Yes, but can we do a ranking on the horror, non fiction, and not horror books. I could not finish It, and I got very far in it. For maybe a bit over a year, I could not walk near a storm drain.
Such a loveable goofball who is also clearly very intelligent. You’re one of my comfort UA-camrs, just like your wife. I get so excited when I see y’all post.
I’m sad that you didnt like Mistborn but I also understand. As someone who loved the series Vin was never my favorite character and I didnt really start feeling for her till the end of book 2. Kelsier carried me hard through book 1. Love him
Ouch! I loved Mistborn! Let me go sit in a corner and cry for a little bit and decompress, so I can come back and give you a hug and tell you a still appreciate you... 🤣
Iannn!!!! My man! How have u still never made a bad video brother it’s crazy! I can’t believe how far you’ve come and so honoured to have been there since the beginning. I’m so grateful to be apart of this community that saved me in more ways than once. You truly do care about us and it’s so amazing to see. All the love brotha an intimate reading associate foreverrr!!!!! God bless
Great video Ian , thank you for sharing x I have never read a Stephen King novel but from watching your videos and how highly u speak of them I want to start. Went to the charity shop yesterday and there were 4 of his books , bought them all and im so excited to read them , thank you so much x
Lies of Locke Lamora is one of my favorite series by far!!! It’s fantastic! Also I could easily have dropped mistborn after book 1 and been fine with it. I wasn’t the biggest fan of it myself. The magic system was amazing and that is it (for me). You are the reason I’m a Stephan King fan! Keep doing a great job!
I'm so glad you're liking Robin Hobb's Realm of The Elderlings series! I started it a year ago and am currently on book 8 of 16. I'm not usually a massive fantasy reader, much less such a long series, but that's just how good this story is! the characters shine so beautifully, I really hope you continue it to see just how amazing it keeps being.
maybe try era 2 of Mistborn, its completely different in tone and feel. some plot points of era 1 might be spoiled but you dont need to know anything going in. But it helps to have a basic idea of the magic system
wow reading 20 books in 3 months is a great feat! I have only read 13 since the beginning of the year 😅 and your love and enthusiasm about the Kings books make me want to reread them again. 11/22/63 is my all time favorite and Billy Summers is one of my top King books. Dancing is life 😉
I am glad you liked Gone with the Wind! I am reading the sequel now! It is called Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley. I loved Rhett Butler he is the one that makes the book.
I hope the final empire doesn’t deter you from the the storm light archive. I’ve had my issues with the MistBorn series and I DNFd the way of kings but after I mustard though to a certain point it is one of my favorite books ever. I feel like you owe it to your self to at least try Way of kings.
I'm fairly surprised you didn't like Mistborn, I understand the dislike of the characters, I would say try the way of Kings. And if you don't like it then Brandon Sanderson is probably not for you. because the way of kings has Sanderson's best characters for sure
Yes I would second this! I think you would like the Way of Kings series, it’s my first series by Brando Sando & I’m enjoying it a lot! I’m almost done with Oathbringer then on to Rhythm of War🫶🏾
You chose some of my absolute favorite Stephen King novels…I loved 11/22/63! I totally agree that it is a brilliant blend of historical fiction and elements that King is known for. Definitely a great entry book. Mr. Mercedes and the rest of the Holly Gibney series are also fantastic stories. Loved them so much, although much darker. I just picked up the Scott Lynch books and am excited to read them. Great video!
You're hands down my favorite booktuber, and I love watching your wife as well! I would request, maybe even demand, that you give Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrews a try. I devoured that book, it was so good and really pulls at the heart strings. Supernatural horror YA and one of my favorite reads this year! Thanks for the reading inspo, btw! I've just added some of these books to my Amazon cart waiting for Prime Days!
Wow, I'm so shocked you loved the Lies of Locke Lamora over Mistborn! I DNFed Lamora because while I understood the dark humor, I could not get past how unlikeable Locke was. I have friends who dislike Sanderson too, but I love his characters! I admit Vin's not the traditional hero, but I loved her growth of confidence and trust in a found family. I will admit, the magic system went over my head at times, but I loved the plot! Book 2 is my least favorite in the trilogy, but you may enjoy it because it's more politics heavy and there's multiple pov's. Book 3 is also very politics heavy, but it does fully commit to exploring the magic system. . . . I also commend you for reading Gone With The Wind (that is an EPIC BRAG).
Pretty much my feeling! I just can't like thieves that don't even have any goals except thieving. I like ASOIAF, so it's not the dark themes or anything... I did end up finishing it, and it is certainly a GOOD book. It's just that it's very much not for me. And I love Mistborn, yeah...
