Brandon Sanderson
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in Lincoln, Nebraska, The United States
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January 2010
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The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
164 editions
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2006
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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
104 editions
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2010
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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
27 editions
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2007
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The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
125 editions
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2008
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Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
82 editions
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2014
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Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
8 editions
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2017
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Elantris (Elantris, #1)
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2005
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The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)
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2011
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Warbreaker
91 editions
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2009
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Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
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2013
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“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.
It's really funny.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
It's really funny.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
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True story : I was born in Lincoln too! (My parents lived in student housing, lol) Go Huskers!!!
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Hello and welcome! I hope you find the following reviews helpful, though I do want to make you aware that I approach book reviews differently than many you might find.
I maintain this page for two reasons. First, to have a list of books I have enjoyed to which I can point readers who ask me for book recommendations. Second, to give some examples of different types of writing, and make some notes on them for writing students.
Because of these goals, you will find only favorable reviews on this page. In fact, as I’m only posting on here books that I liked, I will rate everything at an even five-star level. A famous author once said to me early in my career, “Don’t worry. If your book works for me, I’ll talk about it. If it doesn’t, I just won’t say anything.”
That has always stuck with me as being the best way for another writer to approach reviews. The last thing that authors need is to feel that someone prominent in the field is gunning for them. This doesn’t mean I think each of these books is going to be a match for every reader who comes here; I suggest reading the reviews themselves, and focusing less on the star rating.
I also won’t focus much on summaries of the books. I’m not a professional reviewer, and my objective is not to tell you what the book is about. Instead, I’ll talk about what I liked in it, avoiding spoilers for the most part. Every review will have a section talking about what I think the writer does particularly well, and highlight things that I think writing students should study when reading the book, to learn techniques they might apply to their own fiction.
At the end of the review, I’ll give a shorter “overview style” recommendation, explaining the types of readers I think will like the story. Included in this will be a brief content warning, if one applies. For this, assume that I’m not going to mention anything that is below a mild PG-13 level rating. Common swear words, action-adventure style violence, and mild sensuality won’t merit a mention here. Not because of a moral judgment in any direction, but because again, the point of this page is not to be a specific review resource--but instead to suggest books I’ve liked, and to talk about writing.
Finally, I will mention any ties I have to the author, or biases I might have in suggesting the book, just to be clear and on the record about such things.
I hope you find something here you enjoy!
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Keep on being awesome, I'm looking forward to more of the Cosmere!
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I'm sure Mr. Dietz appreciates it, but you should change the link to Steelheart in your "about this author" section on your Goodreads page as it redirects to his book not yours.
I just learned of it as I clicked it to read my old review of Steelheart. Just wanted to give you a heads up. If you wish to thank me though you could put me on your beta reader list for you Stormlight Archive series perhaps. Certainly a good idea as you can see that I'm detail oriented and take the time to help in the form of positive feedback. ;).
Just kidding, but no really, if you want to do that I'm all for it. Lol.
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