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Leahh, I am catching up on the comments and just wanted to say that I also love getting lost in a chunky high fantasy book, and the more the better!!! There is something magical about that... I am surprised you haven't joined us for the Stormlight Archives buddy read...
Leahhh wrote: "Haha Choko glad you’re still joining us in this read.[spoilers removed]And yes, the cosmere is so high on my reading list but I have it in my head that I want to start with mistborn and I didn’t ..."
The USA hardcovers are really nice. They feel like special editions. They are the kind that stays open on any page so they are easy to read. They have art on the inside of the hardback which supposedly the classic paperback has too but I heard that the UK versions don't have, even the hardcover. Idk about the German version. Maybe you can compare book one in some bookshop and check if it has all the art.
Leahhh wrote: "Yes they look really nice! But US books tent to have thin and yellow brownish paper. Though beware of chicken had the best paper ever ❤️ I will conduct more research… 😂 but I’m still completing my ..."Well idk quality of the paper. It's thin because of the size of the book but doesn't look or feel cheap. The thinner bendable pages are also what allows for it to stay open on any page.
In comparison. I have a hardcover version of Fire & Blood that has nice thick pages but they show lot of foxing spots already. The Way of Kings show only few subtle signs. I do have high humidity apartment so likely neither would have signs yet under normal conditions but it tells something about the quality of the paper.
I do plan to re-read sometimes next year so maybe we can set up a BR when you ready for it. I might even go and re-read Mistborn again.
Yeah that's the one. Ofc, there are also actual special editions but those are bit out of my budget. Tbh I might even prefer the normal with that beautiful cover art.
The Tor editions are great! Go with them:)I understand, I didn't want to read Mistborn until I read Elantris and Warbraker first, so I get it...
Now, I am up to Ch. 36... "You will trust someone who doesn't have eyebrows???!!!" Hahaha!!!
I am enjoying it. It's light and that is perfect in between all the darker stuff I have been reading. You wouldn't think so, but The Warhammer books are actually kind of dark and heavy on the emotional side of things... So this one, having made me laugh out loud several times, is a great pallet cleanser! I also like, as someone mentioned above, the little differences between this world and ours, the fact that religions have real manifesting gods, and who is considered human. It is hilarious that Jason isn't human here. it really reminded me of how I was considered a minority in Europe, being a Roma, and came to the US and became a part of the privileged majority, since I don't really look different than the ordinary white person... Still, since my formative years I had been treated as "other", it sticks with you...
Ch. 88... "Jason, are you evil?"... Hahaha!!! I am definitely enjoying this. It is a bit scattered, but it has some really fun moments. I noticed the "Broes before hoes" thing that apparently bothered some people, but he was actually using it as a what it is - ridiculous statement... None of the humor bothers me. He sounds very Australian to me, having partied with some of them in college:) Good times!:)))
I forgot to mention. The killings of the monsters, they seem so much more brutal when having to chip at them over and over until they are dead!!! No fast and easy kills here! I like his two team friends - Clive and Humphrey, together with his shape shifting dragon familiar. I also get a kick out of how Jason and the blood leach communicate, "shamble to the left for yes!" hahaha!
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Started over, yesterday, to catch up for the book 2 BR...
I only read 3 chapters the first time and was really looking for excuses to cut BRs over the summer...
I actually really like the magic system here with the essences, and haven't really had anything to complain about (other than hoping the MC met some more characters early on, but that sorted itself out, sooner than later)
The whole hairless thing had a real Matrix birthing / Avatar the Last Airbender aesthetic to it, and the being alone and clueless and getting some easy starter quests and meeting people felt very World of Warcraft to me...
About halfway now, and pretty much loving it, so far... I see some people in the reviews complaining about the MCs skepticism / Earth-centric morality and atheism, but I haven't had a problem with how that's playing out, at all... and I see neither did Choko/etc...
Glad you're giving it another chance! I found it a pretty easily digestible read, looking forward to getting back into the world...
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And Clive's fictional wife is a recurring joke throughout the series...
What seemed like a one-off bit, to distract Clive when Jason first met him, and already it took me by surprise, when it was mentioned again and Clive accepted the fake wife as real, and got Jason kicked out of a restaurant or apartment over it, LOL...
Totally don't remember any of that--please keep up the commentary! I need a refresher before I start book 2, probably in an hour...
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Next time they ran into each other, Clive accused Jason of ruining his marriage, Jason said "you're not even married", and Clive said "well, not anymore, thanks to you", and the landlord/proprietor of the apartment/restaurant kicked Jason out in disgust... and Jason was just flabbergasted at the whole thing... it was glorious :D
Oh, that's great, thanks!
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Vaguely remember that...
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According to the wiki, the web serial's volumes are split into 3 audiobooks each, so it feels like the audiobooks are telling stories in trilogies, when they're not quite...
I want to jump into book 2 immediately and find out more about Jason digs himself out of this mess with the Adventuring Guild and the nobility over Sophie's indenture... and I can, because I timed it so well :D
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The wiki is clearly quite out of date, but the bottom shows the chapters to audiobooks for the first 9-10 audiobooks at least...
Audiobook 10-11 are out and material is being written for book 12 right now, as I said before...
Timelord Iain wrote: "I can't believe you guys paused this for 5 months... it basically ends on a cliffhanger... lots of stuff unresolved, anyway...According to the wiki, the web serial's volumes are split into 3 audi..."
I was so happy to get done honestly lol
This BR hit just as people were starting to burn out, I think... a lot of folks were looking for anything to pause...
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I finally started loving it in the last 25-50%… already 25% into book 2 (it’s shorter)
Nirkatze wrote: "This BR hit just as people were starting to burn out, I think... a lot of folks were looking for anything to pause..."I went into it with DCC expectations so that is on me but in my defense it is also on Reddit because many people favorably compared the two series and this is most definitely not DCC.....
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Closest for me so far has been the Yahtzee Croshaw we just read--for the humor... but without the depth. And no Donut.
Nirkatze wrote: "Closest for me so far has been the Yahtzee Croshaw we just read--for the humor... but without the depth. And no Donut."I agree DCC is above the rest by a mile but the Yahtzee series and the Buymort series has a similar tone, missing Donut and Samantha is an insurmountable hill for them though!
I have just started this one.. only a year behind you guys. 2 questions if anyone knows the answers.1. Is this set in a fictional Namibia?
2. Is his familiar a leech?
1. Pretty sure not--the MC gets sucked into an alternate world, though he does come back to Earth at some point, and there's some world traveling. I'm not familiar enough with Namibia to think there is any connection though.2. I don't think so? More like a shadow-person, and son of (view spoiler)
Thank you both! I just got to chapter 39 and it does seem to take place on an alternate version of earth. At the very beginning it said Africa, I believe, but that Jason is from Australia. I was confused on the familiar situation. I knew he took the essence (or whatever it's called) but didn't seem to figure out what it ended up being.
Glad that Iain is on the job!
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