Rainer reviewed The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #1)
Very long, but also very good
5 stars
I can understand why this is one of the most popular fantasy series in the world.
German language
Published Nov. 9, 2015
Der Weg der Könige
4 stars
(6 reviews)
Was mich an dem Buch besonders reizt ist der Weltenbau der kaum einen Aspekt auslässt und sichberfrischend vom üblichen Romantik-Mittelalter Fantasysetting abhebt.
velvet_shrimp@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #1)
So much effort was put into this
2 stars
But I still hated it... The so praised world building has a lot of parts that didn't make any sense. At least to me. I understand the ideas that went into it but I think it has some logical flaws. (Eg men rule but don't know how to read?) Also the fighting scenes, how do you fight an enemy for years and years without ever capturing and questioning one? Nothing is known at all about the mysterious enemy at all after all these years? And they haven't adapted their strategy all this time to actually try and win in a greater scale? The hero is so concerned about honor, but the way he acts, especially regarding the enemy I found horrible. Don't want to spoiler anything but the armour - wtf? And then, its so long without much happening at all. Yes some character development I guess but kaladins story …
But I still hated it... The so praised world building has a lot of parts that didn't make any sense. At least to me. I understand the ideas that went into it but I think it has some logical flaws. (Eg men rule but don't know how to read?) Also the fighting scenes, how do you fight an enemy for years and years without ever capturing and questioning one? Nothing is known at all about the mysterious enemy at all after all these years? And they haven't adapted their strategy all this time to actually try and win in a greater scale? The hero is so concerned about honor, but the way he acts, especially regarding the enemy I found horrible. Don't want to spoiler anything but the armour - wtf? And then, its so long without much happening at all. Yes some character development I guess but kaladins story just goes on and on and on and on. I didn't like he female characters at all and found them quite unrelatable. Won't be reading book 2 I guess.
Anders reviewed The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #1)
Over 1200 pages of fantasy
4 stars
This was a thick pocket book. Over 1250 pages of fantasy and adventure with a fair bit of violence, deception, magic and conflict. This book, or was it series of books has been compared to those by Tolkien although I would not go that far.
I found the story a bit confusing as it consists of many different threads, that only at the end of the book starts to come together.
I would recommend the book to anyone who is not intimidated by its thickness and weight, and likes good fantasy world building.
Olivia Appleton reviewed The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #1)
Fantastic book with only one major flaw
4 stars
The Way of Kings is a worldbuilding masterpiece. Its characters are rich and internally complex, their stories are fascinating, and their motivations compelling (even when you disagree with them). The single exception to this is the Shallan arc.
This is not because Shallan is a bad character, but because she's a decent character surrounded by great ones, and because it takes too long for her arc to connect to the main story.
I highly, highly recommend reading this book, and most of this author's other works.
