Don't entirely disagree, but I'm not sure how much of it is Sanderson and how much circumstances.
The Name With No Man Send a noteboard - 04/11/2009 06:35:49 AM
KoD was choppy in several places also but there's much ground left to cover and not much time to do it. The main place I agree with you is previous books moved around a lot, but usually stuck with whatever character group they were on for two or three chapters before moving. Sanderson seems unable to have consecutive chapters on the same group of people.
It's a fine line to walk when you separate characters. Too much time with one group the others are neglected, but move around too much and readers get disoriented. Ideally you spend enough time on a group to advance their storyline then maintain suspense by returning to another, but veering too far either way is an easy mistake to make.
I'm not done yet, but IMHO it's the best book since #7. Perhaps the best since #6.
It's a fine line to walk when you separate characters. Too much time with one group the others are neglected, but move around too much and readers get disoriented. Ideally you spend enough time on a group to advance their storyline then maintain suspense by returning to another, but veering too far either way is an easy mistake to make.
I'm not done yet, but IMHO it's the best book since #7. Perhaps the best since #6.
General complaints about tGS
- 04/11/2009 05:24:01 AM
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Don't entirely disagree, but I'm not sure how much of it is Sanderson and how much circumstances.
- 04/11/2009 06:35:49 AM
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Agree in part of the POV's and also Avi.
- 04/11/2009 08:35:40 AM
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I didn't expect it this soon
- 04/11/2009 09:34:14 AM
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I did have a problem with the POV shifts toward the end, so I just read out of order.
- 05/11/2009 04:15:45 PM
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