The Way of Kings [Apr 10, 2018]

[C.P.]

Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books. Bite size chunks.... Scary shit! Haha."

It's worth it! At least, I think so. :) It only took me seven days to read it the first time. I hope you like it just as much!

[Sarah]

Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books. Bite size chunks.... Scary shit! Haha."

C.P. wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books. Bite size chunks.... Scary shit! Haha."
It's worth it! At least, I think so. :) It only took me seven days to read it the fi..."


I think the size is part of what has deterred me from reading this sooner. Big books are fine, but harder to tackle when also reading one or more other books. *shrugs* Buddy reads help though :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Sarah wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books. Bite size chunks.... Scary shit! Haha."

C.P. wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books...."

It's easier to taken them one part at a time instead of thinking of the book as a whole. Each book is 5 parts, so you can take mini breaks between parts to digest the information.

[Siobhan]

That's my dears :) I have scheduled myself plenty time to read it and I thought a buddy read would be good because if I flag you all can motivate me! :D

[Siobhan]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books. Bite size chunks.... Scary shit! Haha."

C.P. wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 6..."

That's good advice! :) thanks hun.

[C.P.]

Sarah wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books. Bite size chunks.... Scary shit! Haha."

C.P. wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Also, my English copy is split into two 600 page books...."

I used to never read more than one book at a time. That changed around the first time I read this, actually.

[C.P.]

I gen insanely excited when I see the book getting smaller on the right and bigger on the left while I read. Which is one reason that I love reading huge books in physical form. I don't like doing them audio or kindle. If it's huge, I want either a paperback or hardback. Preferably a hardback.

[Siobhan]

C.P. wrote: "I gen insanely excited when I see the book getting smaller on the right and bigger on the left while I read. Which is one reason that I love reading huge books in physical form. I don't like doing ..."

I totally agree with that. It's soul destroying reading a book this size of my kindle. Read for 2 hours - 2% in... Haha.

[Anni]

I'm going to start a little late, I like to finish Dragonbone Chair first :) But I have the book and the audiobook, so I hope I won't fall behind horribly...

[C.P.]

Siobhan wrote: "C.P. wrote: "I gen insanely excited when I see the book getting smaller on the right and bigger on the left while I read. Which is one reason that I love reading huge books in physical form. I don'..."

I know! I hate that.

[Siobhan]

Anni wrote: "I'm going to start a little late, I like to finish Dragonbone Chair first :) But I have the book and the audiobook, so I hope I won't fall behind horribly..."

At least you finished Hero of Ages for your own safety 😂 🤯🤯

[Yanique, Thread Master]

This will be my first Sanderson... I hope I like it.

[Sedat]

I just finished part 2, and I don’t know what it is (I can’t explain it) but I can’t stop reading the book whenever I can! Which is not going accordingly actualy, yesterday and today I couldn’t find time from work etc. I was thinking of finishing this book in 5 days max but I think its gonna take more (already 3 days)

I want to talk about the part I’ve finished but on mobile now and its not easy using spoilers (and very risky), I will soon tho :)

Hope you all are enjoying / gonna enjoy like I do! I hope people can find time and start it already too :)

[Siobhan]

I hope you do, Yanique! :)

Glad you're enjoying it, Sedat. I'm excited to start!

[C.P.]

Sedat wrote: "I just finished part 2, and I don’t know what it is (I can’t explain it) but I can’t stop reading the book whenever I can! Which is not going accordingly actualy, yesterday and today I couldn’t fin..."

I'm so glad you're enjoying this! I'm going to try and check out some of all your thoughts while you're reading.

[Siobhan]

Just read the prologue - (view spoiler)[Well that was a good strong start to me! Action packed, and learnt a lot about Lashing and Stormlight. (Incidentally, is there a difference between stormlight and storm-light? Because both spellings are used so far! Not just across a line boundary either. Wonder if it's because it went across a line in the original edition, and they've reprinted it without editing? Hmmm.)

(hide spoiler)]

[Diana Stormblessed]

Sedat wrote: "I just finished part 2, and I don’t know what it is (I can’t explain it) but I can’t stop reading the book whenever I can! Which is not going accordingly actualy, yesterday and today I couldn’t fin..."

This makes me so happy :-D

[Ahdam]

You know something when I first heard how big this book was I said to myself I would train myself by reading other fantasy books which I did and when I decided to read this I realised it wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be I was expecting excruciating details everywhere but what I got was a fascinating world with some next level ecosystem which I loved soooo dont be worried it isn't as daunting as you think long but not daunting

Something tells me that did absolutely nothing

[Siobhan]

Ahdam wrote: "You know something when I first heard how big this book was I said to myself I would train myself by reading other fantasy books which I did and when I decided to read this I realised it wasn't as ..."

I believe you Ahdam! I've read quite a few Sanderson books now so I know he doesn't write stuff for the sake of it, or in excruciating detail like you say. It flows well. I can't wait to get further.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Siobhan wrote: "Just read the prologue..."

Stormlight vs storm-light: sounds like an edition editing issue... but I listen to audio where there would be no way to tell, anyway... (view spoiler)[only reason I could see to differentiate, would be literal stormlight during a storm, and the stormlight stored in the gems (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Ahdam wrote: "You know something when I first heard how big this book was I said to myself I would train myself by reading other fantasy books which I did and when I decided to read this I realised it wasn't as ..."