@@kristen7623 lol yeah, I need to start The Stormlight Archives. I'm currently reading through the Skyward series, which I wasn't expecting to love because I'm not a big sci-fi reader. However, Sanderson knows how to write epic stories and I'm enjoying the dystopian elements to it.
@@SupremeDP Yeah, I just couldn't understand what the MC's goal was aside from 'not dying.' I was hoping that Locke would have some kind of redemption moment, but he was just too bull headed. Tbh I kind of gave up ACOTAR after the third book. . . I couldn't handle the spice 😅.
Very excited to get into Robin Hobb’s books! I am currently reading Valor in John Gwynne’s The Faithful and The Fallen series and DANG. Freaking loving them! Robin Hobb is next though for sure!
Ian, you and Ashlynn are my FAV booktubers and I look up to you a lot as a new booktuber myself! But this is not about that...over the last year-ish, I have been getting into stephen king and I was wondering if you would ever do a "guide to reading stephen king" video??! theres so much out there that it feels overwhelming to just straight google that question haha. Would very much appreciate your thoughts on the King (other than Jesus Christ, hahah) and trust what you have to say about him! I recently have loved Fairytale and The Institute by him, and have the stand and 11/22/63 on my radar!
So glad you are enjoying Gentlemen Bastard series- hope for news update from Lynch later this year Surprised by your Mistborn review, but at least you gave it a shot or 5 shots
I finished the Mistborn series but also not a big Sanderson fan so I get it. Can't wait to see you get further into Robin Hobb. My favorite fantasy writer 🙂
Great video. I really liked the format which kept me engaged in a fun way. Good job. You may have actually gotten me convinced to try an Emily Henry. I have never navigated towards romance (and have no draw to that genre) but I do like stories about psychology and what motives people (at times, not in every book). Hence, maybe I could enjoy one. If I do, I will let you know.
I chuckled my way through your video, especially at the Boys Life/It comparison! I read my 1st Steven King book this year because of you. Billy Summers was an instant 5⭐️Love your content! ❤
That’s a lot of books. I really like Assassin’s Apprentice as well, specifically for the prose. It stinks that you didn’t like Mistborn, but I think with Brandon it’s either you love it or you hate it. You may still want to try Stormlight, the prose are a bit better, but he’ll never wow you. For me, with Brandon, it’s the worldbuilding. If you don’t like that, there’s not much else I think. The characters are good, but I don’t think they’re great. I haven’t read much of Stormlight, so maybe all of the great characters are in it. I know everyone loves Dalinar and Kaladin.
I'll be the odd one out and say I think The Final Empire is the best book in the first Mistborn trilogy, but I do think you'll love Era 2 of Mistborn. It's basically an epic fantasy western.
I actually agree with you. The best to me out of the trilogy was Final Empire, Hero of Ages was good as well but Well of Ascension was painfully slow for me
I agree with that, as well. I was seriously taken back by him saying he disliked it so much. I've read over 700 fantasy books (over the past 30 years) and The Final Empire sits very high up on my list.
I feel ya on brandon sanderson. His style is extremely slow burn. Way of kings is way slow as well, but the farther it got, it built to a crescendo and had me quit excited with the ending. I feel ya on mistborn it felt almost video gamish with the magic system. Way of Kings magic is better, more organic feeling with the characters.
The Well of Ascension is amazing. That trilogy, as a whole, is incredible. There's just so much that he wove into that story, so many seeds planted from the very beginning, and it has a great ending. It also has the best hard magic system out there.
Woah Nelly I think this is the first time I’ve seen someone genuinely dislike Mistborn! The Brando Sando fan girlies are quakinggg🤣 So many good points on that one! Robin Hobb? Absolute queen.
Mistborn was such a slog, it took a few months of trying to force myself to read it. Let me tell you sir, not worth reading at all. I’m not saying Sando is a boring writer (this was an early book of his in his career) I’m just saying that it’s not worth reading if you are a moderate reader of more than one genre besides fantasy.
@@curtisjay34 sounds good was just checking since Sanderson is heavily influenced by Jordan even finished WoT I suspect you will dislike it. They even mention book 7-9 as the slog since he will go on for chapters describing troop movements. Some people love it some hate it.
Parker series. Get ready for some of the greatest crime writing. Just know Butcher's Moon is probably one of the darkest. It was also the original ending to the series. Stark/Westlake picked up writing the series 20 something years later. Not skipping a beat. There is a side series of four books that follows one of Parker's friends. Yes he has one. Love your videos.
I’m being serious, you should write a fantasy book. You ar my favorite booktuber and I would immediately get this book! Also any not very known fantasy books you recommend?
