Moving on, I love the way the author portrayed the events here. His writing and world-building improved greatly.

The world-building is beyond average; it’s awesome. Will Wight literally has a different world-building because each book is set in a different location.

Despite the Malazans being soldiers and all, they are still compassionate. It reminds me of what they did in Capustan. I was scared that the marines here would be a rip-off of the others, but I was wr...

The world is amazing. For a small book, the author cleverly does a lot of rather unique world-building. It’s not vast Midkemia, truth be told. This one is more straightforward, more streamlined,...

One would be forgiven for thinking the story predictable, but the author has an unusual way of churning up the norm and making it look extraordinary.

Meanwhile, Aes Sedai plotting thickens, serving as a perfect backdrop to the eventual facing off of The Dragon Reborn Rand al’Thor and the Forsaken Sammael.

Rhythm of War is simply astounding! There are plenty of surprises from arguably the Epic Fantasy Read of 2020

De Castell writes a New Fantasy, a world in which his characters can be whatever they want to be regardless of whatever and whoever stands in their way

How the author has managed to create vivid realism with mysterious, otherworldly intrigues and elements is quite beyond me. It’s a perfect blend of Grimdark and traditional fantasy. Game of Thro...

The quick pacing allows a lot of action to be crammed between pages, and Brandon Sanderson has duly obliged.

The characters enjoyed the dizzying heights of triumph, often side by side with the despairing depths of defeat.

Our hero’s father, Duke Leto, has to move, as per the directive of a sadistic emperor, to a desert planet with his family to oversee the mining of a very valuable spice, a job that was solely th...