The best trilogy I've ever read. I cannot recommend it enough.
Back for more mistborn: I couldn't put this world down. Wasn't initially a fan of Wayne but he definitely grew on me quickly. Funny fella. Glad to see even more magic development. Curious to see how Sanderson keeps inventing with this world.
Love Rory's outlook on transport. Hope to see an increasing focus on behavioural interactions with public transport. Like the difference between efficacy and effectiveness in science, we should really be thinking about what happens in the real world and not just in theory sometimes.
Unbelievable final act. Even more depth to the already fantastic magic system. Can't wait to see where this one goes, poor wax.
We can seemingly do much better for the other beings on this planet. Singer offers a number of rational arguments that seem convincing in their own right - I think there was appropriate tact to present facts and established science without much emotional embellishment or gory detail. I am not totally settled on my opinions here - I think more is needed on my end to really work through the matter. Nevertheless, I thank this book for settling a number of matters and illuminating much more for me. A book to keep thinking about.
I think in all the original trilogy gripped me more (I know this is a quadrilogy) but the magic really did keep magicing. An exciting finale, loved wax's 'walk' and an intriguing epilogue, look forward to seeing how it all wraps up.
Worth reading (or listening to the celeb reading) for sure. I still struggle to reckon with the kidney transplant arguments.
I think this book does begin to hint at the idea of the Sanderson's fictional universe being larger than it first appears. I'm rather undecided on whether that's a good thing or not. I would not recommend reading this immediately after the first trilogy - hold off until finishing bands of mourning for sure.
After having read What we owe the future in 2022, it seemed appropriate to eventually catch up on DGB. It was an interesting read, giving the background to much of the effective altruism cause I had since investigated. Will makes many compelling points, but as always, much of the ideas are utilitarian in nature, and the level of conviction depends upon how amenable you are to that view.