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Pros & Cons
Pros
The depth of culture is just as good as his longer works, and begs to be explored. The background world building is impressive for a novella. None of those are missing in his novellas either, they are just shorter.
The world feels fresh, and it makes me excited to search for cosmere clues. Nice cosmere story about a world on brink of technological advancement with the ironies and effects of advancement on nature and society. I'm not sure how it fits into the cos... Read More
Once again brandon weaves his magic. The magic system actually revolves around the birds. This story encompasses all i love about brandon's work.
Cons
Very disappointed for sanderson material. Too short. Nothing more than a tease. This guy's other works, especially the epics are so good.
Highlights
Quality
The characters are well developed and the story comes together quite nicely.
It is amazing the amount of world building he can do in such a small amount of pages.
One good example of this is "sixth of the dusk," set on a world where birds are able to bestow magical gifts on the humans who ... Read More
Sanderson fits a gripping story, good world building, and good character development in a short story.
Price
It is very much worth the money (though, i wouldn't claim that i have been disappointed with my purchase of any sanderson book).
Competitiveness
After they retreat to his safecamp, she reveals that change is coming -- a company from the technologically-superior mainland i... Read More
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It didnt explore this as much as i would have liked but still incredibly cool
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This one just left me wanting more
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The situations is not explained at once
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You learn as much from what is said as from what is not said
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I dont want to give any of the plot away so i am intentionally being vague
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You could almost consider this to be the first 2025 of a novel
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This was a great novella but compared to his other work this one fell short to me
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It took about halfway through the story before i even started to get into it
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