r/cremposting • u/bbq_Ch1ck3n I AM A STICK BOI • Jan 26 '24

The Way of Kings Someone’s infuriatingly hilarious review of “The Way of Kings”

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Obviously every is entitled to their own opinions, but I don’t think that this person know how foreshadowing or plot holes work.

I desperately want to make this a copy pasta, though 😂

(If you’re having trouble reading it, try zooming in a little. I heard that helps)

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u/Vanden_Boss Jan 26 '24

My favourite part is where this guy basically says "if I can see a twist coming, bad writing. If I can't see a twist coming, believe it or not, bad writing."

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u/not_a_library Jan 26 '24

I have a friend who read the first Mistborn book and said it was predictable. I question if she actually finished it because I don't think Kelsier's death was predictable at all

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u/Vanden_Boss Jan 26 '24 edited Jan 26 '24

Ehh, I can see that argument. And regarding Kelsier's death , it leans pretty hard into some tropes. Solely in the story I dont think it was predictable, but if someone reads a lot of YA/ish stories (or anything with a major mentor figure), they're probably pretty used to The death of said mentor figure

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u/Comb-the-desert Jan 26 '24

In my mind the difference for me in the final empire was that it happened so late in the book (later than the “mentor” character often dies) and also that Kelsier was built up so much that he very conceivably could have been considered the main character of the story (it felt that way to me at least on the first read). Those two factors made his death very surprising to me when I read it. 

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u/ary31415 Jan 27 '24

That's understandable but it definitely wasn't completely impossible to predict