Brandon SandersonFantasy · Fiction·b. 1975
Rhythm of War
Synopsis
A year into the war against the singer forces who now control Urithiru, Navani Kholin — scholar, artifabrian, and queen — finds herself isolated when the tower falls and is forced into a dangerous collaboration with the brilliant Fused scientist Raboniel.
Their intellectual partnership probes the deepest secrets of Stormlight and Voidlight, with implications that could end or escalate the war. Meanwhile Kaladin, struggling with exhaustion and depression after years of constant battle, returns home to care for his people.
Rhythm of War gives Navani her first major protagonist role in the series and uses her perspective to examine how science, discovery, and knowledge itself can be weapons. It features the most extended exploration of the Cosmere's underlying physics to date while maintaining the character-driven emotional core that defines the series.
Published in parts
2 books
Collected in
How it reads
Prose complexity 10/10
Content warnings (2)
ViolenceTrauma
- I finally read it !! It's been on my tbr since a while but I can't bring myself to read it. The reason : more than 1200pages (or 28 hours of reading). So it's been read since the beginning of February and been paused by several buddy reading. But I finished it yesterday! And what to say about it? Did I already mention I love Sanderson books ? I f*ING love it ! I cannot say a lot because I don't wanna spoil and, with Sanderson, more we read, more we learn. I love this kind of writing , when we learn about the universe, the world, the magic and the past... And I don't know why I read it because now, I have to wait for the next one to be published... So yeah , thumbs up again for Sanderson 🥰
- Due to big changes in my life, it took me almost four months to finish this monster of a book; and surely there were times it felt like a drag, especially in the parts of Venli's POV, the flashbacks, and most of the time in Shadesmar. Nevertheless, it was a great journey and somehow more mature than the previous three books of the Stormlight Archive. Also, I think it was the first book that the cosmere connections became more apparent (although I need someone to fill me up about most of them, because I haven't read a lot of the other cosmere books).<br><br>I'll give it a little time to sink in before I delve in the fifth book.
- What a contrast. Venli’s chapters were infuriating, and even Kaladin spent most of the book in a situation where it was not all that enjoyable to read (despite it being a very serious, nuanced take on mental health). But holy s••• did it stick the landing. Navani was the star of this book, and her relationship with the Fused was really something else.
- I get why people may not like this one as much, coming right off the heels of Oathbringer, but this is a strong contender for top 2. I really enjoyed this and I really enjoyed the science behind everything.