:D That shout-out was completely unexpected! Welcome! Thank you for being here!

Same here.😊

Same

Likewise

Came here from the book Jeopardy video

You are a hero in my book.

I struggled so hard to try and contain myself... The spoiler section I really just let go for the most part lol. I loved it so much!

I literally got excited to watch this solely off his thumbnail expression as well 😂 actually adorable 😂

Sanderson does an awesome job about hooking the reader with just enough information to make them want more!

@@QuestLegacy Wow. Your dedication to fan engagement is astounding! Eagerly awaiting your next video. Can't wait to get a job so I can support you. And Congratulations on the new addition to the family!

The way he writes characters is just so dang magnetic! I immediately get invested!

YES! Totally agree with all your points! And I'm glad you loved it as well!

Mélanie Frenchie Reader in so glad that you enjoyed it and that you are enjoying the book so much as well! I’m glad that my excitement came across so well!!

Yesssss :D I'm so glad to hear this! Are you planning on jumping straight into book 2?

@@QuestLegacy I’m already reading it but I just found out there’s a 2.5 (edgesomething) and I didn’t know that Warbreaker was also supposed to be read before jumping in but I’ve already started so I’m committed to finish lol. I need to know what happens next, Sadeas needs to get mollywopped for what he did!

@@nolanschmidt1065 Honestly I feel like you can read 1-3 without too much supplemental material. There are some cool connections that you might miss, but I don't think they ruin the Stormlight experience. Moving into Rhythm of War though a lot more Cosmere connections start to get introduced and explored so that is a good place to make sure you are caught up.

@@QuestLegacy I own the mistborn trilogy but haven’t read it yet, so basically I should read the trilogy, the 2.5 and the 3.5 books as well as Warbreaker before reading Book 4?

@@nolanschmidt1065 That would be my recommendation.... Maybe even Mistborn era 2 (And I'm not just saying that because I'm a huge Era 2 fan haha)

Thank you! :D Merphy is the best! Oh nice! I'm hoping to continue reading more of WoT next year!

That is so awesome! Kaladin is indeed the man. Him and Dalinar are really making me reconsider my favorite fantasy protagonist list haha (Previously the only right answer was Aragorn)

@@QuestLegacy During the fight scene at the end where Kaladin saves Dalinar I was literally jumping up-and-down reading until 2:00 in the morning. It was so awesome man

@@Rajathon Dude no kidding! I was fist pumping while reading getting my goosebumps haha. You knew it was coming, but when he makes the decision to turn back around and save them it is SO powerful!

CallMeAfterCoffee yes! Everything and everyone! Haha

YES! The super nerdy part of me loved how massive it is! I hope you love it! :D

@@QuestLegacy I loved it 😁. I'm finishing book 3 and I think this series is great.

Yeessss! I can't wait! If you already are super into it then you'll only continue to love it!!!

@@QuestLegacy And I'm back! How was that only two weeks?? I feel like I lost my entire life into this book. It was even better than I expected (coming straight from Mistborn) and I can't wait to dive into Words of Radiance. I have too many emotions and thoughts and questions. So many questions. I had similar reactions to you on many of the characters and plot points and absolutely loving all the characters at this point. I need to know *everything.* But I just continue to be amazed by the worldbuilding. I didn't mind the slower sections of this book because every line is packed with worldbuilding details. I loved learning about all the animals and plants and societies and religions and just, everything. Like for example, how they worry about washing hands before treating patients and cleaning wounds to avoid attracting rotspren because that means there's an infection. It's such a small detail, but I was fascinated by how they came to similar conclusions as us in science and medicine but by using completely different reasons. It seems like they see rotspren as the actual infection rather than rotspren being attracted to an infection? So interesting. (I also have many questions about spren in general but who doesn't at this point?) I would literally read several encyclopedias about this world and its cultures and history. Can I be Jasnah's new ward pls???

Totally agree on these. I'm sure I could make a massive list of my own as well. I love getting hype about this book!

I like how only one of your choices would been in my own top 6.

Oh awesome! I'm glad you are enjoying those livestreams! They are a blast and the other hosts of that readalong are genuinely some of my best friends now!

