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The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.
Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare—and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray.
Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide—Adolin in…
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Reviewer: Harris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Spectacularly ties most loose ends
Review: I did not enjoy this as much as the best of the previous ones. This book is full of exposition, the amount of backstory we got feels like it doubles what we had been given for all the series so far!It’s amazing however that the outcome was not predictable at all and that we got pretty good answers. So, this part of the story focused on understanding Roshar history and crafting a satisfying finale.While these goals might seem weak, most writers fail to deliver a proper ending or to fill the gaps in their stories. They build expectations, sheltered behind obscurity and when the time comes to drop the curtain, there hardly anything to show. Well, Sanderson does a pretty good job at that.Our protagonists all have their moments and progress. If you have read more of Sanderson’s works you know what kind of ending to expect and yes, this feels like an ending, though there is a lot left untold. But yeah the scope of this story was so huge that not everything could be tied cleanly.Without going into spoilers I will say that the pacing is slow. You know all will happen at the last 15% but you don’t feel that the first 85% is not worthy. I wanted to read this book in 1-2 days, though it was too large so it took me like 4-5. I could hardly stop reading.There is emotion – not as strong as in some previous books, but enough to leave you in tears at times. Mainly that’s why I gave the 5th star.If you reached this book I doubt you will skip it no matter what I write. If you do care, I will say that this whole journey (as journeys are often mentioned in the series) has been a precious experience for me – maybe my best book series. The ending is a bit more chaotic that Mistborn 1, but I will hold the 2 intros of the way of the kings in my heart until I die.I must also add that if you are facing depression this series will probably help!Life before death!Journey before destination brothers and sisters!
Reviewer: Gowtham R. Kumar
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Epic grand finale
Review: Excellent! Period! Am epic finale tying up all threads in the prior books and setting up the stage for the next books! Can’t wait for 2031 when storm light era 2 will be released.
Reviewer: Artyel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Oaths fulfilled, not broken
Review: When I read The Way of Kings way back when it first came out, I remember a couple recurring thoughts popping up throughout the reading: “Wow, I’m X% through a 1000+ pg book and I’m sad I only have Y more pages of this awesomeness” and “Holy crap this entire book is basically a prologue to something bigger.”Wind and Truth started slow. It felt like a soft lit reel of feel-good reflections by the main characters set to “Time of Your Life” by Green Day as they mournfully braced themselves for the epic final adventure. This bugged me more than most of my friends apparently.Me: “Ugh this is Brandon’s slowest start to a book EVER. We get it. People have grown and changed and there’s a lot of feels and goodbyes because probably people are going to die and the rest of the book is going to be insane non-stop action.”Others: “I mean it feels appropriate and I kind of like it…”Me: [rolls eyes and looks elsewhere for commiseration]Given the context now of the, ahem, journey and destination, I’m allowing myself to feel the feels of those early chapters.Unsurprisingly for Sanderson, the master of sticking the landing, Wind and Truth delivers. In appropriate counterpoint to The Way of Kings, it feels like a 1000 page climax. That feeling that ultimately happens in a Sanderson book near the end where something VERY COOL happens alongside a surprising and satisfying conclusion? There were so many of those in this book starting around the halfway point. Taln on the pile of bodies and Ash’s dying words… I almost jumped out of my chair. So much brilliant resolution of favorite character arcs (I’m left a bit breathless by Kaladin) – even the lingering unresolved tension in other arcs feels so very right (Shallan…).The significant criticisms are mostly true. Some of the writing felt slapdash. The book would have benefited from a powerful editor’s red pen. There’s a lot of telling rather than showing. There was some content new to Cosmere stories that made some readers uncomfortable (Rlain and Renarin’s romance and the explicit “revelation” that some characters have sex). The mental health themes got a bit heavy-handed (Kaladin responding to Ishar “I’m his therapist” might be the low point of the whole series). And there wasn’t as much resolution as many expected for the “end” of the five-book arc (I thought that was perfect, actually).Some of the criticisms are baseless contrarianism – as common as windspren when an author reaches a certain level of popularity. Stephen King writes great characters and sucks at endings. Patrick Rothfuss writes beautiful sentences but sucks at… actually writing. And for Sanderson, his prose isn’t Dickens. But where he shines, he is brighter than Nightblood’s self-perception. Sanderson uses the framework of fantasy to explore questions like “what is truth?” “what is good?” “what is leadership?” “how do people grow?” “why is there suffering?” and “what do healthy boundaries look like?” Rarely does he try and tell us what to think – even if a trusted character is coming to a conclusion, you can usually find someone else with a counterpoint or challenging a pithy answer with nuance. (A favorite exception in Wind and Truth is Wit’s rant against the Thaylen Passions religion – a thinly veiled and fantastically vicious condemnation of health and wealth style religions.)This distinction is so important and addresses some of the gripes popping up in one star reviews. Is Sanderson “pushing” a worldview down his reader’s throats? In my opinion, no. Do characters see particular worldviews as good and provide thoughtful reasons for them? Yes. It has always been that way in his books. Jasnah has been providing compelling reasons for atheism and Utilitarianism since The Way of Kings. Sazed argues for Universalism in Mistborn. Wayne (Mistborn Era 2) steals everything. I love Jasnah and Sazed and am not a Utilitarian or Universalist. I love Wayne and think his kleptomania is wrong. But I don’t think I can believe in a thing if I can’t provide compelling arguments for the opposing options. Part of why Sanderson’s characters are so compelling is their willingness to think, argue, grow and change – just like us. What Dalinar was convinced was right and good changes as he learns and grows. Same with Szeth, Kaladin, Shallan, Navani, Adolin… you get the point. And the arcs are not necessarily linear – just like us they can be iterative and recursive. So to assume a character (or the author behind the pen) is telling you that their previously held beliefs are wrong because they’ve progressed to the next thing is an intellectual fallacy of progressive ideology (that Sanderson has already shown he does not fall for).Readers who are upset by Wind and Truth are reading fantasy for the wrong reasons. To be fair, the genre label is misleading. If you want saccharine thoughtless unchallenging escapism that fits and protects a narrow worldview, every flavor is available. But this is a series of books that is literally about people being challenged and growing.Seen for what it is, I think Wind and Truth is satisfying on a visceral “well that was freaking awesome” level as well as emotionally and intellectually. In my opinion, the people who don’t like it haven’t been paying close attention to the Cosmere books.No matter your opinions (and mine are high – it could be my favorite Cosmere novel to date), he has changed fantasy forever.
Reviewer: Cliente de Kindle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Hay demasiadas cosas que este libro hizo bien, entre ellas cambiar mi sentido de identidad, pero quizá la más importante si piensas leerlo es saber que fue un buen final. Supo agarrar todos los hilos que fueron planteados en los anteriores libros y dio respuestas satisfactorias.La verdad, es difícil sentirse decepcionado y me siento honrado de haber participado en este increíble viaje.
Reviewer: Luc Ceulemans
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: thank you
Reviewer: Crystal McConeghy
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This was a huge disappointment. I thought I was buying another clean epic fantasy but I found this was just another LGBTQ+ Romance for politics. I guess Brandon forgot his audience and the reason his books were so universally loved. Another book like this and I will need to say goodbye to the trust I had for one of my favorite authors.
Reviewer: Lizzy van Oudtshoorn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Absolutely perfect condition on arrival! Excited to indulge!
Reviewer: Saycheese25
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Fantastic series. Thought provoking, well structured, and a new version of dystopian novel that didn’t need twisted and grotesque imagery to engage readers. I’ve read quite a few of these mega fantasy series and this set still managed to be unique, with some surprise twists I didn’t see coming, and a strong close.
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