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Stormlight Archives (2): Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
published: 2014, read: 3/26/23
1080 pages, genre: Fantasy
rating: 6.5/10, normalized: 6.111/10
-0.685σ worse than average
-0.736σ or -0.771/10 worse than average in Fantasy genre
-0.414σ or -0.401/10 worse than average by Brandon Sanderson
-0.722σ or -0.816/10 worse than average recommended by Charlie J.
Recommended by: Charlie J.
Book 2 just is not nearly as good as book 1. It’s less gritty, the dialogue is cornier, it’s far too long for such little payoff. None of the characters that are “supposed” to die do die, by the end of this book, everyone who is alive has plot armor, the only character who does die doesn’t get the development they deserve especially after the setup of book 1 which is PAINFUL considering how long this book is and the ample room to play with Saddeus there was. idk why this book needed to have a happy sappy ending? that sucked imo - Dalinar wasn’t guilty and Shallan’s father wasn’t a monster, actually + the power of friendship is sufficient to summon shardblades/honor blades? unimpressed… Nevertheless, the plot has advanced enough that I’m priced in for the rest of the series, so we’ll see if it turns around…
(edit: he was not priced in for the rest of the series)
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