And I completely loved that combination!
This is one of Sanderson's earlier standalone novel (now getting a sequel) which he provided for free on his website to give his readers a taste of his writing. It was later published in other formats by Tor Publishing.This is my second read by Sanderson after Elantris and this is one step ahead of Elantris in terms of everything. I absolutely loved the unique concept of Biochromatic Breath and its several manifestations. Even more amazing was its world building and characters.
Characters -
Warbreaker is told from four perspectives - Two sisters , a reluctant God and an awakener who has a mysterious past.
Our two sisters, Siri and Vivenna are Princesses of Idris and completely opposite to each other. Siri is carefree, unimportant , youngest and neglected child of the King of Idris and other sister - Vivenna is oldest, responsible, perfect and have prepared all her life to become the wife of God King of rival nation 'Hallandren'. But when that time finally arrives, Idris King sends his youngest daughter instead, and now both Princesses are unprepared for that change. Vivenna, left without any purpose decides to follow her sister in Hallandren and gets entangled in the web of lies, betrayal and lots of eye opening lessons.
I really liked the whole character arc of Vivenna, she goes through so much and develops a lot as a person. Siri also gets a shock of her life in the courts of God and I really liked her as character. Vasher is another perspective who is an awakener and have lots of secrets hidden in himself, He plays a very important role in this whole story and I would love to know more about him in future as he was most interesting but not very much developed. I especially loved his talking sword - 'Nightblood', which is also the name of Warbreaker sequel, so I believe they are going to be important part in future book - which is awesome! There were also lots of other secondary characters about whom I would love to know more about.
But among all of them, my favourite character had to be Lightsong- our fourth perspective, he is a returned God, who do not believe in his godly status and wants nothing to do with court's politics of Hallandren. His chapters were the most fun to read, definitely my favourite.
“I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."
She raised an eyebrow.
"Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.”
World Building and Magic System -
Another best part of Warbreaker is its rich world and magic structure. Reading about the history of fantastical world has always been my favourite part in any fantasy book, and 'Warbreaker' has a very rich and unique world in itself with its own set of magic. I loved the part where we gets to see the whole origin of Hallandren and its Gods along with the history and reason of their animosity with Idrian.The concept of magic with biochromatic breaths and colour I found very unique and interesting.
As for the Sanderson's writing, I think he has an easy writing style, I love the way he writes all the details and has so much depth in it with easy to roll kind of style. Even his long books does not feels like a lot to read and it is very easy to lose yourself in it.
My only issue was that I really would have loved to see about more about what happened in the epilogue . Few things were unclear to me, which I would have loved to see.
But,overall this was another awesome read by Sanderson and my favourite by him so far
4.75/5 Stars!
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Awesome characters that I can establish some form of a 'connection' with is key for me to really get 'into a book'. If I can't connect, my attention often wavers before I even make it halfway through the book.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you!
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