Traditional fantasy tends to be set in a time resembling the medieval era, but this book seems more modern. SETTING: Brandon Sanderson has created a fantasy world that is like ours, and yet very different. I’m going to avoid spoilers as much as I can in this review, and I’ll warn you if anything is coming up that you shouldn’t know yet.
Along with his friend Melody, Joel assists Professor Fitch in figuring out the mystery, but will they manage to stop the attacker before it’s too late? The only clues are some broken defenses, remnants of chalklings, and two shapes heretofore unknown by Rithmatists. Around this time, Rithmatist students begin disappearing from their homes in mysterious circumstances. Nevertheless, he gains a summer tutelage with one of the Rithmatic professors, Fitch, who has recently lost his tenure in a duel with a young upstart named Nalizar. Due to circumstances beyond his control, Joel missed the inception ceremony and, despite knowing more about Rithmatics than most Rithmatists, does not have the ability. Rithmatists are people chosen in an inception ceremony at age eight to begin learning the art of controlling chalk drawings. The basic plot of the book is this: Joel is a 16-year-old student at Armedius Academy, a private school where regular students are educated alongside Rithmatists. I’m all for some game designer to run with the concepts presented in the book…but I’m getting ahead of myself. Instead, it’s a book about the magical art of Rithmatics, which in itself is a kind of strategy game that I find fascinating. It’s not a book that is about board games, nor are board games mentioned anywhere in it. The Rithmatist is a 2013 young adult fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson. I thought I’d dive back into the fray here with image from I haven’t done this since I reviewed Ready Player One back in March of 2012. Time for me to make another venture in the literary world.
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