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    What makes Brandon's funny characters and humor work for me even when they aren't that funny:
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    I had a meh first read of Oathbringer cause I hadnt read Warbreaker and was also burned out after bingeing all 3. But I had an amazing second read Jasnah in particular Soulcasting was just incredible
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    It’s hard to choose “best” between 3 absolute gems of books, but for me while WoR feels like a more cohesive narrative and smoother reading experience, Oathbringer offers the most complexed and balanced character work of the 3 while also offering greater Worldbuilding and great action sequences as well, that again are tied to character. WoR definitely had the better main character crossover scenes but I loved all the character arcs in Oathbringer more from the main characters to the side characters. But again you can’t go wrong picking any of the 3
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    Finishing up Dawnshard, haven’t read any of the RoW chapters yet but you’ve got me excited! Honestly I’d be okay with getting a slower book if that’s what it ends up being, wouldn’t mind a breather before #5
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    Just finished my reread of Oathbringer in prep for RoW, and I think it's the best book in the series. I'll admit there's a possibility of recency bias but I thought a lot about it and I feel confident in, well, how I feel about this book. What do you think?
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    That's a good point about it being a repeat of Kaladin's POV from Part 1, they do feel very similar. I only just today read what Dawnshard is going to be about, I feel like RoW will start slower and end the last half of the book at an insane pace true to Brando form. I'm not prepared for whatever these "mysterious events" Brandon keeps talking about are
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    Yeah I feel you on this, I’m at that part of the book with the Moash POVs and since I’m on a reread and know how that turns out it’s not nearly as engaging as the first time. I absolutely love these Bridge 4 POVs though they’re very emotional this time for me. But yeah it’s definitely slowed down a lot from Part 1 of Oathbringer. I know it starts to pick back up again soon all the way to the ending. Very interested to see how RoW is structured and paced
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    I agree with pretty much everything you said and appreciate this perspective a lot. The vertical Worldbuilding point is a really good one, and my reading those books back to back is probably playing into why I was wishing to see something else in WoR. Doing Oathbringer reread right now and I see what you mean about the fractured nature of the different parts but man I’m loving it so much more the second time around. I think Brandon’s character introspection is so much tighter in this book and the pacing of each chapter so far has been pretty much perfect for me. I wasn’t a huge fan of the ending of Oathbringer, I think my taste isn’t the huge scale set piece action scenes, but it’s very possible I’ll feel differently the 2nd time around. WoR definitely has the best dream character pairing scenes. So far when the main characters have been together in Oathbringer it’s felt stiff or like the tension is a little forced, I.e. Kaladin and Jasnah when they first meet
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    I’m rereading Oathbringer now and loving it so much more on the second go around now that I’ve read Warbreaker and Elantris. Need to do the same with WoR and see if I like it more the 2nd time
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    I agree with you overall, although I think how popular Brandon is skews it a bit, especially when Goodreads allows ratings of books before they’re released (RoW currently has a 4.5 rating)
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    Oh for sure, rereading Oathbringer right now and picking up on so much Cosmere stuff it’s crazy, I know there’s a lot in WoR too I missed I liked everything except the Kaladin flying to the rescue again, and the Superman fight between him and Szeth but that’s just not my taste of scene I guess. I much preferred the disadvantaged duel as a fight scene For sure Brandon’s books get higher ratings due to the age of his fans, how popular he is etc. I rated all 3 books 4 stars which I think is fair (I fully anticipate it being a 5 stars series overall though when all is said and done) I think I’d agree with this for the most part. And yeah WoR the very ending of part 3 (the disadvantaged duel) to the ending is phenomenal so that does probably factor in the rating
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    Before I read the Stormlight archive books for the first time I saw or heard somewhere that WoR had the highest rating on Goodreads of any fantasy book. I loved the Way of Kings and was extremely hyped to get to WoR based on the reviews and love it was shown by fans. I loved it, but was also let down at the same time, and thought there were aspects of the story for me personally that mitigated the extreme positives of the book and I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads. This is completely up to personal taste, but I think either Way of Kings being the introduction to the world with a fantastic story in its own right or Oathbringer with expansion of the world and tighter character exploration with a fantastic story as well actually deserve better ratings (although I have a shared response to Oathbringer about the ending as I do Words of Radiance). I also think it is difficult to evaluate single books in the Stormlight archive versus books in completed classics like Wheel of Time, LOTR, Mistborn etc since we know where all those plot threads end. Im going to link the full WoR review (~9min) below I’d like to hear your opinions, and I don’t expect everyone to agree with me but I’d love to know if it is your favorite, what makes you like it more than the first and third books!
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    Spoilers through Oathbringer!
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    Prepare to groan
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    Light forgive me, light forgive me, light... forgive me
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    In which at one point I defend Moash
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    Spoilers through The Gathering Storm
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    Shadows of Self and Bands of Mourning
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    Been thinking about making a Stormlight one, so steel yourself for more comedy gold!
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    *charles barkley voice* you’re right, that was a vera bad joke...
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    What's funny is that you're currently trashing me on Reddit lol, I'm gonna take a break for a while man it seems like some people don't know how to just enjoy fictional worlds and have fun with it and have differing opinions. See ya
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    War veterans have trauma for life after going through less than what the Era 1 cast went through. Some of them died and definitively didn't get to fully experience what they worked for. And I say its unrealistic because the others wouldnt just shrug emoji and be like cool! green grass! I'm happy now! It would be traumatic experiences and sad memories they'd have to live with, and yes there are positives but it's also a ton of hard work and while you're doing all that hard work the actual experiences are passing you by. I don't think we're going to agree but I appreciate the discussion. It's always good to get another point of view so thanks for responding to my post!
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    I think you're misrepresenting what I'm saying here. The point is not that their lives are worse than before. The point is not to have unneeded grittiness. The point is not that I think Brandon will write the way I want him to. And while I loved Secret History I don't actually want to see more stories from the original crew. I'm saying that 3 of the original crew are dead. Plus Elend. And Sazed now has the responsibility of a god and if you think that makes him happy then I fundamentally disagree with you. Ham I think would be happy. Same for Breeze. Spook I think wouldn't love the responsibility he's been settled with but we can agree to disagree. Marsh has been stated by Brandon is not a happy person so I'll take that one. And Kelsier we really don't know because we haven't actually interacted with him since Secret History. My whole point is I personally feel that the Mistborn Era 1 crew sacrificed a lot, and that a lot of them didn't get to see the fruits of their labor and that makes me sad. Lol
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    This is hilarious
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