Now that I'm on the Shard I can waffle about my book opinions
Wooooo
Anyways I didn't care for Warbreaker. I liked everything with Lightsong and Siri, I think both were great characters and both plotlines were engaging. Siri's relationship with Susebron felt very natural and I was a fan of their dynamic. The only plot complaint I have is that the ending was a bit rushed. I wish we'd gotten to see the battle between the Phantoms and Lifeless or at least gotten scenes of Vivenna and Siri saying goodbye and just generally winding down. I think the book could have used a few extra chapters at the end. One of the two things that sunk the book for me was Vivenna. She was just really obnoxious and not at all compelling to read, it reminded me of a more extreme case of Way-Of-Kings-Shallan-Syndrome. I know this is the beginning of her journey and arc.
Stormlight Archive spoiler below:
I imagine we'll see her journey explored in Nightblood, but as it is in Warbreaker I just really didn't like her. And now for the second thing. It's a really small moment but it stood out to me. So
This scene is right when she wakes up. She hasn't spoken to Vasher up until now so this is their very first interaction where he wasn't trying to kidnap her.
This storming guy's first reaction to that isn't to say something about how no, assault is despicable and she's safe or anything like that. His first reaction is "No, I didn't assault you because you were unclean." This line highhandedly killed the book for me. Not really sure what Vasher/Brandon was going for here.