The1029

I loved the first one. Sanderson’s pacing is excellent - I was expecting a slow burn based on what I’d heard about them, but I don’t think that’s the right phrase. More like a fire getting constantly stoked until something has to explode.

Looking forward to getting into these later in the year.

I’ve never really thought about it like that, but have to agree with you. Harry is completely devoid of character. As someone who fell in love with reading/fantasy as a result of these books, I loved the wizarding world. I didn’t really have any care for Harry, or even much for the story that he’s a part of - just the setting, and the other characters.

I wonder if Harry’s transparency makes it easy for a young reader to project their own personality onto him, and kind of ‘roleplay’ their way through the series? I think the fact that the wizarding world is ‘bolted onto’ reality facilitates this - it feels almost tangible. May explain why nostalgia is so high among this particular group - it was an experience, not just a story.

Does this make Rowling a genius? Or do her books just benefit from the side-effect of her writing a bad MC?

Currently reading Godkiller. About halfway through and really liking it. Quite a short read for a new fantasy (clocks in at 300 pages), but the worldbuilding is really well interspersed through the story and dialogue.

What are you using to modify the Spotify colour please?

Another vote for Obsidian. I use it with the remotely-save plugin via WebDav and Nextcloud - completely self-hosted, I haven’t even made an Obsidian account. Sync conflicts are very rare, I’m using it on iOS and four desktops. While I wish it was OSS, nothing I’ve looked at even comes close to the flexibility of Obsidian. I’m using it for daily notes, habit tracking, task lists, and most recently to write a book.

Gravecrawler for me. Always loved zombie decks and how annoying these were to fight.

Working through the Mistborn trilogy, currently on Well of Ascension. First time stepping into Cosmere.