so it's no secret that fantasy is one of the genres most infiltrated by "woke" or whatever you want to call it. can we get recommendations for recent fantasy books that are both un-pozzed and actually good?
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I've read some of his stuff years ago. The mistborn books. Pretty decent. Puts a lot of effort into making the fantasy magic systems consistent, even managed to leverage it into a fairly coherent plot twist.
No overt wokeness, although technically there is a spunky young girl who briefly reigns as one of the most powerful people in the first book. Which feels like gateway stuff nowadays, but didn't at the time.
You know that wouldn’t be so bad if it was every now and then but that girl power trope has become so annoying since it’s in everything. So many modern shows run with the girl genius who knows everything theme.
Is Mistborn the best Brandon Sanderson series to start with? Are they all interconnected?
Mistborn is a great entry into his works. Good fun and well written with good characters.
Elantris is currently a one off and one of his first books. As such, the writing isn't as good as his other books but it's enjoyable and different.
The Stormlight Archives series is phenomenal but the hardest to start with. There's so much going on it takes a bit to grasp it all. I'd read mistborn first.
Get the audio books if you can. The VAs (2 for Stormlight Archives) are excellent.
Cool! Thanks.
Thanks! I thought he did a good job finishing WOT
Yeah, didn't want to spoil too much about her but, she's no Mary Sue. By the end of the first book she's looking pretty glowing, but thankfully it doesn't turn into an ever growing "now she's even more awesome" series.
I loved the first three mistborn books, have to say Vin is far from being a Mary Sue, didn't get on with the other books though the steampunky ones, just not my cup of tea