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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

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bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, with all the character development arcs and the twists and turns. I really enjoyed reading the annotations by the author as the story progresses, it really made my reading experience much better. I liked learning about why the author decided to put a certain scene in the book, or why a character decided to do a certain thing. Although, sometimes I accidentally spoil myself by glancing at the 'spoilers' section, but most of the time, it helped me to understand the characters more. There were parts where I was uncertain about what was happening, but in the annotations, the author would explain why something was happening and if the characters were also confused. In the start, I was not very interested because I was not hooked into the story, which was what the author mentioned he was worried about, however, I was really hooked in after. Reading this book took me so long because I was in a reading slump and could not find time to read, as I had exams and a lot of homework, but I am glad that I am finally finished! Really looking forward to the sequel as the author mentioned it a couple of times in the annotations :)

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imbored_soillread's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

5.0

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cookiecat73's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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moonsaku's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

beautiful. captivating. heartbreaking. Sanderson never fails to create such astounding work.

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iono's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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jswecu's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

slayed

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lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was my first book I have read from Brandon Sanderson, but I have been wanting to read a book from him for a few years. I heard him speak a few years ago at a book conference, and was immediately intrigued by his popular writing. It may have been an ambitious undertaking for someone that does not typically read high fantasy, but I had a really great time reading this! I initially heard about this book from someone I follow online, and I thought I would give it a shot. I was very pleased to find that this book has a "graphic audiobook" to accompany it, and I had such a wonderful time listening to "Warbreaker"! I did not know this was a type of audiobook offered, but I hope to find more like it in the future!
This story follows a few different points of view, but the main points of interest are two sisters who are princesses. One of them is to marry the God King, and the other sister sets off on an adventure to save her sister from a predestined fate. The God King is a silent and misunderstood man who is harboring his country's secrets. Will the sisters be reunited and will they be able to stop a seemingly inevitable war?
I did not know what to expect when I started this book, but from the first chapter I was sucked into this story. I 100% recommend the graphic audiobook, if you want to pick this up. The graphic audiobook is full cast, offers dramatic character readings, and has sound effects to accompany the story. I was a little worried that this fantasy book would be a little too political for my taste because it highlights two countries that are on the brink of a war, but I think the conflict was written in an entertaining way, and there was not too much discussion about politics that I would have been bored by. As this story is centralized around a forced marriage, there is a little romance weaved into the violence and betrayal. I think the romance offered a nice balance of "niceness" in a story that could have been much more bloody.
I think this book has a little bit for everyone: love, betrayal, war, politics, violence, friendship, and a huge adventure. I definitely look forward to reading more from Brandon Sanderson in the future!

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sophiasoler's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-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

really good, a rather abrupt ending that almost works but doesn’t quite feel complete which is a super bummer. otherwise, it’s a very thorough and well-thought out story ! slightly misses the point it spends most of the book setting up

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daylateandabookshort's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

5.0

This book quickly took the number one spot for my favorite books I have ever read. It was emotional. It was funny. It had character growth, unexpected twists and turns. There is history and politics. Involved a lot of drama, love, tragedy, betrayal and friendship. The characters in this book are so relatable. The plot is intensely interesting and I found myself not wanting to put it down. I would forgo going out with my family watching TV or movies and even spent my lunch breaks reading this book.

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genny's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.75

My first Sanderson! Is this classified as adult fantasy? Because it feels very YA to me, and I don't mean that in a bad way. Maybe it's just his writing style - this ultimately felt like an easy, "light" read despite the length. Sometimes it was a little too unsubtle, particularly in Vivenna's chapters where she flat-out tells the reader how she has changed as a character. It felt like the author didn't trust the readers to figure these things out on their own. Vivenna still ended up as my favorite character, the writing just took me out of the story sometimes.

Although I found Lightsong very tiring at first (obviously that was intentional, but still, I winced when his POV came up), I grew to really like his character by the end. Nightblood though?! What an annoying sword 😩 I understand it's for comedic relief, but I found its little quips corny most of the time. I could feel my eye twitching like a cartoon character's every time it "spoke". Siri and Susebron were very sweet.

It was odd at first because Susebron is at least 50 years old, yet very childlike in some ways. I couldn't decide if he was too old or too young (mentally) for Siri 😅 They quickly felt like equals though. In other news, does Siri not know about withdrawal? The calendar method? 💀

The plot twist halfway through...man, I was bamboozled. I felt betrayed. Sanderson got me there. He got me good.

The whole point of the story was to subvert expectations, and I still got tricked. I realized that Denth was a deeper, more important character than I first thought, but I didn't suspect he was a VILLAIN! Heck, I thought he was a potential love interest for Vivenna. Man. Of course, there's another plot twist, that regarding Pahn Kahl, which was logical but didn't make as much of an impact on me. The statues turning out to be Kalad's Phantoms was very obvious.

I didn't realize there was an appendix until I finished the story. I have to admit...I couldn't be bothered to read it, or to care much about all the rules regarding Breath. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I enjoyed my time with this, I simply wasn't as amazed as I thought I'd be considering how popular Sanderson is.

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