Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted February 23, 2022 Posted February 23, 2022 I LOVED the whole biochromatic breath, awakening and returned system. I still have tons of questions and theories to mull around in my mind... but I noticed something in those last few chapters... 95% of the book was destroyed by an offl screen faction who was the only one to successfully see a plan into action and would have been the victors if not for some sweet plot armor. You have 40,000 lifeless under your control and an entire palaces worth of rooms to keep prisoners in. Instead you cram them all close enough together to let all the plot armor work in their favor. The only character to not fail at his intended goal (barring plot armor) was Nightblood. He got to destroy! Ciri's months of pain were all 90% wrong and her biggest success was being thrown in jail before absolutely humiliating herself in front of the masses... the only people alive at the end of it all who know how incredibly wrong she was is herself and Susebron. Vivenna and Lightsong both had the second half of the book to overcome their issues and if not for the 2 of them stepping up from their ashes there wouldn't have been much of a happy ending. Each of them provided the plot armor for the other failed protagonists to survive the story and stop the only truly prepared faction of the book... Bluefingers and his rebellion. I feel terrible for Bluefingers... I mean the guy was a slimy one from the start and he was a pretty heartless dude at the end but that doesn't change the fact that he was the only one to really get to put his well organized plan in motion. He did 90% of the work off screen for that awesome ending and he got 100% of the credit for being behind all the bad. The characters were really neat and I enjoyed seeing them grow but I did get a crack up about how badly their big brain plans got destroyed only to have it all work out for them in the end. Nightblood was a really fun character to read about and since it is the first time I have seen him on screen (not just hearing about him in the forums) it cleared up so many things. TLDR: The story had me sucked in and it was like watching a bad CW show where in the end all of the protagonists efforts turn out to be a huge waste but it still works out for them because we need a second season. The world hasnt replaced scadrial as my favorite world... but the metalic arts have been moved down to my 2nd favorite magic system. (I like the imagery of cloaks and tassels and ribbons flowing around more than shooting coins and jumping real far). I cant wait to learn more about the magic system but I am nervous that this system won't be visited again for a bunch of years still yet. It is a shame Nalthis is taking a backseat but who knows maybe I will like Roshar more as I start into the Stormlight Archive. 1
Wandering Shade Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Warbreaker does have a bit of a weird plot and the ending is definitely not the best that BrandoSando has written. I feel like Siri could have slowly realized that the priests were trustworthy and that Bluefingers was not, rather than learning it all right away at the end. That might have helped the flow a little, or it might not have, not sure. Nightblood is fantastic. Vivenna's plot seems to be the one that BrandoSando liked the most, since it was the best written out of it all three. Siri's could have been better, but I did like Lightsong's a lot too. Good luck getting into Stormlight!! Hope you enjoy it
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