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A review by isabellarobinson7
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
Rating: 5 stars
It has a talking sword, and it's Brandon Sanderson. What more do I need to convince me to read it?
I weirdly like sentient inanimate objects in books, and weapons are just always the best. Two examples off the top of my head are both from Rick Riordan, when Apollo gets that talking arrow from the Grove of Dodona and it is a Shakespearean arrow, in The Hidden Oracle and of course the legendary Jack from Magnus Chase. I place Nightblood up there with these guys, and although he really doesn't get much "page time" in Warbreaker, he is still amazing. Nightblood was just... awesome. He was this sword that was brought to life with the sole instruction to "destroy evil" which was in hindsight a great error in judgment. It would have seemed like a good idea at the time, but Vasher and Shashara neglected to take into account that they were giving this command to a sword, and swords don't know what evil is.
There were parts of Warbreaker where I didn't really care for certain characters, like for awhile there I only cared about what Siri was doing and what the heck was going on with the God King as well as Lightsong and Blushweaver. But then around the half way mark I was interested in the different points of views.
I started out being rather annoyed at Vivenna and her innocence and naivety, as well as her attitude towards T'Telir and its people really frustrating. Then I realized that including this was a really smart move on Brandon Sanderson's part because through the massive culture shock Vivenna was going through, he was able to make the reader familiar with both T'Telir and Idris without even having to set much of the book in Idris. I also realise that Vivenna's reaction was in actuality quite authentic to her situation, and once I got over how annoying she was to begin with, I began to appreciate Sanderson's inclusion of her and warm up to her character. Oh, and also, Vasher and Denth were awesome.
Lastly, why do people consider Warbreaker to be their least favourite Brandon Sanderson book? I acknowledge that it starts of rather slowly, and the majority of the book is mainly just intrigue with not much action present, and I don't think it as good as say The Well of Ascension but still, Warbreaker is incredible. It's also Sanderson, so why should I expect any less.
It has a talking sword, and it's Brandon Sanderson. What more do I need to convince me to read it?
I weirdly like sentient inanimate objects in books, and weapons are just always the best. Two examples off the top of my head are both from Rick Riordan, when Apollo gets that talking arrow from the Grove of Dodona and it is a Shakespearean arrow, in The Hidden Oracle and of course the legendary Jack from Magnus Chase. I place Nightblood up there with these guys, and although he really doesn't get much "page time" in Warbreaker, he is still amazing. Nightblood was just... awesome. He was this sword that was brought to life with the sole instruction to "destroy evil" which was in hindsight a great error in judgment. It would have seemed like a good idea at the time, but Vasher and Shashara neglected to take into account that they were giving this command to a sword, and swords don't know what evil is.
There were parts of Warbreaker where I didn't really care for certain characters, like for awhile there I only cared about what Siri was doing and what the heck was going on with the God King as well as Lightsong and Blushweaver. But then around the half way mark I was interested in the different points of views.
I started out being rather annoyed at Vivenna and her innocence and naivety, as well as her attitude towards T'Telir and its people really frustrating. Then I realized that including this was a really smart move on Brandon Sanderson's part because through the massive culture shock Vivenna was going through, he was able to make the reader familiar with both T'Telir and Idris without even having to set much of the book in Idris. I also realise that Vivenna's reaction was in actuality quite authentic to her situation, and once I got over how annoying she was to begin with, I began to appreciate Sanderson's inclusion of her and warm up to her character. Oh, and also, Vasher and Denth were awesome.
Lastly, why do people consider Warbreaker to be their least favourite Brandon Sanderson book? I acknowledge that it starts of rather slowly, and the majority of the book is mainly just intrigue with not much action present, and I don't think it as good as say The Well of Ascension but still, Warbreaker is incredible. It's also Sanderson, so why should I expect any less.