Angel and I were able to get a $10 reward credit at the end of April and so I scooped up the first Legion book, since I had already listened to the second one. Once again, Sanderson, the king of epic fantasy, proves that he can write short fiction as well. I hope that he continues to do so, as he does such a good job at it. I would enjoying seeing more of Steven Leeds a.k.a. Legion. Here is a link to Audible's page for the book. It was narrated by Oliver Wyman who is very good.
Plot: Steven Leeds is not many things. He is not a genius. He is not insane. And he is not cheap. Working as a free-lance consultant and problem solver (think corporate detective) he charges a lot for his services because it costs a lot to house several dozen separate aspects of your personality. Again, he is not crazy - his aspects are. When a company comes to him with a case to find a camera that takes pictures of the past he first wants to turn them down, but ends up being drawn into the case. This leads (pun intended) him down a path that will require much from him and his aspects. In fact, he might uncover more questions about himself than he answers.
My personal favorites: I really liked the ending. Since that would be a bit of a spoiler, I'll talk about the other things I liked. All of Leeds' aspects are a lot of fun. I like the way that Sanderson tells Leeds' story so cleanly and incorporating the different personalities of his aspects. I can only imagine what Leeds would be like in person - but I think that's the idea.
Considerations: As per the norm, Sanderson is a clean write and the only thing that would discourage me from reading this from my children would be the understanding necessary to follow along with Leeds' condition. But give my 7 year old a couple of years and she'll be good.
I have yet to read something from Sanderson that I did not like and this keeps with the current trend. It's a great introduction to his writing and a short journey into a pretty cool character's head. The total length was just over two hours.
Plot: Steven Leeds is not many things. He is not a genius. He is not insane. And he is not cheap. Working as a free-lance consultant and problem solver (think corporate detective) he charges a lot for his services because it costs a lot to house several dozen separate aspects of your personality. Again, he is not crazy - his aspects are. When a company comes to him with a case to find a camera that takes pictures of the past he first wants to turn them down, but ends up being drawn into the case. This leads (pun intended) him down a path that will require much from him and his aspects. In fact, he might uncover more questions about himself than he answers.My personal favorites: I really liked the ending. Since that would be a bit of a spoiler, I'll talk about the other things I liked. All of Leeds' aspects are a lot of fun. I like the way that Sanderson tells Leeds' story so cleanly and incorporating the different personalities of his aspects. I can only imagine what Leeds would be like in person - but I think that's the idea.
Considerations: As per the norm, Sanderson is a clean write and the only thing that would discourage me from reading this from my children would be the understanding necessary to follow along with Leeds' condition. But give my 7 year old a couple of years and she'll be good.
I have yet to read something from Sanderson that I did not like and this keeps with the current trend. It's a great introduction to his writing and a short journey into a pretty cool character's head. The total length was just over two hours.
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