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Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

49 reviews

devarcher's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Appreciate that this book went down in scale. The other books kept going bigger and bigger, and this one gives the illusion of being bigger itself, when in reality it's a far more streamlined and intimate story, akin to the first book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gore and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse

saundale's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It was good! I feel like oathbringer and RoW feel like the same book to me. I feel like these books have been very… heavy… length wise, emotionally, mentally… really enjoyed it and enjoy the world and now I’m really excited for Truth and Wind to come out. I really enjoyed seeing more of Navani and the viewpoints of Venli and the listeners/singers and the fused. A lot of banger quotes. Idk it’s so hard because like I did really enjoy the book but I don’t have the same feelings and vibes I had coming out of words of radiance or the mistborn series, so that’s why it got a 4. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Suicide attempt

elisaviihde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

angelth3weirdo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

shallan and kaladin got me like….
I love Adolin even more now dufhfhjfs

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse

j315's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Stormlight Archives rises to a more exciting and terrifying crescendo with each entry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

booked4adventure's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was an interesting read for sure but did not hold my attention the same way as the first three. But i will say the closer and deeper dive into the cosmere’s world building  science and Sprens is interesting. And I’m looking forward to the next book in the series to push us and prepare us an audience for the next cycle in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Death and Grief

jrow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Not as fluid as the previous 3 books. It felt like

the idea of the cosmere was created during this book so all the context around it had to be added in. At times it was too much and either broke the flow of the book or made it feel like a filler for the next novel in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Classism

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

doahdancer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

unlikelyplaces's review against another edition

5.0

Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson 

📖 

⭐ - 5 

Ok so obviously I can’t say too much about this as it’s a 4th book and I don’t want to spoil anything so I’ll do my best. I will mention characters names though so if you’re particularly sensitive to knowing who’s alive at this point etc then just be warned. 

Despite the fact that this book took me 3 months to read, I actually did really love it. I think starting this around the same time as Baldur’s Gate was my mistake but we got there in the end. 

So I think this is probably my second favourite book in this series after Way of Kings. Kaladin and Navani are my two favourite characters in Stormlight and we got to spend lots of time with them in this book so that made me happy. Navani’s plotline in this book was definitely my favourite, I loved every part of it. Hers might be my favourite character arc in the whole series actually. 

The way that this book opens up the world is wild and I really wish that I was better at keeping track of things. I kind of want to go back and reread some of the Cosmere books that I read a while ago now that I have a better understanding of things but there’s just so many books I still need to read that I might need to wait a bit for that. 

My main issue with this was that I really didn’t care about the flashback scenes. Now, to be fair, I struggle with flashback and vision scenes in general and the flashbacks have been my main struggle with this entire series. But the flashbacks in this book were a particular struggle for me, I really didn’t care at all. I do like that character in the main storyline but their flashbacks just felt unnecessary to me. It obviously didn’t ruin the book for me though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction