Just FYI, the series devolves into Mormon propaganda in the first trilogy. I wasn’t sure why the third book felt so off until I saw that Sanderson went to Brigham Young University. I also talked to an ex-Mormon friend of mine, and he apparently noped out halfway through the first book when he saw the signs

Yeah my son was given a copy for Christmas and reading it for the second time ever I have to agree it’s well written. Lots of little details that are simultaneously fun and world/character building.

Eg: Hagrid giving Dudley a pig tail and then grumbling that he’d tried to turn him into a pig, but it turns out he’s already so piglike he’s only missing a tail. It is funny (for a 7 year old), it builds Dudley’s character and also foreshadows Hagrid’s iffy relationship with magic.

The reason is simple. There’s a small fraction of the population who will see what I wrote about the Mistborn series and chuckle knowingly and feel less alone. Educated people are lonely. Books don’t get discussed often on Lemmy, and I suddenly see a post about Brandon Sanderson. What’s next, The Secret? Or maybe the Twilight saga? Although that’s unfair, since Meyer is a more skilled writer than Sanderson.

Do you think someone who has been eating food for 40 years needs me to explain why cheese and bread doesn’t constitute fine dining?

Come on dude I enjoy reading trash as much as anyone (a lot more than most) but that doesn’t mean I can’t be objective.

Have you ever read a litrpg? It’s like that but more. It’s a whole genre and people do it in purpose… IMO it’s bloody awful. I read one by accident once.

No, I wasn’t familiar with that term.

That being said, if you look past the “gamified” world rules, his writing is really good. I enjoy the worlds he crafts, they’re pretty unique in design, the magic systems are interesting and fresh. And his narration style is also up my alley.

I actually think his writing in the sense of his prose is mediocre. It’s like someone invented a world and then wrote a wiki on it.

It’s a conscious choice though; he has talked about “transparent” prose. (That is, in my opinion, dull prose).

But: he writes very good plots and if you like world building for its own sake, I’m sure it’s great.

I just finished the first era of mistborn. I know nothing about Mormons, how does Mormon propoganda fit into those books?

I agree 100%. I finished the dark tower series then jumped straight into mistborn. His worldbuilding and plots are superb but his prose is that of a highschooler. Not awful, but very mundane and uninspired. Also, I came up with a drinking game for the mistborn series. Take a shot everytime a character snorts or rolls their eyes. You’ll never read it sober.

I loved it as a kid. But it was one of the first books I ever read so I didn’t have much to compare it to. I tried rereading it a few years ago and it’s fine up until about the third or fourth book. Rowling loses control over the world building and the plots become boring. So many things could have been avoided if Dumbledor wasn’t so secretive about Harry’s past. There’s no reason Harry should have thought that Sirius killed his parents and was a crazed lunatic. Dumbledor just hid the truth for no reason. Petrigrew not being spotted by George and Fred was a huge oversight. There’s too many contradictions by the end of the series. Also the fourth book is just a mess with all the side plots like Hermione trying to free the house elves from Hogwarts. Hilariously no one gives a fuck at all and she just abandons trying to do the right thing. Even Harry who didn’t grow up as a wizard was just like “if they wanna be slaves then let them”. Its fine for kids, especially as a first series, but there’s too many issues to ignore.

Mistborn can be live action, I can see it being done well if Sanderson keeps a tight grip on the reigns. None of the effects would be all that difficult to show. Stormlight, on the other hand, 100% needs to be animation. Far too many scenes and effects that just would not translate well to a live action medium.

Apologies. Robert Jordan is the author of the wheel of time series and I guess im used to speaking about him with wot (wheel of time) fans or such. I do the same with asimov (foundation and robot series), herbert (dune), and such. Its a bad habit.

My understanding is that epic had a project in progress, but it got canned. I wonder if they had to give up the rights, or if they still hold them and Brandon is just not saying?

ill never forgive his homophobic bigotry and defense of the LDS church. i realize he tried to reform, but i believe he did it for sales. Dude is toxic, regardless of his capitalist reforms

Idk I feel like filming all three seasons of mistborn in one stretch could work. That said, it really lends itself to arcane/spiderverse style animation

Outside of terry pratchett I can’t say I ever manage to remember author’s names even if I go through series multiple times but maybe that’s an audiobook problem, ooh and david wong

I bet I wouldn’t have even noticed on my own, I liked battlefield earth till I saw videos pointing out the problems

That’s fair.

As someone who has read thousands of books you should be able to clearly and accurately describe the major flaws and recommend books that were superior in relation to the problems you see.

That’s why I bothered reading this back and forth for so long. I am someone who has NOT read thousand of books , but enjoyed the 8 books of mistborn.

I’d be joyed to read something in the same vein but even better.

Even better if they throw in savant mechanics. Make the user dependent on the metal for boosted effects but debugged if not getting enough of it.

From what I recall the powers were written as an RPG type game, it wouldn’t take a lot to make an RPG or video game out of it (yes I know it is a tabletop RPG as well now).

I think I only got 3ish books in (maybe 4 can’t recall) but having to hear the exact amounts of material for their powers really struck the idea home is all. I believe I read he played DnD and if true it shows.

The movement may make it more fun than the rest of the ideas combined really (just look at spider man, the agility alone makes that a fun combat system), that’s probably where’s it’ll succeed or die off I imagine. It may be good without a good movement mechanic there but it’d be awesome with it done right.

Been awhile but not all powers were movement based either, while it can make or break a game it may break the setting if not done well either, which would suck for fans but if it’s fun to play then it’s fun to play.

At my age I’ve played enough adaptations that weren’t overly true to the material but still has a fun game underneath can’t recall exactly but I know I’ve had that thought previously.