It is just so good and there are so many things that can be classified as "iconic." Every single one you mentioned is incredible and there are so many more!

I love all three books in the series now that I have finished the whole thing! But yes, you make a great point. Tolkien himself was quite high on his own supply when making that world and look how awesome it turned out!

Yes, its a crazy plot twist! It leaves you just going "oooh.... craaaaaaap"

Thank you so much!

Rustic Pages you should! I’ll look forward to hearing your thoughts when you get to them!

Haha thank you! Also I hope you love it! I love finding more Stormlight Archive fans! If not thats ok too though!

If you are already reading it and interested then you definitely can wait to watch it until later! I can't wait to hear what YOU think as you go through it!

The good news is that I have found a huge community of Stormlight fans now haha! I'm glad you loved it! Best of luck for Words of Radiance!

Thank you very much! Merphy is amazing! And welcome :D :D : D I am so excited to get to Mistborn here soon! :D I've heard so many amazing things from everyone and I know I'm going to love it!

The final reveals of the Kaladin flashback are so cool and really solidify finally Kaladin's prejudice for the lighteyes. So good!

Thank you

Thank you so much! She's getting so big already! It's crazy how fast they grow when they are this little. And in regards to your other statement... I actually do have that one posted haha soundcloud.com/therealmichaelknipp/desperado-cover

Thank you!! 😃

Thank you! I'm glad you were able to find your way here! Merphy is the best

Thank you so much! And welcome! I am in a similar boat reading wise. I have read some fantasy, but before getting back into reading last year, I wasn't very familiar with modern fantasy stories/settings. The Stormlight Archive just completely blew my mind and I love it so much! That is awesome to hear how powerful it was for you! I'm hoping you enjoy Oathbringer as much as I did!! :D

Thank you!!! Welcome!!! She is the best!

I'm really excited to get to book 2!! I've heard great things about it as well!

@@QuestLegacy Yep! I love all of the books in that series lol.

Thank you so much!

There's no need to cry. You can put it on your TBR at the end of what you have scheduled out. So like September 2025 or something. ;) But actually I have found out that a lot less people have read this than I thought (Including people with the entire series on their bookshelf) and even more people have only read the first book and not the others.

@@QuestLegacy Hi, it's me. Who owns all 3 that are currently out but hasn't read them. I want off this island!!

@@deanie3824 DO IT! READ IT NOW! (Though its so big it may take a while. You can always DNF it if you really don't like it!

CodeX Cantina - you're not the only soul left on that island! Granted, I'm on page 90 and swiftly paddling away...

@@SeekingStories Put a motor on that baby!

Thank you so much! Yes after finishing Stormlight and having now read Skyward,Starsight, and Warbreaker I feel like I am on that journey to having Sanderson be my favorite author as well! :D I'm *hoping* to read Mistborn this summer! I'm so excited as I've heard so many good things, and I can't really expect to not like it after loving so much of Sanderson's other work! Thank you so much! :D

@@QuestLegacy Trust me, you're starting one of the greatest modern fantasy journeys that the genre, and literature in general, has to offer. 💚 Enjoy, good sir!

You're welcome! Well for what its worth, I think a lot of people never made it past book 1! I am hoping to start book 2 next month as I want to do my best to be ready for the new one when it drops this November! Honestly, if it hadn't been for this book, I don't think I would have ever believed that I could read a 1000 page book and not get bored or frustrated with it. Good on you for continuing to push through one you are struggling with!

YESSS! Its so good! Let me know your progressive hype as you read!

Thank you so much! Welcome!

Isn't she just the best

Thank you!! It is so good! And also, conveniently, I will be cohosting a Stormlight Archive readalong this summer! It starts next month if you are interested!

SOO GOOD! :D BRidge 4 for life! :D

Thank you! And welcome! :D Isn't it such a good series! I'm glad you are enjoying it :D

Thank you!

Thecatladybooknook_ Penny D it’s so good. And She was so TiNY!

Thank you! And you totally should! I'd love to hear your thoughts when you do!