I’m thankful to see I wasn’t the only one that wasn’t a huge fan of Mistborn. I finished The Final Empire, and while I found the ending unique and surprising, I wasn’t a huge fan of the book as a whole at all. It took a long time to get through, just because I found myself repeatedly drawn elsewhere. I want to like Sanderson. I own the first two books of Stormlight, hoping I will like them. Also, between you and Mike (Mike’s Book Reviews), I’ve never been more convinced to try Stephen King and I never thought I’d say that. Will be picking up Billy Summers soon.
They made a series on audience tv based on the Mr. MERCEDES books. It was great. I don't know if its on any other streaming service. But you got to see it.
I've been reading The Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey and I would love to hear your thoughts on those books. They are labeled as YA but I really feel like they are more adult than that. They give me Edger Alan Poe and Stephen King's vibes. Also I really love your channel you're doing a great job !!!
That's wild about Cormac's non-use of certain grammatical marks. I read "No Country for Old Men" recently and barely noticed. If you're on the fence about his work I highly recommend it. My wife just recently read "Funny Story" and loved it, gonna give it a whirl. I'm currently slogging through "The Ever King" for a work book club, meh.... Imma finish it but I've set it aside for now and read 104 pages of "Neverwhere" yesterday. My wife and I have our own bookclub. We read authors or works we've never read, together. This month was "Billy Summers" our first Stephen King fiction, I've read "One Writing". We both gave it 5/5 stars! Thanks for the content!
I'm with Ian here. I read The Road recently and I just found it written in such a boring way. I enjoyed the world. I liked the bleakness and the feeling of hopelessness. I'm no stranger to these kinds of stories to say the least. There is just nothing to this book personally. Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle as some people say. I also found the ending very lackluster. Again, I get it, this world is harsh and unforgiving but even in such worlds, other stories have actually made me feel something, be engaged with something, wanting to continue reading for some reason. The only reason I finished The Road was just because it's such a short book. Sure the page count is 300 something but formatting it to a more "regular" book, it's around 150 at most.
This was such a good video concept. Love the short reviews. Definitely, don't waste time on books that aren't interesting. Life is too short and there are too many good books to waste your time on books you aren't interested in! 😊
I have strange feelings about The Kingdom of liars series. I thought the first book was above average, the second book went somewhere unexpected but not in a good way for me, but for some reason I cannot stop thinking about the third book. I think about it weekly, if not daily. I have a couple issues with part of the plot and some of the characters. I think at the time I would've given the entire series a 3.75/5 but the more that it sits with me the more I love it. I can't explain it. It does so many things that don't work for me as a reader but I think I love it. Whatever else Nick Martell writes I'll read.
No shade, I love your channel! I just can’t imagine someone not loving Mistborn! Thanks for the valiant effort! The world took a collective gasp at 2.5 😂
So, I liked The Final Empire - but didn't love it. I had to sort of force myself but the ending (for me) was good but it didn't make me want to run to read book two. I liked Vin but didn't love her. I'm jumping over to The Way of Kings to see if I like that better. I'm so glad you're being honest about your reviews, as always. Love this video and look forward to future ones.
This video could also be titled "20 Books to add to your TBR" because that's exactly what I just did😂 love your videos Ian!! Always look forward to hearing your opinions on books, as well as your wife's on her channel!🥰
Im so glad you finally read Lies of Locke Lamora and Assassin’s Apprentice. I think we have similar taste now that I see your opinions on those books (:
It's funny because the way you described not liking the final empire, is how I fealt reading the lies of locke lamora.....found it utterly slow and boring lol
Very awesome video. I don't really like Wrap ups, but in this way it was really fun. Great short summaries, short speedy reviews. Awesome. I'm very glad you enjoyed Assassin's apprentice. Welcome to the Robin Hobb fan club 😂🎉
Sanderson's The Way of Kings series is much better than Mistborn, better characters, better world, better writing. You've got me so interested in Scott Lynch, but right now I want to devour Stephen King books.
The Lies of Locke Lamora is the best!! I really hope the 4th book comes out soon! Recommendation for you... I really think you'll like Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 😊
Where did you get your leather couch? Looks amazing and i'm looking for one just like it (I also live in UT so if it's a local store that won't affect me)
Valencia Home Theater Seating! There is a link on my wife’s channel on her “Build My Dream At Home Library With Me” video. There should be a link in the description for it!!
Honestly if you did not enjoy The Final Empire you most likely wont like the rest of the Mistborn books. Personnally it is one of my favorite series - but it doesnt have to be for everyone. Better to enjoy what you read then to read for the enjoyment of others :) I would still reccomend you give The Way Of Kings a shot since it is very different to Mistborn and deals with the magical elements of the world more organically (IMO) - but it is still Sanderson's prose...
