Reviews and Comments

You really have to trust the author to get this far. The first fifth of this book comes across as rambling and incoherent but I’m hopeful it comes together after this.

I recently started watching Mr. Robot for the first time and it was brought to my attention that it keeps its inspiration from Fight Club on its sleeve. I figured I should backtrack and read the source

I first heard this story on the Search Engine podcast and had to read the book for myself. Joseph Cox chronicles in "Dark Wire" the story of how the FBI secretly ran a phone company for criminals, resulting in a record number of arrests of drug criminals and organized crime. I've recently fallen down a rabbit hole with personal cyber security and privacy, so it was fascinating to hear how something as trustworthy as an encrypted phone could be used to spy on criminals. It makes you think!

I loved Name of the Wind and Wise Man’s Fear with all my heart and consider them some of my favorite fantasy novels, but this just isn’t Rothfuss’ best work. His prose is still clear and artful but Auri’s narration is hard to follow. I’ll probably give this another shot someday when I’m in the right frame of mind for it.

I was very surprised by this miniseries. I knew I was going to love Tangle and Whisper in it because they're the best characters in IDW Sonic, but I didn't expect to feel genuine sadness for Whisper's backstory or fear for their lives in this fight. I'm definitely used to the child-friendly version of Sonic we're getting more the past decade and didn't expect to see a shape-shifter with a knife literally trying to murder our main characters.

I'm guessing Princess Irulan and Chani's plotlines are going to need to be completely rewritten for the next movie. A conflict over who gets to bear an heir to Paul isn't a riveting feminist plotline for modern viewers, I have to say.

Kaladin mentions being 19-years-old in the early chapters and it really tickles me that Henry Cavill (41) actually asked Brandon Sanderson if he was too old to play Kaladin in a movie version.

This is my second time reading Way of Kings. Hopefully I’ll be able to re-read the entire series before Wind and Truth comes out, this year.

I've read Hero of Ages at least four times and every time is a thrill. I was already on board with the previous two Mistborn novels, but this was the one that solidified my love for Brandon Sanderson's work. No spoilers but the ending of this book is anime as hell and I am hooked on it. This isn't a grounded fantasy epic, it is a shonen anime as the written word.