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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of Kings Discussion (prelude, prologue & chapters 1-3) :SPOILERS:
« on: July 02, 2010, 05:24:37 PM »One of the things I really want to see is the first storm. So far we have only seen hints of its affects on the enviroment and locations of citys.
I can't wait to see this as well. It's going to be epic as far as the description of the land coping with the storm. It would be like a shock wave of plants sucking into their shells as the storm runs through the area.
This is most likely a personal thing. In most books I read the point of view starts with a main character or characters and then the point of view switches as the characters seperate and new characters are added. From the beginning you have more of an idea on how the stories relate together. Right now it feals like I am reading three books at one time, a few pages from each, then on to the next in hope that in the end they tie together.
I felt the same regarding the chapters being a little too short, but I didn't think it detracted from the whole YET. I think he made the stories so distant for the sake of the story as a whole. This is his epic, his masterpiece and the fact that the story lines are so singular makes it really feel like these people are seperate, their own book merely combined in one. Which is really what our lives are, our own stories which when we connect with another person, becomes a single story.