I picked up Billy Summers from the library today because of your recommendation! Really need to read Assassin’s Apprentice and The Lies of Locke Lamora. LOVED Funny Story and Beach Read!! Too bad you didn’t like Mistborn. I read the first book and liked it but haven’t gotten back to the series yet. I’m obsessed with The Stormlight Archive right now though 😍😍
If you don’t like the first Mistborn book, you will definitely DNF the second and third too, I almost couldn’t get trough them and when I did it certainly wasn’t worth it for me. I’m glad there are people who like it and I absolutely love other Sanderson books, but just not Mistborn.
I don’t know whether you have read all 5 of Emily Henry‘s books but if you have I would love to see a video where you rank them from your least favourite to your favourite 💖
3:50 Lies of Locke Lamora is pretty famously NOT for everyone :D. ¡Not even for all grimdark fans! I know big fans of Abercrombie that just felt it was OK (I also know fans of Abercrombie that thought it was marvellous, so there's that). I myself think it was a fine read, but I didn't really care enough to recommend it to anybody or want to read the sequels that I also bought with it, and it's the kind of thing where I am inclined to criticize it just because of how a lot of people LOOOVE it, and that contrasts so hard with the 3/5 feeling it gave me that I try to convince myself I liked it less than I did, lol. I do absolutely love Sanderson to bits though, so it's most certainly a taste thing.
Ian, since you like historical fiction, can I recommend the Adam de Norton series by Ian Ross? It’s set in 13th century during the Baronial Wars. Perfectly captures the period. Final book in the trilogy isn’t out till next year though.
6:19 🫣I’m slogging through book 2 at the moment… I’ve never been reading a fantasy book in a series for so many weeks… I think I’ve read too much fast-paced fantasy before getting to Mistborn. I think if I’d read it earlier, it would have formed my experience of the genre and I would have been fine. Alas. 😅
Added Lies of Locke Lamore to my tbr! Speaking of no quotation marks... I highly recommend Blindness by Jose Saramago if you can stomach no quotation marks ever again. 😅 It's riveting.
Ian! We need a video dedicated to ranking Stephen King books! 😃
Yes, but can we do a ranking on the horror, non fiction, and not horror books. I could not finish It, and I got very far in it. For maybe a bit over a year, I could not walk near a storm drain.
this is the first male booktuber i enjoy!!!!
Hurtful but I can see it.
Can I recommend 2 To Ramble? Those guys are hilarious and wholesome. Also, The Book Guy is super underrated.
@@IbbyMelbourne ill try em out
@@IbbyMelbourne I LOVE THE BOOK GUY
how could someone not Mike books reviews
Such a loveable goofball who is also clearly very intelligent. You’re one of my comfort UA-camrs, just like your wife. I get so excited when I see y’all post.
I picked up 11/2/63 because of this video. No regrets
I’m sad that you didnt like Mistborn but I also understand. As someone who loved the series Vin was never my favorite character and I didnt really start feeling for her till the end of book 2. Kelsier carried me hard through book 1. Love him
I do wonder if those that don't like mistborn feel the same about wheel of time if so it makes sense imo.
I really didn't like Vin and Elend at all in mistborn but enjoyed everything else in the trilogy 😅
Agreed! Kelsier and Elend got me through book one more than Vin. But the more I read the more I love Vin's character
@@DuaneL82 Wheel Of Time is in my top three. I hated Mistborn
Ouch! I loved Mistborn!
Let me go sit in a corner and cry for a little bit and decompress, so I can come back and give you a hug and tell you a still appreciate you... 🤣
Iannn!!!! My man! How have u still never made a bad video brother it’s crazy! I can’t believe how far you’ve come and so honoured to have been there since the beginning. I’m so grateful to be apart of this community that saved me in more ways than once. You truly do care about us and it’s so amazing to see. All the love brotha an intimate reading associate foreverrr!!!!! God bless
Wild things are said about Mistborn, wow.
11 2263 has been my favorite book this year as well! God it was perfect in every way. I wanted it to be longer lol 😆
Great video Ian , thank you for sharing x
I have never read a Stephen King novel but from watching your videos and how highly u speak of them I want to start. Went to the charity shop yesterday and there were 4 of his books , bought them all and im so excited to read them , thank you so much x
Lies of Locke Lamora is one of my favorite series by far!!! It’s fantastic!
Also I could easily have dropped mistborn after book 1 and been fine with it. I wasn’t the biggest fan of it myself. The magic system was amazing and that is it (for me). You are the reason I’m a Stephan King fan! Keep doing a great job!
There's something very comfy about these videos.
I'm so glad you're liking Robin Hobb's Realm of The Elderlings series! I started it a year ago and am currently on book 8 of 16. I'm not usually a massive fantasy reader, much less such a long series, but that's just how good this story is! the characters shine so beautifully, I really hope you continue it to see just how amazing it keeps being.
