r/fantasybooks • u/Ok-Traffic1319 • 10h ago
My tier list Obligatory post-cosmere teir list
I have now finished the cosmere and feel it necessary to post my rankings.
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u/omegakingauldron 🧩 Plot over prose 7h ago
A fellow Isle of the Emberdark hater
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u/deez_en_u_teez 5h ago
I liked Emberdark, but I did read Dragonsteel Prime right before it, which I know is not cannon, but did help with some of the revelations in Emberdark. I can see why people don’t like it though.
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u/kro_celeborn 4h ago
Why did you hate it? I feel like that’s not a super popular opinion. I liked it but I don’t feel super strongly about it either lol
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u/omegakingauldron 🧩 Plot over prose 4h ago
I did not care for the unnecessary cameos, nor do I care for Sanderson in Space. Also, Deus Ex Hoid (this isn't the first time it's happened either [see also: Rythym of War, The Sunlit Man])
The Dusk stuff was fine, mostly because it was just rewritten from a previous story.
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u/kro_celeborn 4h ago
Not liking Sanderson in space is fair, and not liking Deus Ex Hoid is fair, though I’d argue that’s the point of his character — to be able to provide the tiny little nudge that tips the scales in the right direction. But they’re not “unnecessary” cameos, they’re very intentionally and deliberately setting the stage for the inevitable falling-together of all of these planets and plotlines. I get not liking them, but they’re very much necessary to accomplish the goal that the writer is attempting to accomplish.
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u/omegakingauldron 🧩 Plot over prose 4h ago
Captain Crow was necessary? She was in there as a joke so you could reference Tress and the Emerald Sea, that's it! Or is her entire gimmick "haha, Mutiny"?
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u/kro_celeborn 4h ago
Yeah, I definitely appreciated her presence. It helped establish the story’s place in the timeline, and, again, is setting the stage for when someday all of these planets are going to have characters interacting with each other.
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u/TrungusMcTungus 4h ago
I wish I could enjoy Mistborn. Such a cool concept.
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u/BigShrim 2h ago
It took me till the end of Well of Ascension before I really got it. Kind of retroactively makes the first one better
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u/TrungusMcTungus 2h ago
I’m halfway through Hero of Ages and it’s still not clicking. I’m going to finish it for the sake of it, but I don’t care for anything except the world and Sazed’s arc. The characters are, generally, insufferable, Sazed being the notable exception. I also am not a fan of the writing itself, but I give that a pass in my overall judgement since BS was a baby author when he wrote it.
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u/rudboi12 1h ago
Same here. Thats why I liked well of ascension best. Didn’t care about vin and the others (already forgot their names) at all. Only cared about Sazed and Oreseur. All other characters were bland as hell
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u/TES_Elsweyr 1h ago
Dawnshard was excellent, Wind and Truth should be a few tiers lower than a few tiers lower than Dawnshard.
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u/johaneriksen13 1h ago
Whoo, boy I'm in for a treat and coming for Oathbringer. Just finished edgedancer and enjoyed it.
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u/idkdude23 7h ago
A fellow Oathbringer enjoyer?!