Brandon SandersonFantasy · Fiction·b. 1975
Warbreaker
Synopsis
In the kingdom of Hallandren, an immortal God King presides over the Court of Gods — the Returned, people who died and came back with divine power and no memory of the life before. Peace with the neighbouring mountain kingdom of Idris rests on a treaty promising an Idrian princess as the God King's bride. When the day comes, the Idrian king sends not Vivenna, the eldest daughter raised her whole life for the role, but her youngest sister Siri, who was raised for nothing at all.
Siri arrives in the colour-drenched capital utterly unprepared, and finds that the God King is nothing the stories told her he was. Vivenna follows in secret to rescue her, falls in with the Idrian underground, and discovers that the politics of Hallandren — and her own convictions — are far murkier than she was taught. Watching from the Court is Lightsong, a Returned god who does not believe in his own divinity, and Vasher, a wandering man with a talking sword.
Warbreaker is a standalone novel built on Breath and BioChroma — a magic in which life force can be given away, hoarded, and used to Awaken inanimate things. Brandon Sanderson posted it chapter by chapter on his website as he wrote it, and it remains freely available; it was published in book form in June 2009.
Published in parts
2 books
Collected in
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (2)
ViolenceTorture
- So my question here is why is no one recommending Warbreaker as an entry level Cosmere book? I am still new to this universe and after reading the original Mistborn trilogy, I was still a bit intimidated by where to go next, so my friend recommended Warbreaker and I am so glad I decided to pick this up. This book felt like such a great next step after Mistborn. It still has that classic Brandon Sanderson magic system and detailed worldbuilding, but it feels way more approachable and contained compared to what I had experienced before. The story is very character driven and Siri was definitely my favorite character. I loved seeing her growth throughout the story and I honestly did not expect her storyline to become my favorite part of the book. Lightsong actually annoyed me and bored me at first but I completely take that back now, he completely won me over.
- 4 προς 4,5. Ο Σάντερσον δείχνει και σε αυτό το βιβλίο πόσο καλός συγγραφέας είναι, καθώς κατορθώνει να συνδυάσει το χτίσιμο ενός ολόκληρου πολύ αληθοφανούς κόσμου (κι ενός πολύ πρωτότυπου συστήματος μαγείας) με το χτίσιμο σύνθετων χαρακτήρων, χαρακτήρων όχι απαραίτητα πολύ συμπαθητικών αρχικά, που εξελίσσονται όμως καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια του βιβλίου. Κι όλα αυτά τα δίνει μέσα σε μια ενδιαφέρουσα αφήγηση που σε σημεία προχωρά κάπως αργά μεν, αλλά κρατάει πάντα το ενδιαφέρον και έχει ανατροπές που πραγματικά δεν τις περιμένεις. Δεν του δίνω 5 αστέρια γιατί υπήρχαν σημεία που ήθελαν περισσότερο ακόνισμα, ιδίως μέχρι τη μέση του βιβλίου, όπως το κομμάτι για το Idris και η αρχική απεικόνιση του χαρακτήρα και των κινήτρων των δύο αδελφών.
- Now, I understand why there is a reading order in Cosmere saga. After finishing this book, I made some research and discovered some connections between this book and Roshar Archives. Of course, now i want to reread this book series.<br>Talking a little about Warbringer : like every Sanderson books, I love his writing. <br>About the story and the plot : i liked the story even though it’s bit long to introduce the settings. <br>About the characters : except Vivenna, i liked everyone, some ones were very funny<br>About the twists : I LOVE THEM BECAUSE I DIDN’T EXPECT THEM !!!
- Not bad, but not good. Not changing my original rating as that's how I felt during my first read but man, did Lightsong ramble a bit too much.
- Man. Reading this after finishing Oathbringer was the right call. It’s wild seeing the connections. Great book. Sanderson truly is a master.
- Rounded up from 4.5. I loved the characters in this one so much!
- The Sanderlanche strikes again. This was such a sick story.
- <div>vivenna im so proud of you</div>