Boy's Life is genuinely the best book I have ever read! I can't get over how good that book is.
I would love to see you do a ranking of the King books you have read. And you could do future episodes of it as you read more. 🙏
maybe try era 2 of Mistborn, its completely different in tone and feel. some plot points of era 1 might be spoiled but you dont need to know anything going in. But it helps to have a basic idea of the magic system
I read assassins apprentice less than a year ago and now I'm ten books into realm of the elderlings i lovee Robin Hobb's writing so much
wow reading 20 books in 3 months is a great feat! I have only read 13 since the beginning of the year 😅 and your love and enthusiasm about the Kings books make me want to reread them again. 11/22/63 is my all time favorite and Billy Summers is one of my top King books. Dancing is life 😉
I am glad you liked Gone with the Wind! I am reading the sequel now! It is called Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley. I loved Rhett Butler he is the one that makes the book.
I hope the final empire doesn’t deter you from the the storm light archive. I’ve had my issues with the MistBorn series and I DNFd the way of kings but after I mustard though to a certain point it is one of my favorite books ever. I feel like you owe it to your self to at least try Way of kings.
I'm fairly surprised you didn't like Mistborn, I understand the dislike of the characters, I would say try the way of Kings. And if you don't like it then Brandon Sanderson is probably not for you. because the way of kings has Sanderson's best characters for sure
Yes I would second this! I think you would like the Way of Kings series, it’s my first series by Brando Sando & I’m enjoying it a lot! I’m almost done with Oathbringer then on to Rhythm of War🫶🏾
Great video, I’ve added 5 to my TBR! I love how you’re not stuck in one genre and how diverse your reading is. New subscriber!
I’m currently reading 11.23.63 and I’m obsessed with it! Annoyed I haven’t read it sooner
You chose some of my absolute favorite Stephen King novels…I loved 11/22/63! I totally agree that it is a brilliant blend of historical fiction and elements that King is known for. Definitely a great entry book. Mr. Mercedes and the rest of the Holly Gibney series are also fantastic stories. Loved them so much, although much darker. I just picked up the Scott Lynch books and am excited to read them. Great video!
I really enjoyed the Mercedes Trilogy! :)
Also uhhh... interesting stillframe at 12:40 😅
You're hands down my favorite booktuber, and I love watching your wife as well! I would request, maybe even demand, that you give Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrews a try. I devoured that book, it was so good and really pulls at the heart strings. Supernatural horror YA and one of my favorite reads this year! Thanks for the reading inspo, btw! I've just added some of these books to my Amazon cart waiting for Prime Days!
Best wrap up video by anyone!
I love Cormac McCarthy! 😂 Great video tho.
Wow, I'm so shocked you loved the Lies of Locke Lamora over Mistborn! I DNFed Lamora because while I understood the dark humor, I could not get past how unlikeable Locke was. I have friends who dislike Sanderson too, but I love his characters! I admit Vin's not the traditional hero, but I loved her growth of confidence and trust in a found family. I will admit, the magic system went over my head at times, but I loved the plot! Book 2 is my least favorite in the trilogy, but you may enjoy it because it's more politics heavy and there's multiple pov's. Book 3 is also very politics heavy, but it does fully commit to exploring the magic system. . . . I also commend you for reading Gone With The Wind (that is an EPIC BRAG).
Sammmmeee LoLL is my boyfriend’s favorite book and I don’t know…it really didn’t do it for me. Now…I’m a full on Cosmerenaut. Lol
Pretty much my feeling! I just can't like thieves that don't even have any goals except thieving. I like ASOIAF, so it's not the dark themes or anything...
I did end up finishing it, and it is certainly a GOOD book. It's just that it's very much not for me.
And I love Mistborn, yeah...
@@kristen7623 lol yeah, I need to start The Stormlight Archives. I'm currently reading through the Skyward series, which I wasn't expecting to love because I'm not a big sci-fi reader. However, Sanderson knows how to write epic stories and I'm enjoying the dystopian elements to it.
@@SupremeDP Yeah, I just couldn't understand what the MC's goal was aside from 'not dying.' I was hoping that Locke would have some kind of redemption moment, but he was just too bull headed. Tbh I kind of gave up ACOTAR after the third book. . . I couldn't handle the spice 😅.
Oh also your content is so superior to most stuff on BookTube!
I have been really wanting to read the Lies of Locke Lamora!
Do read it, one of my favorite fantasy books
The Mr Mercedes trilogy are my favourite Stephen King books. I own multiple copies and plan to do a re read soon
Very excited to get into Robin Hobb’s books! I am currently reading Valor in John Gwynne’s The Faithful and The Fallen series and DANG. Freaking loving them! Robin Hobb is next though for sure!
