Post by Jᴀy V. Aꜱᴛᴇʀ 💀🐍 on Jul 6, 2014 23:25:46 GMT
This is the 'what are you listening to?' of books. Tell us what you're currently reading (or what you've just finished reading), what it's about, and what you though of it/whether you recommend it.
I just finished 'Elantris' by Brandon Sanderson. It's suspenseful epic fantasy political adventure with magical zombies. It was compelling because the story pace never let up, and the characters were by no means typecast, and the world felt grounded. However, I did feel like the character development was a bit weak in some places -- no Mary Sues or anything. They all had to work for whatever powers they got, and they all had their share of honest bad sh!t happening to them, but I feel it could have done better with fewer and better developed minor characters; also, the MMC was a little too heroic, and the FMC (who was an intelligent, clever woman), was also supposedly tall and awkward, yet also conveniently blonde and beautiful...and spent the whole book moaning about how rejected she felt because her entire sense of self worth was based on the fact that she didn't have a man. That was her only flaw. Gimme a break -- everyone feels insecure. Aside from mere insecurities and terrible things happening, people need to have real flaws...even when they're happy. (Also, she sorta turned into a bit of a damsel in distress after the too-heroic hero entered the picture, which really annoyed me...she spent the first half of the book trying to establish a foothold of power in a world where women weren't taken seriously, only to turn into a soppy doormat once MMC entered her picture.)
That said, it wasn't a bad book, and given that it was his first book, some flaws were to be expected. Having read some of his later stuff, his writing does improve.
I just finished 'Elantris' by Brandon Sanderson. It's suspenseful epic fantasy political adventure with magical zombies. It was compelling because the story pace never let up, and the characters were by no means typecast, and the world felt grounded. However, I did feel like the character development was a bit weak in some places -- no Mary Sues or anything. They all had to work for whatever powers they got, and they all had their share of honest bad sh!t happening to them, but I feel it could have done better with fewer and better developed minor characters; also, the MMC was a little too heroic, and the FMC (who was an intelligent, clever woman), was also supposedly tall and awkward, yet also conveniently blonde and beautiful...and spent the whole book moaning about how rejected she felt because her entire sense of self worth was based on the fact that she didn't have a man. That was her only flaw. Gimme a break -- everyone feels insecure. Aside from mere insecurities and terrible things happening, people need to have real flaws...even when they're happy. (Also, she sorta turned into a bit of a damsel in distress after the too-heroic hero entered the picture, which really annoyed me...she spent the first half of the book trying to establish a foothold of power in a world where women weren't taken seriously, only to turn into a soppy doormat once MMC entered her picture.)
That said, it wasn't a bad book, and given that it was his first book, some flaws were to be expected. Having read some of his later stuff, his writing does improve.