i have no idea how to convey my feelings towards this MASSIVE book and even MASSIVE-ER series so instead, i present to you, the stormlight characters i have no idea how to convey my feelings towards this MASSIVE book and even MASSIVE-ER series so instead, i present to you, the stormlight characters as mincing mockingbirds
(bc this is so much better than what i could come up with)
story & plot so the story in itself, is great, fantastic, marvelous.
brando sando is a high fantasy writer like no one else, he creates worlds and magic system that are diverse and strong and incredibly well-developed. i appreciate that his magic systems follow guidelines and aren't haphazard in their correlation (even if i dont understand what's happening most of the time)
my issue with his storytelling, in this book, was that there's SO MUCH going on. me and my 3 brain cells had a hard time processing, keeping track of, and absorbing the contents of this book while remaining sane
(my brain was basically an alarm bell that kept screaming !!!OH MY GOD THIS IS REALLY 1000 PAGES!!! everytime i looked to see what page i was on)
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writing brando's writing is generally very easy to understand and digest. while you are thrown into everything at once, it's usually from the perspective of characters who are ALSO clueless as you, so you're learning together (yay)
my MAIN ISSUE WITH THE ENTIRE BOOK WAS THE PACING
my goodness it REALLY didn't need to be over 1000 pages long. it really didn't. come at me with your pitchforks and spears, i will continue to speak the truth
okay, for realsies, the middle portion of the book dragged onnnnnn for no reason. we were re-experiencing scenes over and over and over and i didn't feel like they added any extra dimension to the book, other than making my arms ache from holding the book
it disconnected me from the story and made it really difficult for me to push through bc THE AMOUNT OF PAGES LEFT WERE STILL TOO MUCH
i honestly, think, in my oh-so-very professional opinion, that the book could have been 500 pages less and it would hold the same impact ...more