Are you reading them in the order he wrote them, or did you start with the prequels?I'm still reading the Silo trilogy written by Hugh Howey. So far, I'm enjoying it a lot. The author thought hard about many details to make it believable and interesting, and the main characters are relatively well developed.
In the order. I bought The Wool Trilogy, which has a misleading name since it includes Wool, Shift, and Dust - in that order.Are you reading them in the order he wrote them, or did you start with the prequels?
Marie Brennan runs a patreon access blog that just focuses on world-building she has over 3 years into topics and it is awesome.Speaking of world building (WB) I picked up The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin because I read somewhere she is great at WB. I agree; the world building was excellent. I’ve taken an interest in WB because it is fun for me to understand systems that make great RPGs. I feel more immersed in a book when the WB is great.
I enjoyed the “science fantasy” bent as well. I haven’t read a lot of books like that.
I’ve already begun the sequel. So far the sequel is a bit slow at the beginning but I’m still keeping with it.
I couldn't handle his prose. I made it ~200 pages through the book. There were some ideas and characters that I liked, but so much of it was bland and amateurishly written.Just finished The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
I liked it and will continue with the series, but there is no way this needed to be a 1000 pages book. And that's in large format - I understand it's 1300 pages in standard pb format.
Some cool ideas and systems, as per Sanderson's usual method of world building, but his lax, almost YA-like, "decaffeinated" writing style, is a detriment. Still, I found myself caring about what happened, and I guess that's what matters.