Love that you rated 11/22/63 6 starts! I read it a few years ago and it was so good!!
Such a joy to watch this. I've started reading some Stephen King recently and I can't wait to read more of his works.
Ian, you and Ashlynn are my FAV booktubers and I look up to you a lot as a new booktuber myself! But this is not about that...over the last year-ish, I have been getting into stephen king and I was wondering if you would ever do a "guide to reading stephen king" video??! theres so much out there that it feels overwhelming to just straight google that question haha. Would very much appreciate your thoughts on the King (other than Jesus Christ, hahah) and trust what you have to say about him! I recently have loved Fairytale and The Institute by him, and have the stand and 11/22/63 on my radar!
So glad you are enjoying Gentlemen Bastard series- hope for news update from Lynch later this year
Surprised by your Mistborn review, but at least you gave it a shot or 5 shots
Some news from Lynch finally! Looks like we’ll be seeing Thorn of Emberlain soon.
@@daghul4785 fingers crossed, but eager for the short story in GrimDark magazine and the novellas first, but still have not seen links to preorder
Currently in the middle of Doctor Sleep. Actually pausing your (delightful) video to read a chapter or two.
So now I have a bunch of new books for my TBR. I loved 11/22/63. Will have to try several of these books.
I finished the Mistborn series but also not a big Sanderson fan so I get it. Can't wait to see you get further into Robin Hobb. My favorite fantasy writer 🙂
Ian, you're my favorite tuber! I just so enjoy your character and humor! I've read several books due to your recommendations. Thank you, sir! 😂
Great video. I really liked the format which kept me engaged in a fun way. Good job.
You may have actually gotten me convinced to try an Emily Henry. I have never navigated towards romance (and have no draw to that genre) but I do like stories about psychology and what motives people (at times, not in every book). Hence, maybe I could enjoy one. If I do, I will let you know.
You and Ashlynn convinced me to read Red Rising. Holy smokes what a good series. Totally thought it was a complete series but hey it was so so good.
I chuckled my way through your video, especially at the Boys Life/It comparison! I read my 1st Steven King book this year because of you. Billy Summers was an instant 5⭐️Love your content! ❤
Thank you 👍🏽👍🏽
That’s a lot of books. I really like Assassin’s Apprentice as well, specifically for the prose. It stinks that you didn’t like Mistborn, but I think with Brandon it’s either you love it or you hate it. You may still want to try Stormlight, the prose are a bit better, but he’ll never wow you. For me, with Brandon, it’s the worldbuilding. If you don’t like that, there’s not much else I think. The characters are good, but I don’t think they’re great. I haven’t read much of Stormlight, so maybe all of the great characters are in it. I know everyone loves Dalinar and Kaladin.
I'll be the odd one out and say I think The Final Empire is the best book in the first Mistborn trilogy, but I do think you'll love Era 2 of Mistborn. It's basically an epic fantasy western.
I actually agree with you. The best to me out of the trilogy was Final Empire, Hero of Ages was good as well but Well of Ascension was painfully slow for me
I agree with that, as well. I was seriously taken back by him saying he disliked it so much. I've read over 700 fantasy books (over the past 30 years) and The Final Empire sits very high up on my list.
I feel ya on brandon sanderson. His style is extremely slow burn. Way of kings is way slow as well, but the farther it got, it built to a crescendo and had me quit excited with the ending. I feel ya on mistborn it felt almost video gamish with the magic system. Way of Kings magic is better, more organic feeling with the characters.
Put Stephen kings book 11/22/63 on my birthday wish list for my 20th birthday on July 31st 💕
You made me really eager to read it x 😂🥰
I read the Farseer Trilogy last month. I too agree that Robin Hobb is great. I’m reading the rest of the Realm of the Enderlings books.
Nooo Ian i cant believe you dont like Mistborn !! I still love your vids though for your honest review ! Great vid as always
You should do a video reading Kings shorter novels. I really enjoy his short stories and smaller novels.
I’m also reading the Farseer trilogy I started book two but I got distracted with the Well of Ascension by Sanderson!
The Well of Ascension is amazing. That trilogy, as a whole, is incredible. There's just so much that he wove into that story, so many seeds planted from the very beginning, and it has a great ending. It also has the best hard magic system out there.
Woah Nelly I think this is the first time I’ve seen someone genuinely dislike Mistborn! The Brando Sando fan girlies are quakinggg🤣 So many good points on that one! Robin Hobb? Absolute queen.
Exactly my thoughts about Mistborn lol😂 first booktuber that didn’t like it!
