The Book of All Skies

The spirit of exploration and discovery motivates us to challenge what’s possible and to go beyond boundaries that few have crossed. I love this concept philosophically, but the story’s delivery just wasn’t very entertaining. The setting is very creative, albeit sometimes hard to imagine, and I enjoyed learning more about the disparate cultures featured in this novel. The creativity of the world has a hard time making up for the less creative aspects though. The characters weren’t extremely impressive. I wouldn’t say they were poorly written, just kind of forgettable. Upon learning about the differences between the major cultures, I thought this would become the forefront of the story, but it was more of a slight tweak to the setting. Even with this being a shorter book, it took me a while to get through it because I kept stopping to read other things (reviews for more Brandon Sanderson and Adrian Tchaikovsky soon to come). A little disappointing compared to his other works, which I’m a big fan of.