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Let's see, finished Bands of Mourning, which I had thought was the final book of the trilogy... then after the book ended without a feeling of finality, I quickly learned there was one book left, and Alloy of Law was seen more as a standalone where Shadows of Self started the trilogy. Okay, it's a relief either way.

Followed that directly with Secret History, and that was the point where the overall cosmere started to hook me. Learning about the three different realms, the shards, Odium being an asshole motherfucker to not just Roshar, but all over the damn place.

Maybe I'm just still too new when it comes to novels, but I really consider Sanderson to be a genius. This entire universe of his is well crafted and just a delight to learn about...

I'm getting ahead of myself, I still had to read Elantris, which I just finished the other day. I really enjoyed the story of it, however the process of reading it was a chore sometimes. Sarene and Hrathen by themselves didn't at all interest me because I'm bored by both politics and religion (well, in the way they were portrayed here at least). I still liked them as characters, I just wasn't interested by their interests. I love Raoden though, he's the rare kind of idealistic leader that you would feel good about supporting -- y'know, the rare kind that doesn't exist in the real world.

The real fun of Elantris was discovering the mystery behind it, although I find it kinda hilarious that the solution to all their problems was as simple as drawing a fucking line in the dirt. Then the real intrigue came from learning about how the Dor truly works, within the cosmere. It harkens back to that whole "Odium being a motherfuckin asshole" bit.

To wrap this up, I'm currently reading Emperor's Soul, which I'll finish tomorrow. Shai is best girl. I'll have more to say about this after I'm finished.

Also happy to see there's more Elantris following this, hopefully Raoden has learned some cooler Aons.

Two more short stories and I'll be all caught up! (Oh I read the first volume of White Sand but wasn't interested enough to read the second yet, I feel like I got the gist, and I feel Khriss is more interesting as a worldhopper)
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