Read warbraker, it’s not as good but it is shorter and a stand alone. It’s a good book to read if you aren’t sure if you want to read a Brandon Sanderson.

Yessss :D This comment brings me so much joy! (Have you been able to complete it yet?)

@@QuestLegacy yes i have! I actually just started oathbringer a couple days ago. i'm so glad i finally got into this series and relate to all of you guys :)) thanks for being the push for me to read it :)

@@dovelyy Yes! You have made my day! :D I'm glad you are enjoying it!

Must be some kind of freaking nerdo or something...

We all do T_T

I can definitely think about that! Its an awesome idea! I am hoping to do some more in depth looks at this book so that might be something to watch for!

@@QuestLegacy I'll keep an eye out then. Thanks!

Thank you! And you totally should pick it up! Clearly I have an opinion on it already ;)

Welcome! I had no idea she was going to shout me out and it was a super awesome suprise haha! FYI, I am co-hosting a Stormlight Archive readalong that starts in June just in case you decide to postpone WoT ;) Thank yoU!

@@QuestLegacy I have read/heard it suggested that you read Mistborn 1st and 2and age before Stormlight Archives. If I join the readalong in June before reading Mistborn would I be missing anything?

@@jenniferarmstrong7722 You wouldn't miss anything. The only reason people suggest starting there is that they're shorter books and easier to get into. So for people who want to try Sanderson without a big commitment its better.

@jennifer I actually haven’t read Mistborn myself and I still loved them so much!

Welcome!!!! And thank you so much :D :D :D

Sometimes we make sacrifices for great stories haha! I hope you loved it!

@@QuestLegacy I really love it, both the book and the review!

If you want some crazy awesome epic fantasy! I'd recommend it straightaway!

Incidentally, I am cohosting a read along for the series starting next month if you are interested in joining along!

@@QuestLegacy it sounds fun! but I have actually never participated in one, what does it entail? I'm new to this :-)

Thank you so much!

YES! Thank you! I'm so glad that you loved it as well! :D That makes me so happy to hear that people are loving something because of my fanboy rants haha. And YES the way he just drops that kind of info and then moves on leaves you going, "Wait, did you just imply what I thought you implied?" I burned through Words of Radiance FAST! It is a wild ride as well!

:D That is awesome!!! I LOVED the "slow" beginning and the way that it is done! I am glad you also did :D

Excited!

Dooo it! I hope you love it! Its long but its so so worth it to me!

I felt the same way. I would be annoyed, but then get drawn in by the end

I know a lot of people with that struggle. It is something I tend to enjoy, but I can see the frustration! I agree about this book though. Sanderson's way of writing each character with a specific tone of voice really helps keep things easy to separate with the only real confusing parts being the interludes of one-off POVs

She is the best!

Thank you so much! :D She really *is* the best!

Facts

Thanks for watching!! There's actually a couple references that are semi subtle. She talks about having a concealed weapon and at least once reaches her arm out and references nearly counting 10 heartbeats. Its easy to miss because there is so much going on!

Heck yeah! I'm excited for you to get to it at some point! And yeah, it sounds hyperbolic, but I really do believe those things!

It definitely improves. The general straightforward style is the same, but he definitely gets better at execution.

I'm hoping to start Mistborn here very soon! I've completed the rest of my Cosmere catch up!

@@QuestLegacy Mistborn is awesome; although, Sanderson's writing has improved since the series came out (you should still like it, though). It was written before he even worked on The Wheel of Time--a job that *really* improved his skills. If you don't know that whole story, you might be interested to know that The Stormlight Archive would never have happened (the way it did, anyway) without The Wheel of Time. Most publishers (SFF/fantasy publishers, anyway) rely on their big names to carry the entire company--sometimes, a single author is the source of most of their income. WoT was Tor's big series, and they were in a real panic when Robert Jordan died. When Sanderson took over, and The Gathering Storm sold really well, Tor was overjoyed and ready to give him anything he wanted. So he said, "Well, I've got this massively ambitious 10-book series that I've been planning for 20 years..." and that's how we got 1,000+ page volumes with full-color endpapers, internal art, and covers painted by Michael Whelan. All of that is very expensive. Michael Whelan doesn't even do sci-fi and fantasy novel covers anymore, except for very special occasions (like the final WoT book because the cover artist also died before he could complete the series). It was that special moment that made Stormlight possible. By the time Sanderson was on the 2nd or 3rd of the WoT books he worked on, Tor was over their panic. Someone would have stood in the way of all the expensive goodies we get in Stormlight books. But because the series started up at that perfect time, we got the great product that we have.