Mistborn was such a slog, it took a few months of trying to force myself to read it. Let me tell you sir, not worth reading at all. I’m not saying Sando is a boring writer (this was an early book of his in his career) I’m just saying that it’s not worth reading if you are a moderate reader of more than one genre besides fantasy.
@@curtisjay34did you like or ever read wheel of time?
@@DuaneL82 one day… maybe not.
@@curtisjay34 sounds good was just checking since Sanderson is heavily influenced by Jordan even finished WoT I suspect you will dislike it. They even mention book 7-9 as the slog since he will go on for chapters describing troop movements. Some people love it some hate it.
I am so excited to watch this!!
Parker series. Get ready for some of the greatest crime writing. Just know Butcher's Moon is probably one of the darkest. It was also the original ending to the series. Stark/Westlake picked up writing the series 20 something years later. Not skipping a beat. There is a side series of four books that follows one of Parker's friends. Yes he has one. Love your videos.
I’m being serious, you should write a fantasy book. You ar my favorite booktuber and I would immediately get this book! Also any not very known fantasy books you recommend?
I’m thankful to see I wasn’t the only one that wasn’t a huge fan of Mistborn. I finished The Final Empire, and while I found the ending unique and surprising, I wasn’t a huge fan of the book as a whole at all. It took a long time to get through, just because I found myself repeatedly drawn elsewhere. I want to like Sanderson. I own the first two books of Stormlight, hoping I will like them.
Also, between you and Mike (Mike’s Book Reviews), I’ve never been more convinced to try Stephen King and I never thought I’d say that. Will be picking up Billy Summers soon.
11/22/63 is so good! I agree 100% with your 5 star review.
They made a series on audience tv based on the Mr. MERCEDES books. It was great. I don't know if its on any other streaming service. But you got to see it.
The way this video was being pushed in my feed like I wasn’t already subscribed lol
Like okaayyyy I’ll watch!
…ahem…nice video!
I've been reading The Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey and I would love to hear your thoughts on those books. They are labeled as YA but I really feel like they are more adult than that. They give me Edger Alan Poe and Stephen King's vibes. Also I really love your channel you're doing a great job !!!
I'm glad you loved The Lies of Locke Lamora! I wish more people knew about the series.
That's wild about Cormac's non-use of certain grammatical marks. I read "No Country for Old Men" recently and barely noticed. If you're on the fence about his work I highly recommend it. My wife just recently read "Funny Story" and loved it, gonna give it a whirl. I'm currently slogging through "The Ever King" for a work book club, meh.... Imma finish it but I've set it aside for now and read 104 pages of "Neverwhere" yesterday. My wife and I have our own bookclub. We read authors or works we've never read, together. This month was "Billy Summers" our first Stephen King fiction, I've read "One Writing". We both gave it 5/5 stars! Thanks for the content!
I'm with Ian here. I read The Road recently and I just found it written in such a boring way.
I enjoyed the world. I liked the bleakness and the feeling of hopelessness. I'm no stranger to these kinds of stories to say the least.
There is just nothing to this book personally. Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle as some people say.
I also found the ending very lackluster. Again, I get it, this world is harsh and unforgiving but even in such worlds, other stories have actually made me feel something, be engaged with something, wanting to continue reading for some reason.
The only reason I finished The Road was just because it's such a short book. Sure the page count is 300 something but formatting it to a more "regular" book, it's around 150 at most.
This was such a good video concept. Love the short reviews. Definitely, don't waste time on books that aren't interesting. Life is too short and there are too many good books to waste your time on books you aren't interested in! 😊
I have strange feelings about The Kingdom of liars series. I thought the first book was above average, the second book went somewhere unexpected but not in a good way for me, but for some reason I cannot stop thinking about the third book. I think about it weekly, if not daily. I have a couple issues with part of the plot and some of the characters. I think at the time I would've given the entire series a 3.75/5 but the more that it sits with me the more I love it. I can't explain it. It does so many things that don't work for me as a reader but I think I love it. Whatever else Nick Martell writes I'll read.
Gone with the wind is on my July TBR so hopefully I get to it!
No shade, I love your channel! I just can’t imagine someone not loving Mistborn! Thanks for the valiant effort!
The world took a collective gasp at 2.5 😂
Ian you do a truly amazing job reading books.
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You and ash are my favorite book tubers
So, I liked The Final Empire - but didn't love it. I had to sort of force myself but the ending (for me) was good but it didn't make me want to run to read book two. I liked Vin but didn't love her. I'm jumping over to The Way of Kings to see if I like that better. I'm so glad you're being honest about your reviews, as always. Love this video and look forward to future ones.
