An Escape

I love to read, it is something I do to escape the hum drum world I live in. That is to say I love my life I have a job that can pay the bills a wonderful family and a roof over my head I cannot be more thankful for all of this. Sometime someone just needs to get away. Reading does this for me, whether it is running through the streets of London on a chase to get back the latest clankerton device or exploring a world that is made up of all the worlds from books.  From heroic character like Kaladin Stormblessed to The Thorn of Cammor and the Twins of legend.  I love the escape reading gives. Where have you escaped to recently?

The Way of Kings

1001 pages of world building, character developing, madness. This book, by Brandon Sanderson, is his first book in the The Stormlight Archive series. We find this world abandoned by its protectors, and ravaged by massive storms much like overground hurricanes. The book follows four character, the surgeon turned soldier, the assassin, the liar, and the high prince. these characters are struggling to survive in their own way as the world around them is beginning to crumble.

This book was intense, for my taste is was a little long and drawn out in places, but I understand that Sanderson is trying to convey what these people are going through. The despair, the hate, the anger, the uncertainty. The book was broken up into different parts where major things started happening to the characters.

Brandon Sanderson is a genius when it comes to magic systems and fantasy writing. The magic, and the technology in this book is awe inspiring and just blew me away. The characters, especially the soldier, had tons of depth. If I was to give this book a rating (1-10 1 being the worst) i would have to give it an 8.5. I really liked this book, but you need to have the time set aside to read it as it is a chihuahua killer (if you dropped this book on a small dog, the dog would probably die).