Yesssss!

That background is so awesome! And she is so awesome too!

Well thank you so much! I spent so much time trying to figure that stuff out haha

It is so good! There is actually a readalong going on right now called #stormlight2020 and I'm one of the cohosts! We are nearly done w/ the first book, but we are reading through them extremely slowly (1 book over 2 months) so it would be pretty easy to catch up I think! :D

@@QuestLegacy Are you doing the rereading with Merphy Napier? Thanks I think I'll be joining :)

You are totally right on every count! Especially the Wit thing! Even when I didn't know his significance with the rest of the Cosmere, he is hilarious and a key character for this series! And yeess! The Way of Kings is such a powerful book that could stand alone, but Sanderson just kept bringing it! I've actually finished WoR and Oathbringer (Reviews are up for those as well) and loved them!!

Mission accomplished!! :D A friend of mine actually asked me to be a cohost in a Stormlight readalong starting next month! The timing is perfect :D

@@QuestLegacy will you tell us when ... for the first time in my life, I will have other people reaction ... sound fun to do!

Welcome :D And I'm always 100% down to talk about Stormlight! I even am co-hosting a Stormlight Archive readalong and we are just starting Words of Radiance. This will be my second read of the series this year :p

@@QuestLegacy Wow that's a lot of Stormlight in a year! I just recently finished my second readthrough and I had so much fun picking up clues that I didn't notice the first time especially about the Heralds, I haven't found an author that comes close to the foreshadowing levels of Brandon. I wanted to ask who's your favorite character outside the big three? And who's your favorite Bridge Four member?

YEsssssss

It is huge, but I think it flows pretty quickly. Just don't be like me and carry the hardcover around in a backpack/bag like I did. It was not a pleasant experience. Love your screen name, btw. Words to live by!

Yesica1993 thank you!! I’ll just need to make sure I pace myself but I’ve heard so many great things about Brandon Sanderson. ❤️

@@readnowsleeplater Thank you! I can't take credit, I need to actually put the credits for the creator in the description! Thank you for reminding me! Someone posted it on reddit as a free download for other people to use! I agree w/ Yesica1993, it is quite digestible, but I could definitely see it being quite cumbersome haha. Thankfully digital copies saved my poor back!

Michael Knipp ooooh Yeah. Im going to take yalls advice and read it on an e-reader

I hope you are able to obtain a copy soon! And I hope that you love it as much as I did! :D

I got a copy for Christmas and finished it this morning! Which means that finally I am able to move into the spoiler filled section of the video 💪

Thank you so much!

Yessss! I love it!

Dooo it!

Thank you :D and YESSSSSS! I agree w/ that scene! I *always* talk about the scene being one of my favorites and I have yet, until now, seen someone who agrees so hard!!!

@@QuestLegacy Finally, somone who agrees with me! It's such a powerful scene. Side note: Thank you for posting videos about Sanderson, I'm desperate for more content to tide me over until Rythm of War. I read OB on releas day... only a few more months!

Literature Science Alliance I think it would be crazy to have to wait a long time between entries! I’m glad I can keep going with the next book soon. Yeah, there is a certain level of self indulgence that I can respect in the right places done correctly and Sanderson is able to pull it off here. A lot of my favorite things have that element. It makes them more unique for sure!

Michael Knipp a lot of people weren’t around for the short sanderson drought haha I am good with getting a stormlight book every 3 years though, it feels like Oathbringer just came out yesterday and he does a great job keeping them relatively contained. When are you starting words of radiance??