This video could also be titled "20 Books to add to your TBR" because that's exactly what I just did😂 love your videos Ian!! Always look forward to hearing your opinions on books, as well as your wife's on her channel!🥰
Maybe make a video about where you would recommend people start with fantasy. A lot of people recommend mistborn so would be fun what you think!
Im so glad you finally read Lies of Locke Lamora and Assassin’s Apprentice. I think we have similar taste now that I see your opinions on those books (:
Beach read is my fav so far of EH but I haven’t read funny story yet
It's funny because the way you described not liking the final empire, is how I fealt reading the lies of locke lamora.....found it utterly slow and boring lol
It’s funny how that happens😂
@iangubeli for reals lol
Very awesome video. I don't really like Wrap ups, but in this way it was really fun. Great short summaries, short speedy reviews. Awesome.
I'm very glad you enjoyed Assassin's apprentice. Welcome to the Robin Hobb fan club 😂🎉
I think Scarlett's real love was Tara. She did everything to protect it.
I completely agree!!!! She always loved Tara!!!
Sanderson's The Way of Kings series is much better than Mistborn, better characters, better world, better writing. You've got me so interested in Scott Lynch, but right now I want to devour Stephen King books.
IAN! Since you've read Mr. Mercades, you MUST read Finders Keepers. Best of the series. Should have been a standalone.
I personally love mistborn but i think stormlight archive is more up your ally.
Excited for u to continue the Mercedes trilogy 😁
I will say Mistborn isn't for everyone but I would highly recommend the warrior witch duology by Greta Kelly, I love her work.
The Lies of Locke Lamora is the best!! I really hope the 4th book comes out soon! Recommendation for you... I really think you'll like Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 😊
Where did you get your leather couch? Looks amazing and i'm looking for one just like it (I also live in UT so if it's a local store that won't affect me)
Valencia Home Theater Seating! There is a link on my wife’s channel on her “Build My Dream At Home Library With Me” video. There should be a link in the description for it!!
You need to try listening to Mistborn through Graphic Audio, you'll change your mind
Have you read SK's Joyland yet? You totally should, it's the perfect summer read
Honestly if you did not enjoy The Final Empire you most likely wont like the rest of the Mistborn books. Personnally it is one of my favorite series - but it doesnt have to be for everyone. Better to enjoy what you read then to read for the enjoyment of others :)
I would still reccomend you give The Way Of Kings a shot since it is very different to Mistborn and deals with the magical elements of the world more organically (IMO) - but it is still Sanderson's prose...
I picked up Billy Summers from the library today because of your recommendation! Really need to read Assassin’s Apprentice and The Lies of Locke Lamora. LOVED Funny Story and Beach Read!! Too bad you didn’t like Mistborn. I read the first book and liked it but haven’t gotten back to the series yet. I’m obsessed with The Stormlight Archive right now though 😍😍
Brilliant video!
Dude what a beast video! 20 books 😮💨
If you don’t like the first Mistborn book, you will definitely DNF the second and third too, I almost couldn’t get trough them and when I did it certainly wasn’t worth it for me. I’m glad there are people who like it and I absolutely love other Sanderson books, but just not Mistborn.
I don’t know whether you have read all 5 of Emily Henry‘s books but if you have I would love to see a video where you rank them from your least favourite to your favourite 💖
I don't like Vin (or Elend) either but still enjoyed the Mistborn series overall 😅
3:50 Lies of Locke Lamora is pretty famously NOT for everyone :D. ¡Not even for all grimdark fans! I know big fans of Abercrombie that just felt it was OK (I also know fans of Abercrombie that thought it was marvellous, so there's that). I myself think it was a fine read, but I didn't really care enough to recommend it to anybody or want to read the sequels that I also bought with it, and it's the kind of thing where I am inclined to criticize it just because of how a lot of people LOOOVE it, and that contrasts so hard with the 3/5 feeling it gave me that I try to convince myself I liked it less than I did, lol.
I do absolutely love Sanderson to bits though, so it's most certainly a taste thing.
Ian, since you like historical fiction, can I recommend the Adam de Norton series by Ian Ross? It’s set in 13th century during the Baronial Wars. Perfectly captures the period. Final book in the trilogy isn’t out till next year though.
Ian, you are hilarious😅
6:19 🫣I’m slogging through book 2 at the moment… I’ve never been reading a fantasy book in a series for so many weeks… I think I’ve read too much fast-paced fantasy before getting to Mistborn. I think if I’d read it earlier, it would have formed my experience of the genre and I would have been fine. Alas. 😅
I think I just found a new yt channel to binge.
Welcome!😏
Added Lies of Locke Lamore to my tbr!
Speaking of no quotation marks... I highly recommend Blindness by Jose Saramago if you can stomach no quotation marks ever again. 😅 It's riveting.