re: Stormlight Archives - Spoilers and Discussion thread (and other Cosmere spoilers)

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I’m also not excited about having to wait another 10-15 years for the finale, we’ll see how it goes.

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Yeah I think it’s definitely a mistake to set Stormlight down for so long. I understand he has a lot of other projects and interests and needs a break. I understand a five year gap. But a decade minimum ? shite, that’s a long time to plan ahead. This is his magnum opus and should take precedence over some of those side projects.

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and the final thought that none of it mattered at all,

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This is the exact same thought process that Kaladin struggled with throughout the whole arc. People die, nothing changes, why does anything matter?

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Overall, I think it's a good book, but it cemented to me that Sanderson isn't what I had hyped him up to be. So I created the letdown for myself.

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The world building and plot buildup from the first few books was so incredible that it was almost to have some letdown.

I think of it this way. I just finished Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy which I did enjoy. Highly acclaimed series from a respected author. And yet it felt simple, mundane, and small compared to Stormlight. Stormlight is so incredibly vast, complex, and imaginative, and with so many secrets and mysteries to unravel.

Dark Tower got pretty weird. Wheel of Time had its slog. Rothfuss and the fat man won’t even finish their stories. So I give Sanderson a lot of grace and even a slightly disappointing Stormlight book is still pretty damn good.

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but it was more obvious that Taravangian killed his family and friends but he worked his way out of that one.

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Odium wanted them dead. Taravangian saved them.

Oathbringer was starting to drag for me a bit. Last couple hundred pages, especially Shallan's storyline, were my least favorite of the series so far. Thankfully Wit got mixed in with Shallan's to add some intrigue.

But just passed the assault on the palace/Elhokar's death. That was fun. Sad, but a fun read. I was just thinking prior to that that he is bound to kill off a main character at some point, given the number of pages, relatively few players have been killed off. As soon as Elhokar started saying the words I was like O god something is about to happen.

Not sure who/what this Sja-anat is. She was just introduced, but pretty sure it was a bad idea to open the Oathgate.

Finally confirmed that it was Dalinar responsible for Evi's death. Yeesh, bad situation. Dalinar was not a good guy, have a little different opinion of him now.

I finished WaT last night. I've been avoiding this thread until I was done. Overall, I'd give it a B+. Mainly because besides the Adolin sequence in the Sanderlanche, the ending felt underwhelming.

Though i understand it because it's setting up the last 5 SA books and the other Cosmere novels now that the different planets like Scadriel are caught up in timeline with Roshar. The epilogue shows that WaT happened during era 2 Mistborn. I wonder if it's possible we'll see a scene with Wit and Wayne.

Some thoughts:
-If you can combine lights to make Towerligtht and Warlight, you should be able to separate them right? If so, then Stormlight could be retrieved from those two hybrid lights. This would allow the existing Radiants to function
-I wanted more Lift and Vasher; what power does her Aviar grant her?
-Is Dalinar really gone? I assume so but interesting that his soul/cognitive shadow was claimed by another (Cultivation?) which protected him from Retribution
-Will read the prior posts and comment

Wind and Truth

You're gonna pick up big time in a bit.

I appreciated Oathbringer MUCH more on reread. Same with RoW.

After I finished Wind and Truth, I went back to read most of the Cosmere I skipped. I still have a few others but I’m taking a break from Sanderson for a bit.

Mistborn Era 1 - Allomancy > Stormlight.

Secret History - I think I liked having read Stormlight first because I have a completely new perspective on the Ghostbloods now that I know who leads them.

Mistborn Era 2 - Wayne is the best Cosmere character. His accents in the audiobook made it worth price alone.

Dawnshard - Nice to get more Lopen and some backstory on the events in W&T.

Sunlit Man - Mad Max in space might be my favorite Cosmere book. Another one that I’m glad I read after WaT