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Wiatr i Prawda. Archiwum burzowego światła. Tom 5. Część 1

Brandon Sanderson

4.39 AVERAGE

kkiraaa's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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This one just didn't hit right for me. It was good, but I didn't feel a Sanderlanche or really get a good pace going. I hope he cools it on the switching story lines each chapter - the individual stories were never able to get momentum. 

yardsreads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

celsky24's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

cubemonkey80's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

agathecadieux's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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

cdseiler's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

blainthemono's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense fast-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

sparklefarm's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

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Quibbles out of the way first:

1. Length - Come on. This could have easily been 3/4 or 1/2 as long. 650 pages is still a storming long book!
2. Show, don't tell - Lil preachy, my man. Lil on the nose. Could use some subtlety.

THAT ASIDE - this is one hell of a book. Yes it's long, BUT I was never once bored. Yes there are 5,000 POVs and at first I was like .... Brandon. Sir. This is too many. But they all tied together so well and the story was so good. A delicious feat. (I mean, it had to be. Gotta last me until book 6 comes out in ... 6 years. More if Bran San accidentally writes a few more unplanned books in the meantime.) What can I say? The man can tell a story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Classism

etandeman's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

itmightbesimone's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad 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