My worries about Stormlight Archive stemmed from the only other 1k books I've ever read being Wheel of Time... and those books DO wax poetic about the winds traveling across the landscape for the entire first chapter :D

[Lena]

There’s quite a bit of filler in the GoT books I read. Long poems/songs etc.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I would assume GoT suffers because some storylines are longer than others, and for example, Daenerys needs things to do until the end of the series approaches and she can come claim her kingdom...

Stormlight Archive seems to solve some of that by breaking the book into parts, and not having all the POVs in every part...

In this book, Kaladin's storyline spans much more time than the rest... as a result, according to Peter over on the blog, Dalinar's POV in chapter 12 overlaps with Kaladin's POV in chapter 40 (view spoiler)[The Chasmfiend hunt takes place while Kaladin is recovering from being hung out to die in the Storm (hide spoiler)]

[Zaara]

Siobhan wrote: "Zaara, you want to start tonight? I am still in the middle of Temeraire but can try and read the first chapter tonight. :) "

Sorry Siobhan just saw this and spent yest reading KoT and 2 chapters of Osheim. Sure, now that Sarah is here too I'll start the prologue and first chapter.
Apos for late reply...
Just got bk home = bk to work, stuff to do...fridge to stock...yada yada...

[Beste]

Just started. Pretty confused on who is who and what is happening.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Don't worry... it'll settle down in a couple chapters... most of use were lost at first on our first read...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

I like it so far! It's pretty straight forward and I'm enjoying the character building so far.

[Ahdam]

To be honest I think after reading the dragonbone chair which was close to 1000 I thought I was ready for this so Anni if your still listening if your able to read dragonbone chair then you should be able to read this. 😊😊😊

[C.P.]

Yay! Glad you're enjoying it, Yanique.

[C.P.]

Iain wrote: "Ahdam wrote: "You know something when I first heard how big this book was I said to myself I would train myself by reading other fantasy books which I did and when I decided to read this I realised..."

And then at random points through the rest of the book. Man, I enjoyed WoT, but I'm not sure I don't think I will read them again. And knowing what I thought going through them, I'm not sure that I would do it again if I could go back.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

C.P. wrote: "Iain wrote: "Ahdam wrote: "You know something when I first heard how big this book was I said to myself I would train myself by reading other fantasy books which I did and when I decided to read th..."

It's definitely a series that benefited from me not knowing better... such a slog at times...

[C.P.]

It definitely was.

[dianis.]

I'm at chapter 15, a little after part 1. And I'm so enjoying this. Kaladin is still my favorite, but all of them have been enjoyable so far.
I just love Sanderson's imagination!

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Getting lots of backstory from Kaladin and loving it! I'm sooo curious about Szeth.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Each book gives the backstory of a different character... first 3 books are Kaladin/Shallan/Dalinar... probably a bit early to reveal 4th/5th or 6th-10th

[Lena]

Szeth and the court jester are the most interesting characters.
Dammit tomorrow I’m picking the book up again and finishing... within three days. 😊

[Yanique, Thread Master]

This is proving to be a great intro to Sanderson, I'm glad I picked it.

[Beste]

I'm at wow here! Not because some big event happened. (I'm reading toooooo slow to see any (besides the one in prologue)!) But I really wonder how these ppl will get together. Story is just very untidy to read slow I guess. I will try to focus more over the weekend.

[Siobhan]

I'm the same Beste. I'm definitely going to try and focus more on this over the weekend.

[Yanique, Thread Master]

About half way through and still enjoying everything about it!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Beste wrote: "I'm at wow here! Not because some big event happened. (I'm reading toooooo slow to see any (besides the one in prologue)!) But I really wonder how these ppl will get together. Story is just very un..."

Sanderson writes long chapters for each POV... so reading slow might mean you don't see certain POVs for days...

[Siobhan]

I've just read chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ and that was the first chapter meeting Shallan. She seems cool so far, independent and smart mouthed.

I'm interested to find out what happened inbetween the disparity of chapter 1 and 2! Kaladin's life couldn't be much different from the first chapter to the next. The slave wagons sound awful.

Oh one more thing, I love the drawings of the skyeels right before chapter 3, so pretty! (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Siobhan wrote: "I've just read chapter 3 [spoilers] ..."

Shallan was my fave my first time reading... and regarding Kaladin: (view spoiler)[he's the focus of the flashbacks in this book, so you'll get a ton of info over time, including his POV of chapter 1 (hide spoiler)]

Sanderson teams up with 4-5 artists for each book, creating the drawings and maps included throughout the book... if you're listening on audio, you can find the art on his website:

https://brandonsanderson.com/books/th...

[Siobhan]

Ah that's cool, thanks Iain! :)

I'm up to chapter 7 now (view spoiler)[and I'm already getting a bit of insight on what happened to Kaladin. The guy whose army he was in sold him, just not sure why yet. They've said he was a deserter, but that's not quite true? I'm sure I'll find out in the flashbacks. :) (hide spoiler)]

[Lena]

Chipped away to page 835. Mostly it was Adolin and Dalinar, then it went back to Kaladin and, as always, there was only so much I could take.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Lena wrote: "Chipped away to page 835. Mostly it was Adolin and Dalinar, then it went back to Kaladin and, as always, there was only so much I could take."

You're so close to the end sequence, I think... around chapter 67-70

[Siobhan]

You're doing great, Lena! I feel so slow. I knew this book would take me weeks! 😅

[Brian]

I feel slow too!! Loving the book tho

[Siobhan]

Brian wrote: "I feel slow too!! Loving the book tho"

Where you up to, Brian? :)

[Brian]

Page 220. Meeting Adolin and family on the Shattered Plains.