![]() ![]() That's kind of his defining character trait (except for being totally into firearms, generally a dork and admittedly kind of good at improvisation). David Charleston uses terrible metaphors. The second one I've already kind of touched upon. Which isn't the only thing that annoyed me about the novels. Granted, David himself isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, so this kind of narration could be considered "in character", but it's nevertheless fucking grating from time to time. ![]() Unless narrator David Charleston once again indulges in absolutely terrible metaphors or delivers huge exposition-dumps. But yeah, apart from that which runs through the first two novels like a golden thread, everything's also very prosaic without any flourish, with short, simple sentences and dry descriptions of what happens. I shit you not, everybody's whispering in this all the time. Maybe the third one isn't either, I don't know, I read "Firefight" and "Calamity" mostly back to back, so maybe I was already used to it at the point where I started with that third one, but I do remember being kind of impressed that Sanderson didn't use the word "softly" to describe the tone of voice in which someone says something to someone else like. ![]() If that was what Sanderson was going for, then mission fucking accomplished, dude, because while grammatically mostly sound, the first and second books of this trilogy aren't written very well. any of 'em, if I am not mistaken, maybe except for "Abarat", but that's by Clive Barker, so it's pretty good by default). I've also read somewhere that he intentionally dumbed down his writing for these books because this is aimed at a mostly teenage audience and they shouldn't be overwhelmed by them fancy words and stuff (I can't really comment on whether this is something that is usual for Young Adult novels, because I haven't read. I haven't read anything else by him, so I can't compare this to his usual work. It tries really hard to be gritty and edgy to the point where it comes across as almost comical and Sanderson's style doesn't really help. ![]() The prologue of the first book is pretty awful. Lucky for him, he stumbles across the Reckoners, humans who fight Epics, and joins them in their effort to bring down Steelheart.įirst impressions of "Steelheart" (the book. He also killed David's father ten years earlier, so David is out for revenge. David Charleston lives in Newcago, which is reigned over by the Epic Steelheart, pretty much Superman but evil and also able to turn things into steel. The novels are set in the near future/alternative present where the emergence of a weird red star called Calamity gave physics-shattering superpowers to a number of individuals all across the globe but all of these so-called "Epics" have proven to be sociopaths at best and full-on murderous psychopaths more often than not. Also I hadn't read anything by Brandon Sanderson before but he's a very popular author, so since this seemed like an easy thing to get into (just three novels in contrast to his other works), I was like "Yeah, why not? Might as well check it out.". I first heard of these novels when Tom Vasel reviewed the board game The Reckoners three years or so ago and while I wasn't interested in the game per se (because duh, coop, bah!), I thought that the concept sounded interesting. Yes, things seem to work out perfectly fine for him and all his trouble, but the way he handles things is just down right childish! Also, since I'm on this rant, David needs to accept that Megan was tricking all of them, that she's not some Angel with broken wings he needs to save and show some freaking respect for the people that took you in when they didn't have to! I'd like to say I feel.better, but I dont.the "Reckoners"-trilogy by author Brandon Sanderson, comprised of the three novels "Steelheart", "Firefight" and "Calamity" (plus a short novella called "Mitosis" that is set between "Steelheart" and "Firefight" but I haven't read that one). I'm also sick and tired of him thinking he's in charge and having very little respect for the team prior to David's arrival. Instead of David owning up to his mistake, he whines about being called out on a topic he shouldn't have brought up. I've been listening to the series and it has been very difficult listening to the constant repeating of information! I think that anyone with any intelligence can remember that David's father was killed by Steelheart, that he lived in darkness almost his entire life and that his rifle is perfect! I'm the second book of the series Firefight, David knows information that the other team members don't and instead of keeping his bratty mouth shut, he pushes Tia and Profs buttons, which forces them to discuss information that needed to remain confidential. I think that David is an idiot! He thinks that whatever he feels and desires is the right and only way to think. ![]()
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