Literature Science Alliance my current plan is sometime next month. Preferably early

That is such an awesome story! WoR has some seriously powerful moments that I think are what you are referring to. Crazy chills for me during those parts! It is such an awesome series that contains so many powerful messages and themes

@@QuestLegacy I'm not referring to any specific event, but the reading experience as a whole. I enjoyed reading WoR it was a much needed break from my depression and I did genuinely feel, for instance, the epicness of the clash between Szeth and Kaladin. But once the book was over and I knew that my depression will keep me from feeling anything afterwards (like, say, the joy I felt after reading WoK) I started to bawl so hard that it took my twin sis half an hour to convince me to go to work that day, I was crying my heart out because I was feeling nothing, except my usual depressed apathy. That slowly changed, because I think somewhere subconsciously WoR triggered my will to fight for myself again and managed in the end to help me overcome months of sadness and apathy. It still hurts me thinking about it, but I'm glad I read WoR else I probably would have been depressed to this very day (that happened in 2018).

Yessss! The god is dead part was so shocking for me as well! As far as the shardblade goes - It definitely feels subtle because there is so much information being thrown at you at once, but upon reread it is actually hinted at a few times. In one instance there is a quote about Shallan's greatest sin being "ten heartbeats away" and another scene where she is frightened and holds out her hand to summon it. An early chapter also has her in a panicky moment have the memory "It still felt odd to her that she been the one to take charge after… After the incident… After… Memories attacked her. Nan Balat bruised, his coat torn. A long, silvery sword in her hand, sharp enough to cut stone as if they were water."

SORRY THIS IS SO LONG 🤣 About: Roshar is a land ruled by Highstorms and Shardblade warfare. But as a cycle of Desolation approaches to destroy humanity, four people will play key roles in the outcome: Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, assassinates King Gavilar and begins a cycle of vengeance-the “Vengeance Pact”-between two races. He weeps as he is forced to kill for his masters. Kaladin Stormblessed, an apprentice surgeon, is forced to become a soldier in the armies fighting for vengeance. After suffering the betrayal of a “light-eyed" noble, this dark-eyed soldier fights for his life and that of his dark-eyed crew. Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands an army like the one that employs Kaladin. But as he is drawn to an ancient text of law, The Way of Kings, he finds himself questioning the purpose of this war. Young Shallan Davar, Brightness of a small, struggling estate, risks everything to plan a daring theft. The first step of her plan is to train as a scholar with the heretic Jasnah Kholin, Brightlord Dalinar Kholin’s niece; but as she gains Jasnah’s trust, she realizes that the woman studies much more than obscure academia: she studies the secrets of the fabled order of the Knights Radiant, their shards and the Desolations they fought so long ago. Adult High Fantasy Published August 31st 2010 by Tor Books. My Thoughts: Wow. 1,000 pages of wow. Just let me fangirl for a moment, here. Don’t let the size of this tome fool you: The Way of Kings is a compulsively readable, highly character-driven high fantasy. The characters always let you know what they want; but you never know what twists lay in store for them. And there are so many twists! They start coming early on. It’s almost funny how I continue to guess and theorize because I’m always totally wrong. Everything is sailing along as the characters expect, and then BAM! You weren’t getting comfortable, were you? Because this guy’s being sold into slavery and this gal’s not the naïve young bookworm you thought. You think you know what’s going on? Trust me, you don’t. I can’t talk overmuch about the plot without spoilers, but: I dare you to get bored during a Kaladin scene. Seriously. I bet you can’t do it. Early on in the novel, he’s drafted into a hellish portion of the army known as “bridge duty” (wherein generals force crews of unarmed men to rush first into battle, set bridges across chasms and draw enemy fire away from the “real” soldiers) and his goal becomes one thing and one thing only: keep his bridge crew alive. He constantly schemes up crazy ideas to meet that goal, and I promise, it’s worth your time to read The Way of Kings just for this one innovative soldier’s arc. But Dalinar Kholin’s arc is a close second favorite. Uncle to the king and brother of the slain King Gavilar, Dalinar dominates the battlefield. Known as the Blackthorn, he fiercely wields a weapon called a “Shardblade,” a giant sword with unimaginably destructive power. As the book’s description says, wars are fought for and won by these ancient, mysterious weapons that appear from mist and kill souls as easily as they kill bodies. Dalinar is a cultural hero among his war-obsessed countrymen-but he has lately been troubled by Highstorm visions that may or may not be the onset of madness. As everyone including his sons and the king begin to question him, Dalinar has to navigate the visions, public opinion and private family business. A complex man with a complex path. I’m totally obsessed with Dalinar. I think Shallan’s arc qualifies as the most complex among the four main narrators. She possesses the potential and desire to become a great scholar, but family secrets close that option to her. While innovation and leadership concerns characterize the narratives of Kaladin and Dalinar, Shallan’s narrative blossoms more slowly, and it feels almost self-contained until we find out more about Jasnah's research. Nevertheless, I love Shallan's scenes. Her intelligence and ambition make her arc tense and painful, at times, but always twisty and keenly satisfying. Szeth the assassin is the most mysterious of the four narrators, but I suspect that he holds the secret to the coming Desolations. We shall see. The worldbuilding itself is like a fabulous character. It’s so BIG! And it feels that way, paradoxically, by detailing the small stuff. “Kaladin stared out over those grasses blowing in the mild breeze. Whenever the wind picked up, the more sensitive of the grass stalks shrank down into their burrows, leaving the landscape patchy, like the coat of a sickly horse.” Although we expect large amounts of setup and worldbuilding in a novel like this, Sanderson incorporates it all smoothly into the secretive and engrossing characters arcs. The swords, the storms, the mysterious “stormlight” that connects everything together…and don't even get me started on the countries, social prejudices and religions! One society lives on an endless, shallow lake, and citizens just...stay wet. All the time. And Alethi men and women must eat gender-specified foods! It's craziness. The smooth writing let me slip easily into the world of Roshar, never drawing attention to itself. I got lost in this engrossing giant of a novel. When plot twists pay off-when the action starts-it's explosive. This is totally cliché, but the battle scenes really are heart-rending and pulse-pounding. Very “visually” effective (better than Mistborn’s action scenes, I would say). The tactics and strategy are extremely well drawn. I switched back and forth between the audiobook and the hardcover copy, so I can confirm that the story reads easily in both. Hearing all the unique names pronounced with such assurance made the audio version a favorite with me; but the easy writing makes the hard copy equally as engrossing-and the illustrations! They’re gorgeous! Overall: Combines the intrigue of Elantris with the action and themes of Mistborn X1000. It’s definitely my favorite thing by Sanderson, as yet. As I was reading, I kept wishing the book could last forever. Thankfully, 9,000 is a conservative estimate of pages remaining in the series, right? Recommended To: It sometimes feels like I was the last person to this Stormlight Archives partaaay, but I know that’s not true! If you like character-driven fantasy, I highly recommend trying TWOK. You might be surprised how the pages fly by, once you start to get to know the characters.

