421 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2016
David and the Reckoners must face the most powerful High Epic of all to find redemption for his closest friend, Prof.
Fun series and I enjoyed them all. I thought this was yet another great book, though I think the final "battle" was a little to quick and "easy". In true Sanderson fashion there are a few twists at the end, easier then his other books as this is YA but fun! Fun world and a fun series. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a lighter easy read, or YA!
трохи надто тягуче майже до фіналу, котрий трішки компенсує... загалом, тема супергероїв швидко набридає. не пригадаю, чи має серія продовження — але мені досить, мабуть :-)
This is a great conclusion to the Reckoners series of books by Brandon Sanderson. I thoroughly enjoyed it and read it in a flash. The setting is cool as always. It makes me wonder, which city of the three books would I prefer: Newcago, Babilar, or Ildithia? The plot races on with lots of action going on in every chapter. The only drawback is that I wasn't impressed too much with the characters for this particular book, though it may be that we already know most of them from prior books.
For my full review, check out my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2016/03/book-review-calamity-by-brandon.html
No voy a entrar mucho en explicaciones. El libro me ha encantado, tiene un ritmo sin pausa pero que no llega a cansar, y deja un cierre espectacular con sus giros inesperados para dar sustancia.
Sólo he echado en falta una cosa, una escena tras los créditos.
You want to fight a god? You'd better have one on your side too.
Two books of set up and now the final match was ready to go down. The Reckoners series has been enjoyable but not my favorite Sanderson series, but it still entertained and held my attention.
This book flew by but I don't know where the time went. Outside of the Nighthawk charge in the beginning, the battle at Sharp Tower and the Calamity climax I wasn't sure where the rest of the story went but it came and went.
In a classic Sanderson twist there were a few surprises pulled out in the end. I was watching my progress and when there was 20% of the book remaining and there was so much left to do I felt like The Deathly Hallows all over again, our heroes were failing at finding Horcuxes, pages were flying by …
You want to fight a god? You'd better have one on your side too.
Two books of set up and now the final match was ready to go down. The Reckoners series has been enjoyable but not my favorite Sanderson series, but it still entertained and held my attention.
This book flew by but I don't know where the time went. Outside of the Nighthawk charge in the beginning, the battle at Sharp Tower and the Calamity climax I wasn't sure where the rest of the story went but it came and went.
In a classic Sanderson twist there were a few surprises pulled out in the end. I was watching my progress and when there was 20% of the book remaining and there was so much left to do I felt like The Deathly Hallows all over again, our heroes were failing at finding Horcuxes, pages were flying by and no progress was being made.
The book had some classic David phrases, some back story on the characters and a look in to how Epic derived technology is created. I really liked the use of Megan's multi-verse and as abrupt as the ending was I was satisfied with it.
How is this the end?! There's still so much potential here! So many loose ends! Granted none of them are vital to the story of the Reckoners themselves, but I want more, dammit! I'm not ready to say goodbye!
I'm conflicted..
I don't like to be conflicted..
..Conflicted (animated)..
Then again I think I'm always going to be conflicted when it comes to YA books. I'm not a YA. I can't even remember being a YA. I know I was there. I know I read the [b:Pawn of Prophecy|44659|Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)|David Eddings|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391346857s/44659.jpg|2558293] (Belgariad) series and thought it spoke to me.. but that was a long time ago..
Ok I'm digressing which is crappy for you. Was this a good book? Sure. Was it a great book? Nah. I love Sanderson, I love the [b:Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set|6604209|Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set (Mistborn, #1-3)|Brandon Sanderson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1257442247s/6604209.jpg|6798109] / series and most everything he has done but this book had me, lost me, had me again, almost lost me, had me again.
Part of me wonders if it was a rush to finish the tale. What if this had been a …
I'm conflicted..
I don't like to be conflicted..
..Conflicted (animated)..
Then again I think I'm always going to be conflicted when it comes to YA books. I'm not a YA. I can't even remember being a YA. I know I was there. I know I read the [b:Pawn of Prophecy|44659|Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)|David Eddings|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391346857s/44659.jpg|2558293] (Belgariad) series and thought it spoke to me.. but that was a long time ago..
Ok I'm digressing which is crappy for you. Was this a good book? Sure. Was it a great book? Nah. I love Sanderson, I love the [b:Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set|6604209|Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set (Mistborn, #1-3)|Brandon Sanderson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1257442247s/6604209.jpg|6798109] / series and most everything he has done but this book had me, lost me, had me again, almost lost me, had me again.
Part of me wonders if it was a rush to finish the tale. What if this had been a prequel to the finale? You've got a small amount of time doing recover cleanup from the last devastating book. You've got a weird amalgamation of working in a new landscape, then a rush to Epic showdowns then to a climax, which quickly thrusts you into an epilogue. Sewn in between all of this is this meta love story, sometimes forced metaphors, all wrapped up into a rollercoaster ride which you can distinctly hear the click-click-click-click of the ride ratcheting up the tower.
So I'm not sure.
Did I enjoy it? Yea. It was a fun diversion, and enjoyable landscape, an interesting read, and always interesting power structure / moral compass flipping / land of Epic-oddities, but somewhere I felt a bit rushed through the museum.
If you've read this far, you owe it to read onwards--you will have a good time, but like a bagel with cream cheese, you'll ponder if you should have added some protein to it because damn you're still hungry. :D
An OK ending to an OK series.
It was OK. And that is bad. I mean, this is Brandon Sanderson we are talking about. "OK" is not good enough.
There were many excellent points in the book. Good action, fantastic worldbuilding.... but the story... didn't finish. Didn't wrap up nor give actual closure. We never got to know Calamity, not really. We don't know why nor how.
The writing was very good, but the storytelling, the plot, was below par. Very unfortunate.
Sorry Mr. Sanderson, maybe you should slow down your writing pace and focus a bit more on your previous quality, instead of quantity. I hear you curse John Scalzi in your Writing Excuses podcasts, but he has one big flaw: bland repetitiveness. And now you are starting to copy that.
Go back to quality, please.
