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Rhythm of War

Brandon Sanderson

4.55 AVERAGE

andyb245's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful 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

kaitemiller's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Rhythm of War felt different from the rest of the series. It leaned more into worldbuilding and internal conflict than action or resolution, which made it harder for me to stay fully engaged. For me, it lacked some of the emotional payoff I loved in the earlier books.

The writing is still excellent, and there are moments of real depth (I appreciate his dive into mental health challenges), but overall this felt more like a setup for future books. Knowing Sanderson, I’m sure it does.

abrill92's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

themaelstrom's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

bookssweetbooks's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark 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

This book was extremely easy to read and get through. I didn’t care much for Venli’s/Eshoni’s backstories but I appreciated that we got them.

This book felt like Sanderson fully committing to the logical magic and I adored watching Nivani working things out in the tower.

Kaladin’s struggle to find something to be outside of a warrior was interesting to watch, and Adolin’s helping him felt perfect.

Adolin and Shallan in Shadesmar was brilliant. Seeing the attitudes of the spren helped things pay off because you were not just surprised when Maya spoke but how the spren reacted to that.

The tension of Kaladin looking after Teft in the tower was brilliantly managed. Even though I saw Teft dying coming a mile off, it still hit extremely hard.

Dalinar and the Stormfather falling out made wind and truth’s fighting between honour and Dalinar all the more logical - so I’d say the character set up in the book is fantastic.

The Kelsier reveal is also extremely well done. HOID AND JASNAH WTF. TERRY BEING ODIUM WHATTTTT