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Reactions and analysis for my first-time read of Wind and Truth. Start with the intro post here.

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Chapter 40

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Stuko Stem Um, why are we using those chess terms again when this is a Szeth chapter? Is there some analogy to the tactics being used in Azimir? Does Szeth play Towers?  Icons: Tanat, Vav I’m really not sure. Maybe their inverses of not-dependable and not-healing will match the decline and moral abdication of the stone shamans? Very wild guess here. Epigraph: Sleepless say that the Herald
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Chapter 39

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Between Two Realms Something funky is going to happen with the oathgate, or we’re going to get a metaphor for the no-man’s land that develops between the besieged armies. Icons: Chana and Jez Destruction and death, I’m betting, and Adolin is still trying to be in charge. Oh, I’m hoping that Chana isn’t here for her Spark essence, because that would mean they light the fires way too early. It’s
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Chapter 38

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Those Who Subtract Szeth meets the raiders and their consequences, and likely has low self esteem. Icons: Ishar and Shash With the raider attack, this has got to be the blood and sinew essences. Not a good sign. Yeah, finding the heathen stonewalkers sitting on a stone and by the rock that your family semi-blasphemously moved is not going to make you immediately discount the idea of retribut
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Chapter 37

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: People Who Build Well, that sounds like a culture clash explanation for Kaladin is incoming… except no, this is an Adolin chapter, not a Team Shinovar one. Do the Azish have anything like that? Or is Adolin just going to be musing about the construction of his newest battleground? I’m probably speculating way too much. Icons: Jez and Kak Kak for resolute defense, and possibly for the metal ess
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Chapter 36

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  NOTE: Okay I think it's pretty telling that I stopped for months after I got to a Szeth flashback chapter, and then didn't find the motivation to pick it up again. Which is sad because  prior to picking up this book I was really looking forward to getting his backstory and learning about the Shin society in particular. Unfortunately I'm really not feeling it. Hopefully I'll get over that.  Also despite
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Chapter 35

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here. Title: Memories like wine I have fond recollections of “Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury, and that’s what this calls to mind. This feels like a different metaphor, though. Bradbury’s book was about preserving and distilling (pleasant) memories for later. The vibe I’m getting here is more like… Szeth has been gone a long time, so his memories have aged and become more potent with time? Or you can be drunk o
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Chapter 34

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here. Title: For the good of all Roshar. Um, maybe Adolin is gonna give a speech? Icons: Jez and Taln Leadership and stalwart determination, perhaps? This is gonna be a slog for Adolin and his troops. Also, the arch bearing the icons is definitely crumbling. Epigraph: Time to start a new series of bad guesses for who’s talking and when. Ending of a stewardship makes me immediately think of the Heralds
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Art: Azimir Dome

ART: A Study of the Oathgate Dome of Azimir Hold up. Who even drew this? It’s not Shallan’s sketchbook or handwriting. I’m on a plane right now and can’t compare, but I’m maybe it’s Nazh? P.robably not. He usually just collects this stuff rather than drawing it out himself. This whole structure is enormous. Far larger than I was imagining. But that only makes it less defensible. I do not see this battle going well at all. Yes, you can set up a killing field and ambushes and such, but your
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Interlude I-4

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here. Title: The Wrong Lesson Not sure who will be the one learning the wrong lesson in this chapter, but I suspect the Fused.  Or maybe Cultivation. Icon: Double Vav. Loving/Healing, for the passionate part of himself? Maybe it’s Vargo himself who decides he learned the wrong lesson from caring about people. For the character icon, same as last time, this is the double-sided frowning sword version of Mr. T.
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Interlude I-3

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here. El. Time to check in with our creepiest of creepy dudes. Icons: Jez and Nalan. Gonna guess this has to do with ruling (El is presumably in charge of a bunch of stuff now) and suffering. Um, there are clear split priorities here. El hopes for the guards he’s about to betray to not lose their careers when he steals from the vault. Why would his actions that are (presumably) on Odium’s orders/behalf be
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Chapter 33

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: The Conflux of All Darkness and Sorrow Just gonna say that sounds a little melodramatic as a title. We’ve got some emo or chuuni influences here. Lots of edginess in that superlative. It is ominous with regard to what their Spiritual Realm journey might have connected them to, but if it really matches the description of the title, that feels like a bit too fast of an escalation to me. Ico
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Chapter 32

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Cords of Light Pretty obviously the anchoring ropes of power Dalinar and Navani are using for their experience, but I'm also holding out hope that Cord (Rock’s daughter, guarding Ryan) will show up too. Icons: Ishar and Jezrien Bondsmithy things and Stormfather visions is a safe bet, but if we're peeking in at the migration, I'm rather suspecting both of those proto-heralds to appear personall
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Chapter 31

