Comments on: Way of Kings Read-a-long – Part 1

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 01:37:39 +0000

Wonderful! That’s what everyone tells me and at almost half way through, I’m becoming convinced everyone is right

By: ashley

ashley — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 01:27:38 +0000

You WILL NOT be disappointed in Mistborn!!!!

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 02:20:29 +0000

I hope so too! So far, I’m very impressed by the world building. It seems like the story is going to play out on an epic scale and the author already knows how everything is going to come together. I also am hoping for a fascinating and internally consistent magic system, so I’m excited for more information about everything from the spren to the shardblades to the soulcasters. This seems like it’s going to be a very fun read

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 02:14:32 +0000

I really am already very excited to read everything else Sanderson has written. I love when a book is internally consistent in terms of how magic and other aspects of the world work. Sanderson seems to think his ideas through completely and does a great job making everything make sense. It’s also so creative. I would love to see this book filmed too, although it might be a bit long for that to be done well. It would be very cool to see some of the interesting flora and fauna brought to life though, and the fight scenes.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 02:06:50 +0000

Oh, I really hadn’t thought about how the storms might have influenced life in this world. It does make sense though that you might have more of the things we think of as sea life in a world that’s wetter though. How interesting!

I can’t wait to see where everything comes together. I’m sure when all of the different storylines we’re reading about come together, it’s going to be completely epic

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 02:03:29 +0000

I think I probably will still do a review when I’m done. For the most part, I don’t think what I’d put in a review overlaps much with the discussion questions. If you’re looking for more fantasy read-a-longs. it seems like Dab of Darkness hosts quite a lot of really good ones

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 01:58:06 +0000

I’m glad the timing worked out too I love the narration! The female narrator is pretty good and the male narrator is awesome. He just has the perfect voice for an epic fantasy novel! And they both do a wide variety of voices, with different accents and for people of different ages and genders, very well.

By: Anya

Anya — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:56:25 +0000

Yey, I’m so glad that the timing worked for you to join us How are you liking the narration on the audiobook?

By: Briana

Briana — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 06:22:15 +0000

There’s a Way of Kings read-along? I wish I’d known! I would have planned to join it! Recently I read Elantris and Steelheart and loved them, so I’m looking forward to reading more of Sanderson’s work. I actually tried to buy Way of Kings this week, but the Barnes & Noble I was at didn’t have it in stock, so I bought Mistborn instead.

I scanned a few of your answers here, but I don’t want to run across major spoilers. Are you thinking of doing a review when you’re finished? I’d love to see what you think!

By: Sue CCCP

Sue CCCP — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:22:57 +0000

1. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

2. Before we got inside his head I had assumed that Kaladin was one of the immortals, but he certainly doesn’t seem to be aware of it if he is.

3. This seems to be very typical for Mr Sanderson: he obviously loves to create rules and systems for his magic that add a sense of reality to them.

4. Oh, soul-sucking swords would be awesome, but Mr Sanderson did something similar to that already in Warbreaker, so I doubt that we would see that trope used here.

6. His world building always makes me want to see his books filmed, although I am not sure how successfully that could be done.