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What Stormlight Archive lore do I need for Dawnshard? (ttrpg.network)

submitted 4 months ago by Adrius@ttrpg.network to c/fantasy@lemmy.ml

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I've read "The Way of Kings" and I really didn't enjoy it. Before I discovered that I didn't like it, I bought Dawnshard while it was on sale. I'm too cheap to not read a book I've bought so I am planning on reading it.

What lore or spoilers should I know to catch me up from tWoK to DS?

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[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 1 points 14 hours ago

I finished Dawn Shard now and I enjoyed it more than Way of Kings but not enough to want to read more Stormlight Archives. I actually found the story to be a fairly self-contained story on a boat. I think already knowing a bit of spoilers about spren and void bringers was enough.

There were sometimes parts where characters would mention things like briefly being a king in the past, which I'm sure comes from another book but wasn't important for the plot of this book.

Overall I'm just not a Sanderson fan I think. I don't like his humour and I found I really didn't care about the characters in Way of Kings. The big problem is that his books are so long and it seems like not much happens until the end. I saw fans calling this an avalanche but I really couldn't stand it. No hate on others who like it but it's really not for me.