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Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson
Аноним20 февраля 2019 г.Sanderson stays true to himself. It would be a virtue if he was good enough, but in our case it just means that he abandoned the very idea of artistic growth entirely.
Sanderson truly never changes, at least throughout the books I've already read ( «The Way of Kings» Brandon Sanderson , «Words of Radiance» Brandon Sanderson ). He carefully explains everything to the readers in every small detail as if the readers are idiots, unable to draw conclusions on their own based on what was shown to them. No, with Sanderson it's never "show, don't tell", it's "show and tell and tell and tell and tell".
Well, maybe the main character is good enough to make up for and tell and tell and tell and tell? Now, when the story revolves around one particular character and the author can concentrate on her and make her more believable, more compelling? Not exactly.
A thief girl, who's calling her wordy educated companion something he is not, ignoring his true nature; who talks in heavy street accent; jerk with a heart of gold who doesn't want to bound by rules, naive to a some degree, but not idiotic... Maybe there is so much you can do portraying such a character... the problem is I've already seen a character like this done better.
Sette Frummagem from «Unsounded - Volume 1: The Zombie & The Brat» Ashley Cope . Sette is less "good" (yeah, one-dimentional characters, Sanderson's bane), but a really good side of her has more value because of that.
Oh well, another letdown. Not that it was unexpected, but I really hoped that Sanderson would do better within the limits of novella format. At least the story shouldn't drag at a snail's pace, right? Wrong. He took an amount of content suitable for a short story and made it into a novella. Why?.. At least now, thanks to the author's note, I have an answer.
The original plan for this novella was for it to be 18,000 words. It ended up at around 40,000. Ah well. That just happens sometimes. (Particulary when you are me.)Thank you, mr. Sanderson, now I know what to make of you. It's plain and simple, really. A graphomaniac.
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