. I was totally captivated by the story and its writing.
I avoided The Way of Kings because of its Audible 2 credit price but finally caved because I had lusted so long for something so good as Mistborn.
I should not have delayed. This is Book 1 of the Stormlight Archive. Coming in at over 45 hours on audiobook or over pages in print, for some TWoK might seem too lengthy. Personally, for me, it ended all too soon. The book was totally gripping and absorbing. I could not put it down. The writing contains wit and charm, adventure and philosophy, comedy and pathos. While constructed of multiple arcs, the writing is completely straight forward, accessible and easy to follow.
I became totally invested in each character and cared for everyone of the good guys and even some of the bad ones. One of the most interesting characters, one named Szeth, is a peace-loving believer in nonviolence but is also an ultimate, ninja-like assassin who hates to but is forced to kill and cries each time that he does.
Frankly, I think that Szeth is a metaphor for many of us and our behavior. But among my favorite and central characters were a peasant, apprentice surgeon named Kaladin and a spren named Syl with whom Kal has a rather magical and symbiotic relationship. Spren appear throughout the book. They were for me various types of conscious energy or spirit-like entities that were part of or associated with almost everything on the planet including specific kinds of thoughts and emotions, wellness and sickness, life and death.
Speaking of the weather, the environment and particularly the atmosphere of the planet and how the geology, flora and fauna have evolved within the influence of extreme weather is integral to the storyline. The book describes and develops half a dozen interesting and well defined fictional races. Wars exist on the planet among them over the power and dominance brought by the magical weapons known as Shardblades and Shardplates.
And, while war is one of the central themes of the book, descriptions of battles and war do not dominate the narrative. What came across most movingly, uniquely clear and beautifully written were the two human qualities of love and compassion.
I do not think that those two attributes have ever been more deftly portrayed than it is in this book. Hamilton while brilliant in almost every other respect, fail to adequately communicate those two essential qualities of our nature.
The humanity and heroism portrayed by some of the characters in TWoK were strikingly remarkable. Magic abounds in the book and all of it seems to make sense if ever magic can be made sense of. It was once said that any technology sufficiently advanced will appear as magic and this is that kind magic, magic that can almost be but not quite understood. There is plenty of adventure and excitement contained within the pages and Kate Reading and particularly Michael Kramer bring it all to life.
Yes, this is the same duo that narrated the Wheel of Time saga. Their talent was well highlighted there but I believe even more so in The Way of Kings. This was one great book and the only downside is that Sanderson is so prolific with his other literary pursuits that the sequel to this one is long overdue and the Audible rendition even longer than that. I really, really enjoyed this book. The performances and story easily in my top five favorite Audible titles.
I was was introduced to Sanderson by listening the Mistborn series which I enjoyed. Sanderson is very good at making his characters three dimensional as well as bringing his settings to life. He creates a full background and mythology for his characters that give a fullness to the experience of his stories. The performances here are top notch.
I significantly preferred the sections performed by Michael Kramer but both narrators fit their main characters well and do a great job of creating separate, distinguishing voices for their characters.
I hadn't realized that book two isn't out yet. When I finished this book, I was ready to skip all of the other titles on my listening list and go straight into the next book. I've listened to enough preexisting series Dresden Files is a good example that I expected to continue the story when this book left me hanging.
I know I'm spoiled and I'm whining a bit but hurry up! I was already feeling extremely impatient waiting for Rothfuss's next Kingkiller Chronicles another don't-miss-it series with a similar epic feel to Sanderson's but now I've definitely become a whiny-baby.
The book does have a partially satisfying ending but, like most series premiers, it leaves many things unresolved and many questions unanswered. This book is still on my list of must-listens but be prepared to long for book two.
I was pressured to download this book by a sci-fi loving boyfriend and sister. Since it was so long, and only one credit, I went ahead.
I expected to let it sit in my library to get them off my back, but instead started listening to it while in traffic one morning. I stayed in my car for an extra 20 minutes in the parking lot because I couldn't get enough! I have seen some reviews that say the entire book is character development. Aren't all stories? The narration was incredible - as was the recording although Kate and Michael pronounce one of the main characters names differently at the very end of the book which was a little confusing at first.
I cannot wait for the next one! It definitely earned a five star rating, as sweeping epic fantasies go. Sanderson takes us into the heads of each individual protagonist, and many of the 2nd level characters.
