Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere Book • Page 59

My ARC comes today at some point

 

It’s here! Goodbye social life!

 

Nice. Enjoy! I will be carefull on the internet as im now two books behind :( Struggling to get through oathbringer so i can move on to rhythm of war. Maybe 60% through and im finding the same issues as i had the 1st go through. I know it picks up, and its not a bad book, but definitely least favorite of first 3 easily.

 

I doubt spoilers will appear, the community is pretty good like that but yeah - might want to stay away from some places.

I won't say much about it but I will say that the pacing is a helluva lot better than RoW (my opinion). I cannot wait to discuss with you all.

 

Part of why I love these forums is that everyone is respectful in pretty much all of the entertainment places regarding spoilers. More worried about the random stuff that will pop up on my reddit and Instagram feed.

One day I WILL be caught up on Sanderson for a day 1 release. LOL.

Also on a semi-related note, for those that celebrate - may you all get the Sanderson swag you wish for for the holidays :) I put a few things on my lists that went out to family.

 

Coincidentally, I mod the Sanderson subs and we have a strict policy in place at the moment regarding the WaT release but that's not to say that it won't appear anywhere else.

 

Finished up Mistborn era 2 over the weekend. I can't remember if I posted after I finished Bands of Mourning, but I found the ending of that book to be so emotionally affecting. It caught me off guard a bit.

Thought The Lost Metal was a little weaker in the first half. There were some chapters that really felt like they needed another editing pass or something, but it did come together by the end for me.

Going to hit the older standalones then finally get into Stormlight.

 

Finished my RoW re-read last night and immediately started reading the preview chapters for WaT. I can't help myself.

I'm glad I did the re-read. Picked up on a bunch of stuff I missed the first time. Especially the different storylines with the singers/fused/regals. It was super confusing the first time.

 

The Lost Metal so so incredible. Wax is such a fucking badass. Harmony's sword.

 

What were your opinions on RoW initially vs. your re-read?

 

felt the same way about TLM. Like there should have been lots of payoff from multiple things instead of lots of setup for other things.

 

I liked it better the second time through. I still think the pacing is way too slow for most of the book, but the payoff was pretty huge.

Shallan is still super annoying though.

 

Still haven’t done a reread bc of that first reason but I do think I’d enjoy it better the second time bc I have corrected expectations

 

It is done…..

 

Fancy pants mcgee over here

 

my BIL is jumping headfirst into the Cosmere. He finished the Mistborn trilogy and is reading whatever the suggested standalone is after that. He even got my non-fantasy reading sister to start Mistborn.

Also, this just came out and I had no idea it was a thing and now I need it:

Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game

 

Considering I just started Dawnshard, I won't be finishing that and Rhythm of War in the next 4 days My plan is to now finish by around Christmas for reading during holiday downtime.

Bummed I couldn't keep up, but work and all..

Final thoughts on Oathbringer are that it's a chunky book that took me far longer than I expected to reread with a great payoff though a lot about the ending didn't particularly make sense to me and I'm hoping it's explained in the next book. I honestly am not sure how I remembered so little of it from the first time besides the broadest of strokes.

What I didn't follow and need more context on are.

Renarin
the spren that Renarin is bonded to, and his visions being wrong. Very confused about exactly when he was 'infected' and why, and what he's seeing and why what he's seeing isn't happening
Odium
The visions in general and now the diagram. How far can Odium see ahead to plan? and how have some things happened that he obviously didn't plan for? What's the extent of his power / sight?
Random musing about the bondsmiths.. There are some questions in here if anyone wants to answer vaguely.
There are 3... have I missed who or what even the 3rd one is? I think we're referring to The Stormfather / Cultivation, but who is the 3rd? Are there hints that anyone has bonded to Cultilvation or the 3rd one yet? I remember in shadesmar when Kaladin said a bondsmith was in trouble and the ship captain asked which of the 3 and then I remember a conversation with Dalinar and the stormfather about a 3rd that was very cryptic.

Finally, I also got this as an early Christmas gift and I am going to wear it to every single holiday themed event. I love it.
Stormlight Holiday Sweater

 

Re: Bondsmiths - RoW has all of your answers.

 

That sweater is dope. I love the attention to detail of them actually being the 10 honorblades.