mid-book review: The Gathering Storm

onefinemess | October 28, 2009

by: Robert Jordon & Brandon Sanderson
What?? A “mid-book” review?  What does that even mean?
It means that I’m midway through the book and felt like making some brief comments.  Because I can.
So let’s just get this out of the way first:
It’s good.
Quite good.
Only once or twice have I stopped to wonder if a passage was Jordan’s [...]

Book Reviews: Warbreaker and Elantris

onefinemess | July 5, 2009

Warbreaker
by: Brandon Sanderson
His latest, although evidently it was written a while ago, or something.  He also released early drafts of it on the web for free.  I probably should have checked them out, to see more about how his process went but I hate reading books on computer.
So. Yeah this was good, it took me [...]

Oh Orson. Sigh.

onefinemess | April 23, 2009

I hate knowing about author’s personal lives because it makes me harder to enjoy their books knowing they were written by a douche.
Good thing I wasn’t particularly motivated to read any of his new books anyway – although I did see Ender in Exile on the shelf recently and at least made a mental note [...]

Book review: The Hero of Ages

onefinemess | April 17, 2009

by: Brandon Sanderson
Oh my god – an epic fantasy series that actually finished not only in a timely manner, but within the bounds of my lifetime!  But let’s not congratulate the author only for that small feat – he also deserves praise for writing an awesome book & series.  The quality of writing in this [...]

Book Review: The Well of Ascension

onefinemess | July 25, 2008

by: Brandon Sanderson
Interestingly, I couldn’t find an image of the cover I have (the paperback), this one is from the hardcover.
This is probably the best new fantasy book I’ve read in a while.  Not that that says much, because I don’t read much new fantasy.  It’s at least as good as George R.R. Martin’s stuff, [...]