Rhythm of War - REVIEW

My review of Brandon Sanderson's Rhythm of War. The fourth book in the Stormlight Archive and another entry into the Cosmere! Let's talk about Rhythm of War.

0:00 Intro
01:03 Total Spoiler Free
08:31 Spoilers up to Oathbringer
13:28 The Numbers

[DarthSideous]

Brandon will finish book 10 of the Stormlight Archive before George RR Martin will finish The Winds of Winter.

[CabinCreekGames]

This makes me think book 5 is going to be an all out sanderlanche.

[Andykk]

I'm kinda happy that there is no "sanderlanche" at the end I think we needed a mellower ending to the book as you can have only so much action in a series, and I think that Brandon is saving up all the high intensity epic battles for the 5th book. This might be a setup for this last book of the first arc which kinda explains the low rating tbh.

[austinmoore]

Smaller ending? Good. I was having trouble imagining how he could go bigger.

[enescustef]

Not gonna lie, I'm encouraged by what Daniel didn't like that much, I don't think it will bother me. The negative parts of reviews are at least as useful as the positives, thanks Daniel for not being afraid to speak your mind honestly.

[sam.s.g]

Yeah, the constatnt pov skipping in the later Stormlight books is one of my least favourite parts, especially when new characters are introduced. I just find caring about an ever-growing cast of characters much harder, as I just tend to get attached to the main characters and move on.

On a different note, hearing that Kaladin gets so much page time makes me happy as he is definitely my favourite Stormlight charcters.

[Visforelvenshireling]

You lucky son-of-a-gun! You got to read it first! Not that you don't deserve things like that. You've earned it. I'm just over here rereading my Oathbringer being jealous. Thanks for all the good content!

[nabiladjemai]

I hope we get to see Axies the collector again! More of the Aimien people overall. We got a strong introduction to them in Edgedancer, and since then I want to know more !

[taojingwu]

The kaladin story in this book was so relatable and amazing. Wish more authors would approach mental illness in an honest and meaningful way

[XanderWhat]

Clicked so fast, I didn’t even notice the Premiere label!

[jackmcclish]

Tbh, as long as Kaladin and Navani both have strong arcs, this one is gonna be a win for me.

[danielwilliams]

So far based off reviews this seems to be exactly what I want it to be. I always like when previously major characters are pushed back to make room for previously smaller characters or even new characters. (For example my favourite ASOIAF book is A Feast for Crows and my favourite parts of Oathbringer were the bits with bridge 4 and the parshendi. I also really love the interludes in stormlight.) So yeah I'm very excited and this seems to be exactly what I was hoping for at this point in the story. I completely understand anyone who disagrees though this is entirely down to personal preference.

[carlosperezdelema]

I don't know, I fell in love with Venli in Oathbringer, and I liked the chapters on her Brandon released. So I think I'm going to enjoy this book more than you.

[hatboxphahtom]

Don't worry we will have enough time to get attached to new characters, as we all know Stormligh 5 hardcover will be about 2-3 stories tall.

[jakesmith]

I read "Premieres in 23 years".


Was thinking how and why then wow I'm stupid

[jonathonwhitington]

My biggest issue with Oathbringer was definitely the pacing. I'm not exactly thrilled to find out that it's going to be an issue this time around too. But I know that I'll still really enjoy the book. Only 10 days to go!

[ninnusridhar]

I appreciate what sando did to kaladin in chapter 18. For a person like kaladin that is really a healthy choice

[mazerloop]

Just imagine if the whole fifth book was all sanderlanche set up by the forth and previous ones

[altoguy]

I wonder if the fact that this is, basically, the 4th part of a 5 part book might be causing some issues with the structure. Yes it's a standalone book, but in the overall structure of the Stormlight Archive, it's part 4 of 5 of the first half. So it's going to be a lot of rising action, a lot of set up, all setting up for what will happen in book 5 as the payoffs. Just my thoughts having only read throught the preview chapters and Dawnshard

[ipodjockey]

Kaladin's struggles with depression were almost too real... It brought up a lot of difficult thoughts.