I Finished Words Of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson

00:00 Dalinar Comes Through Again
02:34 A Change Of Heart
06:39 Moash's Future
07:23 Wit The Wanderer
07:51 The Battle
11:54 Shallan & Renarin
13:18 More Radiants
14:54 The Truth
16:07 Talk
16:59 Szeth's Future
19:39 Stormfather + Jasnah
20:41 Adolin's Coming Of Age
22:16 Brando's Best Work!
24:36 What I Am Reading Next

[Grid_Dragon]

"You sent him to the sky to die, assassin, but the sky and the winds are mine. I claim them, as I now claim your life." I've gone over that scene so many times!!!

[johnwoolard]

I love watching your reactions; it reminds me of the first time I got to enjoy the discoveries in these books. Suggestion: Read Edgedancer before the next book.

[tallbeing]

Before you jump into Oathbringer, another good choice is Edgedancer, which is a novella set between stormlight books 2 and 3 and follows a few of the side characters, basically re-introducing them now that so much has changed. It's a much lighter read than most of Sanderson's other works, and is still one of my personal favorite things he's written! Hoping you enjoy Elantris, and the rest of the cosmere works going forward!

[phasetwenty]

No idea why people lower expectations for Elantris. It's simply not as ambitious as the rest, but it's a fine book. You'll enjoy it

[Wordhopper]

You finished the book! I guess now you see why everyone was so giddy all the time following along with you (or at least I was). It’s just such a great book.

I will be redundant here and also say that you should read Edgedancer before Oathbringer! You already like Lift and it’s really book 2.5!

I’m also glad you’re going to read Elantris next! Always a good move to read the early Cosmere books before launching into the later ones, and it’s also a good book!

[JayEmAy]

I have two favorite crossover reveals in this series. You've just gotten to my first with Nightblood.

It was great to finally get to see your reaction to that.

[Nathius_]

I am so happy to hear that you go for Elantris. (I first read it shortly after I finished the wheel of time and was so happy, that Epic is possible in some 300 pages as well.)
But whatever you do, as others have said before me, read Edgedancer before Oathbringer. See it as a grand scale interlude. While you have interludes between parts in each book, Edgedancer is the interlude between books 2 and 3 (while dawnshard is the interlude between books 3 and 4).
Edgedancer follows Lift and is a lot of fun.
Dawnshard follows Rhysn and is somewhat mind-blowingly different, but adds so much spice to the next stormlight books.
Is there an interlude between books 4 and 5 that I am not aware of, anybody?

[WrenWren]

There's also Edgedancer which is a novella centered around Lift. It's kind of meant to be read between Words of Radiance and Oathbringer if you so please.

I actually read Warbreaker after Words of Radiance so my Nightblood reveal was quite a bit different. In fact, I didn't even realise it was Nightblood was until I went back to check the epilogues of Words of Radiance wondering what crossover people were talking about.

[Moonadept]

Another vote to read Edgedancer between Elantris and Oathbringer. It fights right in and is good to see what happens to two of the characters at that time.

[hannzopie]

It has a bit of a slow start, but personally I prefer Elantris over Warbreaker, and i think you might like it too, as you seem to like politics in your stories! But I guess it's never a bad thing to go in with low expectations ;) (and unbeknownst to you, you've actually already met some Elantris-people, so it'll be really interesting to see if you can make that connection! The Elantris-planet is also home to one of my favourite Cosmere short-stories (The Emperors Soul), which I really recommend in general, but in particular before you start Mistborn era 2!)

[MarkGearRex]

I really loved the scene where Adoulin just murders Sadeas, because previously he's always given off this affable, man of the people vibe, but in this dark hallway you see this glimpse into him really being the Blackthorn's son. Also, I think it's safe to say this will have consequences because if anything Sadeas' wife will notice if he just vanishes. Nice that you're reading Elantris next, it definitely isn't as strong as some of his other work, but it's still very good. I felt it started kind of weak, but it really grew on me, and I like the characters a lot.

[Nixonaut]

So many times during this I just thought to myself “oh, just you wait!” To something you said. Thanks for doing this!

Elantris is a fun read. If you’ve watched any of Sandersons advice for new writers its funny how much Elantris exactly follows those guidelines :)

[holdenpop]

You definitely need to read Edgedancer as well. I think you’ll like it since it revolves around Lift!

I also suggest that you think about some of the clues that may help to I dentify world hoppers going forward! Language and looks will give them away most often.

[LeonC]

hahaha broo!!! it is so cool that we've read exactly the same Brandon Sanderson's books hahaha.

[Jake_cub]

In a world of Wind and Truth let downs, I’m happy to see WoR happiness

[slythawyrda]

was gonna mention that Graves isnt a Ghostblood, but part of The Diagram, but you got it :)

[OdenGender]

Hell yeah, another for the Moash fan club!!

[ChocolateRobs]

I don't know if you've been made aware but all of us Cosmere fans knew who would be the main viewpoint/flashback character in each book quite early on. So while you are questioning who they will be most of us know all the way to book ten who the viewpoint character would be. The order may change as Brandon did swap book 3's and book 5's but we do know all ten and have for a while. (Though the intro viewpoint is always a secret until the run up to each book where it gets released as a preview chapter.)
Not that you need to but if you want to be on the same page in order to shape your theories then you can ask for any or all. Of course there is also a chance that Brandon is using our 'knowledge' in order to mislead us or he may just change his mind in the future.

[brianschuck]

Ooh, I've been waiting to see your reation to Nightblood, and you did not disappoint! I think Words of Radiance was his best long work, Oathbringer is really good, the next two books after that (in my opinion) would benefit from being shorter - they feel like long slogs to me. I cheered when you said you would read Elantris next. It was my first Brandon Sanderson book - when I heard he was taking over for Robert Jordan, I ordered it and read it and loved it. So, yea, the characters aren't as real feeling, but the story is amazing, and I can't help but still loving that book. Other's have mentioned Edgedancer - I'd recommend reading it before Oathbringer, Lift's story becomes more important and you'll learn more of her backstory by reading it.. It's fun and not too long.

[slythawyrda]

I read stormlight 1-3(before RoW came out) before Warbreaker, so didnt catch the crossovers the first time, but noticed them at rereads. Currently rereading in prep for WaT :)