Umar’s Reviews > The Shadow Rising > Status Update

one fun thing about having grown up in a time when fantasy has existed long enough to become a postmodern version of itself is that reading the Old Shit feels novel. jordan unflinchingly embraces "yeah these guys are ALL chosen ones. they didn't earn it off of merit even a little bit" and it's bizarrely refreshing

this is, i think, the proper test. sanderson fails at this everytime spectacularly it's the stupidest part of his worldbuilding. believably reconcile your young upstart protagonist with a leadership role in a new revolutionary government. what happens to aragorn after (from a close POV!)