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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Warbreaker: Free Ebook
« on: February 08, 2008, 10:10:10 PM »
Um, hi random people. *waves*. Sorry, I'm a little out of place here. Um, I love your work Brandon. I was introduced to it by Kris McLain and Sam Hegstrom Oakey. I say their names because I'm pretty sure that you met them at the dinner that you had at the Wong's house with Sam's little brother Jesse? Anyway, I'm a sister in law, but that's not important. Elantris was amazing and I loved Mistborn.
To the point though, I'm reading Warbreaker (4.2) and I have a small critique, which I hope hasn't been said before, but I don't really have time to read 40 + pages of message boarding. On page 37 you say, "I’ll send them back when I arrive, she thought. Then she immediately felt her hair grow white. Sending the men back would leave her alone in a city filled with Lifeless, Awakeners, and pagans. "
While I'm sure that here you mean the term "pagan" to mean someone who doesn't follow Siri's religion (or perhaps any religion), the terms aren't exactly synonomous. Unless you really are talking about the actual pagan religion. I know the word pagan is often used to talk about people who are...godless? But the term just seemed out of place. I am not trying to be politically correct or anything, it just didn't seem to fit the warbreaker world to use the term pagan, when that actually refurs to a religion back here on earth.
Anyway, I'm going to fade back into obscurity now. I'm really enjoying the book. Thanks for writing!
-Aeri
To the point though, I'm reading Warbreaker (4.2) and I have a small critique, which I hope hasn't been said before, but I don't really have time to read 40 + pages of message boarding. On page 37 you say, "I’ll send them back when I arrive, she thought. Then she immediately felt her hair grow white. Sending the men back would leave her alone in a city filled with Lifeless, Awakeners, and pagans. "
While I'm sure that here you mean the term "pagan" to mean someone who doesn't follow Siri's religion (or perhaps any religion), the terms aren't exactly synonomous. Unless you really are talking about the actual pagan religion. I know the word pagan is often used to talk about people who are...godless? But the term just seemed out of place. I am not trying to be politically correct or anything, it just didn't seem to fit the warbreaker world to use the term pagan, when that actually refurs to a religion back here on earth.
Anyway, I'm going to fade back into obscurity now. I'm really enjoying the book. Thanks for writing!
-Aeri