sparklefarm 's review for:

Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

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