Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

Estoy totalmente sorprendida por este libro, siendo de quién es, me esperaba una historia del género de fantasía y leer esto, así, es que no me lo esperaba.

Este libro consta de tres relatos, me parece que únicamente el primero había sido publicado en castellano, no se si Sanderson pretende hacer una serie de este personaje o se va a quedar con únicamente estas tres entregas, pero realmente me encantaría que Legión siguiera.

Legión es un personaje complejo, es extraordinariamente inteligente, todavía un mejor investigador y esquizofrénico.

Legión llama la atención de todo la gente por dos cosas, su enorme capacidad de resolver situaciones y su personalidad, no se inhibe al hablar con todas esas personas imaginarias, la cosa show more es que para él no son imaginarias, tiene más de 40 personalidades y cada una representa una parte de las habilidades de Legión.

De los tres relatos el que más me ha gustado es el último, me ha llegado de una manera muy profunda, Sanderson al inicio de este libro nos dice que este es su libro más personal sobre todo el último relato, no se si es que el mismo Sanderson es esquizofrénico o por que diga que es un libro tan personal, pero asumo que para quienes viven el proceso que tiene Legión en la última entrega debe ser algo muy duro de pasar.

Los tres relatos me han encantado, son sobradamente buenos, muy entretenidos y es imposible no amar a algunos de los personajes amigos de Legión.

Gratamente sorprendida con este libro, eso si, les advierto que no es para nada un libro ni de fantasía ni de ciencia ficción, es un thriller con un protagonista muy peculiar show less

Legion is three novellas about Stephen Leeds, a man who is blessed/cursed by the presence of many "aspects" or hallucinations of people, who are really just manifestations from his mind of aspects of his personality. The idea is that if Stephen looks quickly at a book, for example, the aspect with that specialty can immediately apply the knowledge, making Stephen a very successful detective and consequently a wealthy man.
The first two novellas tell of specific cases, one of a camera that can take photos in the past, and the other of a scientist who learns how to encode information in his DNA. Then the third novella wraps up the story, as he finally re-connects with Sandra, the woman who helped him learn to control his aspects and who show more then abandoned him.

The novellas are fine- readable, plenty of peril and adventure. But I found the sci fi themes only mildly interesting. Not particularly fleshed out, but perhaps that's because they're not that interesting to start with. The camera novella in particular has the hero chasing a mcguffin that seems wholly implausible to me. There's plenty of space for new entries into this world, but I don't think I'll be reading them. show less

I enjoyed these novellas. I liked the mysteries that Stephen was investigating and I loved all of his different aspects. I also liked that the overall story arc was how although he was functioning in the world, his situation was not normal and sustainable. To watch him evolve as the three stories went on was interesting and gave me things to think about. Overall, I thought the books were fun. The author makes it clear that Stephen's condition was unique and that psychologists in the story were unable to diagnose him with a known mental illness, so I read it as more of a fantasy story rather than a real story about mental illness.

I really enjoyed this one. While it does have some plot holes, the pacing and characters are great, and I was able to suspend disbelief for the things that I noticed as unexplained. I'm glad I read this an an omnibus, because it feels more complete that way than I think it would have felt if I'd read one novella at a time.

With the end of the third novella, it does seem like Stephen's adventures are over. It's possible, however, that we'll get additional short stories or novellas sometime in the future featuring his aspects while they're not with him. That could be a lot of fun.

Without giving too much away, I'll recommend this one to mystery lovers.
As always, Brandon does a great job at focusing the story through a single character's viewpoint, but this time it's got a refreshing twist to it. In his characteristic style he finds a few great "mind exercises" to think about while you go through the story.

I think he would have been able to make something a lot more intricate with these ideas, but there's room left to pick things back up in another novel. There were a few things that bothered me about the book, but ultimately I had a great time reading it and I'd love to read more in the same universe with the stakes raised a bit.

This collection of 3 stories about Stephen Leeds, a man who hallucinates super capable people, is one full of twists and discussions on belief and reality. This feels like a trip down to the depths and unknown of our brains.

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The book is a collection of three novellas that comprise the story of Stephen Leeds, a sort of genius private investigator with schizophrenia (he sees and converses with hallucinatory people in his mind). He uses these hallucinatory "aspects" to help him solve cases. The overall arc connecting these stories is pretty loose and the book might have benefited from bit more context and backstory but it was still an enjoyable read with a good finish.