If you liked WoT, you'll like this. There are no universally liked books I'm.
If you are getting up there in age (I am) you might want to give Mr. Rothfuss a miss. "The Name of the Wind" the first book in "The Kingkiller Chronicle" series was published in 2007, the second book was published in 2011 and he's still working on the third book. People a little on the older side could easily be dead and gone if he decides to make the series an extended one.
If you are getting into Stormlight, I'll recommend reading the Mistborn Trilogy before starting Stormlight as it's part of a connected universe and the events of mistborn precede those of Stormlight.
Dune is easily better than anything in the first Malzan books, but after the second book, Dune becomes downright awful, while Malazan is just incomprehensible. As the old saying said, pick your poison
Writing is a bit awkward, but the story is so good, and compensates for it. I think that the original Mistborn trilogy is a must read for any fantasy book fan.On Mistborn, I read negative feedback on the writing
If prose is important to you then I’d perhaps put Mistborn on the back burner. Though the plot is decent at times it reads a bit like fan fiction.On Mistborn, I read negative feedback on the writing
Mistborn is the first trilogy, Stormlight is a follow up series. All of Sandersons books are part of an overarching storyline, so if you are to read them it would be best to do it chronologically. For what it’s worth Sandersons writing ability has improved since Mistborn.
Correct, though I would recommend Kingkiller before Mistborn, even though it isn’t finished either.
Farseer is actually just the first trilogy in 'Realm of the Elderlings' which contains another three trilogies and a 'quantology'. I think that the entire 16 books are worth a read (bar perhaps the fourth saga), but you can stop at the end of Farseer considering that it has a good and complete ending. For what is worth, I think that the second trilogy is easily the best one in the saga, with the first, third and firth being very good too.
Surely this must be a mistake? I haven't read Kingkiller, but I find the thought of Pat Rothfuss writing in Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere hard to believe.
I'm hoping this is a trilogy contained within itself and doesn't depend on MistbornSo, I ended up taking the Stormlight Archive instead of Farseer/Mistborn as the first books in both those series were out in the local library
So, I ended up taking the Stormlight Archive instead of Farseer/Mistborn as the first books in both those series were out in the local library
@fishfingers15,
I think it's just a question of should I start the Brian Sanderson universe or something different like Farseer.I wouldn't worry about which one you start with for Sanderson. While he has his Cosmere stuff, really each of the different series are entirely self contained in terms of stories. It's only in the Stormlight one where he starts to actually put the Cosmere stuff into writing, and even then I wouldn't worry as it is still only just touching upon the idea at this stage. For all the other series, it is more of a case of he had a tiny easter egg in a random unnamed character who wasn't overly relevant to the plot and his description is the same as the other series. Without the internet and Sanderson talking about it, no one would even know reading the book.
I’m not a fan of Sanderson though I don’t think it helped that I had read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow before it so the prose seemed, well, laborious to read. His characters seem quite shallow and the way he attempts to add history and depth to them is forced. The way they converse with one another also seems contrived to me, and the banter is a bit off.Alright thanks man. I think once you start a series, ultimately you end up doing all the books, especially if you have access to library like I do. Literally, it doesn't cost a penny