The quotes are both creepy and portentous, as well as overdone and vague. The secret behind their harvesting is terrifying. This book starts with a quick dramatic plot point, and then ebbs and builds, slowly, until the last five or so hours, where everything gets tied together, and presents a promising setup for book 2.
Fresh off the…. Warbreaker Leatherbound Preorders Adam here. I know many of you have been waiting for the day we start talking about the special Tenth-Anniversary Leatherbound Edition of Warbreaker.
Well, today is that day! We are only three weeks away from the release of Starsight and its coinciding party. In recent years, when Brandon releases a new book, we have offered a limited quantity of signed and numbered copies to Weller Book Works—a local book seller—to ship copies around the world for people who are unable to attend the release party.
Starting with Oathbringer, we opted to turn this into a fundraising event by asking for small donations that will be sent to Worldbuilders—a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide—which you should definitely check out.
Brandon has asked me to judge the applications for his English r class and choose the 15 writers who will be in his small group workshops. This year I will only be considering the first 65 applications I receive.
Based on the…. FAQ Friday — Is my story too derivative? I, not so recently, got an email asking me the following question.
I hope my response will be useful to my fellow writers. You can read my last FAQ Friday post here. FAQ Friday — Alternatives to flashback scenes A few weeks ago, a Redditor reached out to me in a direct message to ask a question. Question: My commute to work has given me the opportunity…. As before, this post will take the same format as…. This post will take the same format as the last,…. Occasionally, when responding to these emailed requests, I see an opportunity to respond to the writing community at large.
So, while my answer is written in direct response to the sender, I hope it…. You read the interview in Germanhere, or download a PDF of the English version a few paragraphs down.
Brandon was also interviewed by the German site FantasyBlogger,…. Calamity Is Done! I have finished the second draft of Calamity, the third and final book of the Reckoners trilogy. Giuramento Oathbringer is out! Everyone here at Team Dragonsteel is completely blown away by how great this book looks. You can see his schedule for FanX below, as well as on his Upcoming Events page which also shows all his future events.
Friday, April…. As you may know, I wrote a little story called Children of the Nameless last year—something of a gift to the community and a way of being involved in Magic the Gathering,…. A few months ago Brandon wrote short blog about his works that were up for various award eligibility which you can read in full here, but I will give brief bullet points below.
Skyward is eligible…. Attendees will also be invited to attend…. We have some exciting news for those of you who have been waiting to order your Dragonsteel leatherbound edition of The Hero of Ages: you can now get your copy signed and personalized! We are still behind schedule so it may still take weeks…. No title yet—but you can read my update on Reddit a week or so ago right here, if you missed it.
I want to begin this final blog post of the year with some good news. The Dragonsteel leatherbound edition of The Hero of Ages has arrived! Many of the Dragonsteel Minions have been working long and often very late hours to get these books…. Discussion on Reddit Discussion…. Skyward is out today! Skyward was one of those books. Some of the initial ideas had been floating around in my head for years, but once everything clicked together in my mind, it consumed….
Skyward is out next week! With Skyward being released next week I wanted to go over the few options you have to get a signed and numbered copy as well as the release party details. This story is…. This is the second part of a three-part series of essays related to the release of my book, Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds. Find Part One posted here.
My new book is coming out next week! Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds is a compilation of three stories that tie together to form a single narrative. Two of the stories Legion and Legion: Skin Deep were available previously, but the third Lies of the Beholder is exclusive to….
Signed and numbered copies of Legion for release party Adam here. We are only a few short weeks away from the release of Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds which includes the finale of the Legion saga, Legion: Lies of the beholder. While FanX has made a number…. Skip to content. August 2, July 26, July 6, Project Hail Mary Review May 28, May 26, April 21, March 30, State of the Sanderson December 18, December 2, November 10, November 6, Cover Reveal for The Original September 4, August 4, July 8, Alternate Stormlight Symbol Reveal April 8, Advice for Marrying a Writer or Creator March 3, Wheel of Time anniversary and Award Season January 16, January YouTube Livestream January 10, State of the Sanderson December 19, December 13, Warbreaker Leatherbound Preorders November 20, November 18, Starsight Release Party November 4, October 4, Mistborn Paperbacks September 26,
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