The Way of Kings
Impressions
- caroldellhurtshared an impression6 years ago
👍Worth reading🔮Hidden Depths🎯Worthwhile🚀UnputdownableBrilliant.
Most interesting story, deep and believable characters, detailed and balanced world. People felt real, and i strongly wanted to gather more bits of lore. - Inesshared an impression6 years ago
👍Worth reading🔮Hidden Depths🎯Worthwhile🚀UnputdownableAn epic fantasy with complex yet relatable characters and so much exciting possibility as befitting of a series comprises of 10 planned books. A long-term commitment it is, but one I'm glad I jumped into. Brandon Sanderson is so good at writing magic systems and establishing consistent rules that readers are experts by the end of a book, which makes it even more enjoyable when he bends and subverts the rules (think alchemical systems of Fullmetal Alchemist, for those who are familiar). And, unlike some author, Sanderson always treats his characters with utmost respect; he will not kill them off (or drag them through a gutter) just for 'shock value' or to remind readers that we're reading 'fantasy for grownups'. It's plenty exciting, full of surprises, visceral, and cerebral without any of those gimmicks.
- Klaus Øksnebjerg Mikkelsenshared an impression19 days ago
👍Worth reading
Quotes
- fanhas quoted8 days ago
men are unreliable in many things. But if there’s one thing you can count on, it’s their greed. - fanhas quoted8 days ago“People are discord,” Syl said.
“What does that mean?”
“You all act differently and think differently. Nothing else is like that—animals act alike, and all spren are, in a sense, virtually the same individual. There’s harmony in that. But not in you—it seems that no two of you can agree on anything. All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that’s why you so often want to kill each other.” - fanhas quoted8 days ago“Authority doesn’t come from a rank,” Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket.
“Where does it come from?”
“From the men who give it to you. That’s the only way to get it.”
