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A review by calliescoffeecafe
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
Siri is the 4th daughter of the King of Idres. She doesn’t have a purpose in life, she’s a rule breaker. Vivenne, her older sister, is marrying the evil God King of Hallendren to fulfill the treaty their father signed twenty years ago. But then in favoritism for Vivenne, the King sends Siri to be the ostentatious God King Susebron’s wife. Vivenne is left purposeless and confused and follows, seeking to save her sister and find her purpose relying on an acquaintance, an Idres Spy, in the city.
Once in the city, Siri is walked through rituals and although she’s told to not talk to or touch her husband, the God King, she of course breaks the rules, and accidentally falls in love in the process. She also meets Lightsong the Brave who is firm in his mission to discover more about his past. Lightsong is funny and reminds me of Hoid’s quick wit. Of course we do see Hoid, and as always he gives us a bit of his story and a bit of truth for this story.
Vivenne gets involved with Denth only to be betrayed and saved by Vasher and his talking sword, Nightblood.
Nothing is as it seems. “There’s more here than you know”.
Having read Stormlight first I also really enjoyed reading about Vasher, the Returned god who we now know from Roshar as swordsmaster Zahel and also about Vivenne also appears on Roshar as Highmarshal Azure. I doubt we have seen the end of either of them yet. And of course Nightblood aka Sword Nimi
I hope he writes a sequel! I’d love to read about Susebron & Siri and also how Vasher / Nightblood got separated & how Vivenne gets separated but is chasing Vasher on Roshar.
“Perhaps she’d rather we buy puppies for all of her enemies, then send them with nice apologetic notes, asking them to stop being so mean.” “And then,” Tonk Fah said, “when they don’t stop, we could kill the puppies!”
“What I’m trying to say is that you don’t understand a man until you understand what makes him do what he does. Every man is a hero in his own story, Princess. Murderers don’t believe that they’re to blame for what they do. Thieves, they think they deserve the money they take. Dictators, they believe they have the right—for the safety of their people and the good of the nation—to do whatever they wish.”
“Lightsong, dear,” she said. “What in the name of You did that mean?”
Once in the city, Siri is walked through rituals and although she’s told to not talk to or touch her husband, the God King, she of course breaks the rules, and accidentally falls in love in the process. She also meets Lightsong the Brave who is firm in his mission to discover more about his past. Lightsong is funny and reminds me of Hoid’s quick wit. Of course we do see Hoid, and as always he gives us a bit of his story and a bit of truth for this story.
Vivenne gets involved with Denth only to be betrayed and saved by Vasher and his talking sword, Nightblood.
Nothing is as it seems. “There’s more here than you know”.
Having read Stormlight first I also really enjoyed reading about Vasher, the Returned god who we now know from Roshar as swordsmaster Zahel and also about Vivenne also appears on Roshar as Highmarshal Azure. I doubt we have seen the end of either of them yet. And of course Nightblood aka Sword Nimi
I hope he writes a sequel! I’d love to read about Susebron & Siri and also how Vasher / Nightblood got separated & how Vivenne gets separated but is chasing Vasher on Roshar.
“Perhaps she’d rather we buy puppies for all of her enemies, then send them with nice apologetic notes, asking them to stop being so mean.” “And then,” Tonk Fah said, “when they don’t stop, we could kill the puppies!”
“What I’m trying to say is that you don’t understand a man until you understand what makes him do what he does. Every man is a hero in his own story, Princess. Murderers don’t believe that they’re to blame for what they do. Thieves, they think they deserve the money they take. Dictators, they believe they have the right—for the safety of their people and the good of the nation—to do whatever they wish.”
“Lightsong, dear,” she said. “What in the name of You did that mean?”