Christy Luis - Dostoevsky in Space love and totally agree with your review! I feel the same way. Totally fanning out even though I just found it. It seems so premature, but it isn’t lessening with time. I’m so looking forward to book 2 now!!

I've wanted to be a writer since I was very, very young. Unfortunately I drifted away from writing, but I would love to get back to it. I'm so nervous about starting though so I haven't really taken the leap yet!

Michael Knipp NaNoWriMo might be a good time to try it out (it’s a blast!), but it sounds like you’re doing a lot of other creative awesomeness + you know Family! I need to check out this “Wack Matters” thing you’ve mentioned a couple of times. Will do so ASAP!

@@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace Haha, its a lot of fun, but a lil different vibe than here. Actually right now my brother is mostly focusing on that stuff so I can focus on Booktube. He's making some funny stuff though.

YES!!! Oh my word those moments are so powerful! I just finished a reread and I still got chills/teared up!

I cried during that part I had goosebumps 😭

I'd love to hear your thoughts on Stormlight when you get to it! But also, no pressure. Sometimes there can be so much hype or pressure for something that it can strongly effect your thoughts going in. If you love it, that's awesome! And if you don't, its not for everyone and that's cool too!

@@QuestLegacy I'm still very excited because so far I do like Mistborn, but I think I'll like Stormlight so much more. I cannot wait to read it and chat about Stormlight with people.