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  {NOTE: Big delay, many apologies. I dropped off reading the book in the middle of Ch 33 and am only picking it up again now.} Title: Experiment Dalinar’s gonna make a door. Icons: Battar and Jester  Jester might be for Wit’s presence and influence, since he is playing a major part in this endeavor, but it could equally be indicative of the attempt to cross to the Spiritual Realm, which abuts
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Fashion Folio: Takama

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  I do really like the comparison between the traditional and modern styles, with a clear distinction drawn between the practicality of one versus the aristocratic finery of the other. The stiff, starched collar of the undershirt as well as what I’m imagining as gold thread adorning the sash of the modern dress in particular give a lot of character to the outfit. The open chested look with the weapons and trave
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Chapter 30

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: Not Alone This took me a minute to figure out because I was trying to figure out what the POV symbol was for. Who is a human-singer teamup? Renarin and Rlain, that’s who. Which means we might finally learn something about Renarin and his powers, or at least lay the foundation for his sub-order of enlightened Truthwatchers and how he and Rlain will get along. The stained glass crystal backgro
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Chapter 29

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  A Lift chapter! Huzzah! I saw the feast POV symbol and got confused for a moment. I’d almost forgotten which symbol was hers. Title: Secret Handshakes Lift is gonna make up some secret handshakes. I can’t wait to see how impractical they are. Icon: Vev Edgedancer in the house. Epigraph: Don’t apply judgements or aphorisms to situations they don’t fit. Fair. I’d criticize Shallan for ho
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Chapter 28

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Obstacle Not sure if Shallan is the obstacle here or if she’s facing one. Glad to see it is in fact a Shallan chapter, though. I rather expected a POV switch again. Icon: Chach Destruction from the fight, is my first guess, but maybe it’s for obedience. Or possibly Mraize or Iyatil’s spren makes them an alternate version of a Releaser/Dustbringer. Still guessing they’re Elsecallers, but we hav
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Chapter 27

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: What is Right I dunno, but Szeth’s whole rigidity of belief suggests that he’s not going to take well to whatever lesson of nuance his father tries to teach him here. Icon: Ishar Honorblades make an appearance? Apparently Szeth’s mom Zeenid teaches painting in town. That’s got to be rather prestigious given the Shin respect fo
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Chapter 26

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Hunting the Hunter Shallan doing her infiltration. At a guess this is suggesting she gets caught/recognized and Mraize does his gentleman antagonist thing and compliments her before trying for murder. We’ll see. Hopefully the chapter sticks with her long enough to progress the ghostblood thing and not just take us to the next cliffhanger. I’m looking forward to seeing how she handles the challenge of
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Chapter 25

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Purposeful Danger See, the most likely/obvious interpretation of this is Shallan putting herself in danger for a purpose in attending this meeting. However we could all soon be purposefully dangerous in either threatening the ghostbloods overtly, or in the ghostbloods agenda using the danger that they pose to influence the course of events. That same interpretation could apply to other groups outside
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Chapter 24

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: In the Dancing Ring That’s one way to euphemize a likely death dojo. Until told otherwise, that’s how I will picture the honorblade training Szeth’s family got. Icons: Ishar King of heralds, appropriate for a presumed introduction of honorblades and oaths, not to mention the extreme piety that Szeth presumably acquired from his family. I note also the color-swapped Szeth for these flashb
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Navani's Notebook - Part I

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Navani's Notebook - Part I A page from Navani’s Notebook! Finally! I love deciphering these pages and looking at the beautiful sprengineering sketches. The contents of this page are pretty obvious from the chapter we’ve just read, so before going through the text I’ll just appreciate the art for a moment. The oven looks elegant, especially with its little exhaust attractor at the top. Such a neat ae
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Chapter 23

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: Compromise It’s a Navani chapter, so gotta be some negotiation about sprengineering with the Sibling. Icons: Vev and Pali Loving and Obedient, as motivators to compromise? Or maybe this is edgedancer listening and truthwatcher planning. Epigraph: Oh, here’s a conclusion to the parable: let people leave if they wish (like dust that travels between borders). A sentiment that applies bot
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Chapter 22

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Looking for a Third Option Seems obvious. What else can we try? How do we utilize the power of Honor without taking it up?  You know, hear me out. If a normal spren gives you a shardblade, what would a shard do if you Connected in the right way? Forget becoming a vessel, why not just grab honor by the hilt and smack Vargo with it? Okay, that’s facetious, but I’m being somewhat serious. In the previ
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Introduction and Index

Hello again!  I am incredibly excited to once again document my mad ramblings as I read through the newest installment of the Stormlight Archive. I had an entirely enjoyable time doing so for both Oathbringer (link to Google Docs) and Rhythm of War (link to 17S). Doing this force me to slow down and really appreciate all the elements of the books, and I'm very glad that I did. Fair warning, these reaction notes and analyses make for a prolonged reading experience, so it will be months befor
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