Revisiting a childhood favorite, I'm surprised just how well the experience holds up. Yes, there are flaws I'd not noticed then and it's not as awe inspiring as memory shelved it but the characters and the world building are just as solid and enthralling as I recall. The action and pacing still a page turner. The twists and developments still as powerful despite foreknowledge. The snapping ambition of the series and Cosmere and all Brandon Sanderson follows this book with can almost be sensed in all that's laid out here but even in a vacuum, what a phenomenal book. A phenomenal start.
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acidman rated Providence of fire: 5 stars
Brian Staveley: Providence of fire (2015, Tor)
Providence of fire by Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne -- book II)
The world of the Annurian Empire is an ambitiously drawn one. Adare, Valyn, and Kaden, the three children of the …
acidman rated Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1): 5 stars
acidman rated The Crimson Campaign: 4 stars
The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan (Powder Mage, #2)
acidman rated The emperor's blades: 5 stars
The emperor's blades by Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne -- Book 1)
The children of an assassinated emperor try to stay alive and avenge their father's death while continuing down their individual …
acidman rated The thousand names: 3 stars
Django Wexler: The thousand names (2013)
The thousand names by Django Wexler (Shadow campaigns -- book one)
Winter Ihernglass poses as a man to enlist in the Vordanai Colonials and must form an allegiance with a new …
acidman rated Promise of Blood: 3 stars
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it.
It's a bloody business overthrowing a …
acidman rated Emperor of Thorns: 5 stars
Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (Broken empire, #3)
Desiring to be emperor of the Broken Empire, young King Jorg Ancrath of the seven nations must face an adversary …
acidman rated King of Thorns: 5 stars
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (Broken empire, #2)
acidman rated The blinding knife: 5 stars
The blinding knife by Brent Weeks (Lightbringer series -- bk. 2)
The Blinding Knife is a 2012 epic fantasy novel by New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks and the second …
acidman rated The Name of the Wind: 4 stars
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
"The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan …
acidman rated Call of the Wild by Jack London Annotated Latest Version: 5 stars
Jack London: Call of the Wild by Jack London Annotated Latest Version (2020, Independently Published)
Call of the Wild by Jack London Annotated Latest Version by Jack London
As Buck, a mixed breed dog, is taken away from his home, instead of facing a feast for breakfast and …
acidman rated The Old Man and the Sea: 3 stars
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner classics)
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and …
acidman rated 1984 by George Orwell: 4 stars
1984 by George Orwell by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
acidman reviewed The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years …