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nemo

nemo@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 3 months ago

Programmer/Geek/UX Enthusiast. @recursecenter alum. Takshashila scholar. Doesn't have Aadhaar. He/him.

My goodreads is at www.goodreads.com/user/show/6170741-nemo. Other links at captnemo.in.

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2024 Reading Goal

37% complete! nemo has read 9 of 24 books.

reviewed The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)

Brandon Sanderson: The Final Empire (2006, Tor) 4 stars

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years …

Re-read Review

5 stars

Content warning re-read discussion with full cosmere spoilers.

commented on The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)

Brandon Sanderson: The Final Empire (2006, Tor) 4 stars

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years …

My Cosmere reading order was quite weird: I started from Alloy of Law, then read through Warbreaker/Elantris, and then Mistborn Era 1. By then, Stormlight Archive had picked up pace, and I've been reading up everything from Way of Kings in publication order, as it all came out.

I've since done a reread of Warbreaker, as well as Mistborn Era 2 as the sequels came out. However, Mistborn Era 1 is a very crucial part of the Cosmere, especially as we get towards Stormlight Book 5 (coming this November). There's lots of spoiler-y reasons on why, but I can skip over that.

So, I'm re-reading Mistborn Era 1, hopefully followed by Rhythm of War (only Stormlight Book I've read only once).

Ken Follett: The Evening and the Morning (Paperback, 2021, Penguin Books) 3 stars

I'm a huge fan of Pillars of the Earth, but this was not comparable. This felt much smaller in scope (covering roughly 6-7 years from 997 - 1004 CE), and the lack of written history from the era pinches the book a little.

I read the author calling out Wynstan as their best villians - the most shrewd/cunning/evil, and unfortunately he didn't feel real. While his motivations were dealt with nicely, his portrayal felt like an evil caricature.

And there's far too good things happening to the protagonists for a book of this length. It is still very much a quick fast-paced read, and hard to put down.

I would recommend this to fans of the series - some of my favourite moments while reading this were figuring out the connections to the next book.