I like Carl Newport and his ideas are generally quite interesting although I find them hard to follow in their entirety. This is definitely something I aspire to and everytime I give it a shot, even part of it, it genuinely makes a real difference.
I enjoyed this one much more than the first one and I think now Im fully pulled in I want to finish the series now I felt like it had a slow start but its possible that its because I wasnt that commited when I started At the end I was fully committed
A very honest and well done take on the subject I absolutely loved and related to it in so many ways Im sure Ill be coming back to this one to relearn the lessons
This book is written in such an amazing way It really brings that sense of being a child and seeing the world through those eyes The feeling of being in this massive world but only being able to understand it from your limited perspective I still wonder whether all those things actually happened or they were just the boys was of dealing with everything that happened to him brbrIt feels like a fairy tale but with very adult themes It really goes a long way to display the casual cruelty of the adult world and the purity of childhood All told through these fantastic and mystical events I have no better way of saying it But I loved it
I really enjoyed this book and I learnt a lot about it I must say though that this is the first parenting book that Ive read to completion so Im not very informed on the subject But yeah I learnt so much and Id highly recommend it to anyone whos got kids or thinking about having kids I cant relate with some of the sections where kids remind you of your own childhood or where you relate in a certain way with them because of your own childhood I should come back to this review when I have kids I guess
Overall I enjoyed this book and I enjoyed the series as a whole The characters are amazing Andros Guile is amazing he shines the most for me here Im not entirely sure though how I feel about how things were ended I feel characters grew really well I dont know Im torn I really enjoyed it but theres also something that wasnt so great that I havent yet figured out The magic system was incredible and really well thought out I enjoyed itbrbrSPOILERSbrbr The ending is too happy I hate that It feels like everything just worked out for everyone and I didnt like thatbr I hate that Kip died and came back to life Id have liked it better if he either stayed Alice or stayed deadbr Livs story just went nowherebr The white king just died he wasnt a great big bossbr Android just became a good guy from nowhere that wasnt greatbr The immortals didnt really need to be there in my opinion they didnt do or archive anything really Their presence didnt change much
I absolutely loved this book I really think Brent Weeks outdid himself on this one I was really drawn in and I could feel all the emotions The one scene that I particularly remember is when Kip had lost his place in the blackguard and Cruxer saves himbrbrIve wanted to be a Blackguard since I could walk I value this brotherhood too highly to let in a man who destroys unity rather than builds it a man who takes money to destroy one of his own If the cost to remove him from the Blackguard is that I too am expelled so be it Arams the secondbest fighter in our class He took money to finish low He took money to keep Breaker outbrDamn that hit hard brbrI loved it
I enjoyed this one It took me a relatively short time to get whats going on and get with the story I must say I still dont fully understand how the magic works but maybe thats the intention of the author Ive gotten used to Brandon Sandersons writing where you walk out understanding every little detail of how the magic works brbrThe worldbuilding is cool although I dont have a sense of the full scale of the world I just know about the two main settings hopefully well be introduced to other places in subsequent books in the series This book really is the beginning of the series with all the loose ends it leaves brbrI really enjoyed being in Kips mind and seeing the world from his perspective his battles with his body and weight him thinking hes stupid The trauma from his childhood and having a mother whos an addict him adjusting to his new life and his need to impress and to feel seen brbrWhen I read about the book before reading it everyone was mentioning the authors descriptions of women i thought maybe theyre being too sensitive but no theyre not he really goes into intricate detail when he describes womens features I get that Kip is a teenager and his hormones are raging but nah its a little much brbrIll be jumping straight into book 2
This was an interesting book not so much for its story exactly but for the questions it put in my mind Had me wondering about identity and what exactly makes me me and all that I think it explores that pretty well Other than that I dont think the story was very engaging and maybe it was intentional but I felt like there was very little going on Maybe I would have loved to explore the world a little more to like it but I doubt it I just finished the cosmere books that are currently published so it was just nice to read a Brandon Sanderson book again thats probably the main reason why I picked it up
Very simple ideas very clear in how to apply them very practical and completely brilliant It feels like a book he sat down and wrote in one afternoon or one weekend in that its easy to read it doesnt wander or go around in circles it makes its point quick and concisely and moves on to the next But at the same time it still feels like a supercondensed package of real experiences I love it
I absolutely enjoyed it the action scenes are so breathtaking the story is so rich I cannot recommend it enough I cant wait for the next one
I struggled to connect with where the book was going at the start so as a result I put it away for a while Then when I picked it up today I immediately caught on and read it through I was captivated the whole way As always Malcolm Gladwells analysis is always captivating and really thought provoking whether you agree with it or not It not only changed the way I view my interactions and perspectives about strangers but also made me reflect on my own personal biases Ill definitely carry these ideas with me and think about them more At the end I really enjoyed this book
This is really cool mainly for the fact that it gives so many extra details about the Cosmere that arent in the main books Its slow in some parts but I really enjoyed it
It was really fascinating getting a different perspective to everything that was happening and getting answers a lot of the stuff that was puzzling the in events of the original books I really enjoyed reading this and I hope Brandon manages to write secret history 2 and we learn more about the Cosmere
For some reason I had low expectations going into this one and in the first quarter or so of the book I really struggled to maintain focus However when it picked up it really picked up and I was hooked so much that yesterday I slept at 5 am because of it Like everyone else I really like Lightsong every moment spent with him is really interesting and funny I dont think the other characters are very fleshed out though maybe the two princesses I also dont like that I had so many questions at the end dont know if there is a sequel
I enjoyed this one j think its the best of the three The pacing was faster and there was some interesting revelations We also got to know the other characters much better Ive really enjoyed the Mistborn series
Definitely picked up speed from Alloy of law and has a really interesting ending I cant wait for the next book
It was cool nice knowing that the universe continues and to hear some familiar names and identify familiar things from their history It was also great to learn about how the magic system had developed and evolved over the years and see that in a big of a modern setting But I felt like it didnt have the thrill of the first series I wasnt as invested in the characters But I did stay till the end so that counts for something
Finally finished this guy I must admit it wasnt easy keeping up with everything that was going on I was definitely more present in the last half than the first It generally takes me a few chapters to get whos who and whats going on when reading these long fantasy books but here I got beyond halfway and I still got confused with the characters a bit It might be because I was taking long breaks in between and getting bored by all the inns I dont like that we never really got many answers but I guess its incentive to continue the series
I absolutely enjoyed itbrbrIf I were to describe this book in one word Id say resolution All the questions and issues and mysteries raised in the other books are resolved here well not everything everything but a lot The pacing was much improved from book 2 which I felt was a little slow I still think that this is a very accessible book even for people who arent really fans of the fantasy genre
This was the very first Brandon Sanderson book I read and I absolutely loved it I couldnt stop I read the reviews and some people were saying its not really that great but I really enjoyed it so much that I became a Brandon Sanderson fanboy This was my first fantasy book by the way and it was such a nice and easy introduction its pretty accessible even to people who arent big fans of the fantasy genre
I really enjoyed this book so much that I couldnt wait to get into book two the magic system is intriguing the action is thrilling and the characters are really fascinating I struggled to even take breaks or work because I was so hooked At no point did I feel bored or anything like that I highly recommend it even if you dont like fantasy try it
I really enjoyed this one it definitely felt slower than book one and had a strong focus on the development of the characters so there were times here and there where I got a little bored and wished to get to some action but even those boring parts were rich and purposeful Lots of nice surprises and plot twists I cant wait to read book 3