Wind and Truth

Book Five of the Stormlight Archive

This book might be part of the The Stormlight Archive series.

Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare-and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium's place has thrown everything into disarray.

Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide-Adolin in Azimir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah at Thaylen City. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.

At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiants killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium's champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.

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1329 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am 2024 von Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom veröffentlicht.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-31918-0
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ASIN:: 1250319188
Goodreads:: 203578847

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Brackmeister hat Wind and Truth von Brandon Sanderson besprochen (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

Was wirklich wichtig ist

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Ja, das Buch hat alles, was für episches Fantasy wichtig ist, aber für mich war das beherrschende Thema, die Frage der einzelnen Charaktere, was ihnen wichtig ist. Teils jede(r) für sich, teils gemeinsam. So ist auch die alles entscheidende Konfrontation am Ende m.E. gar nicht der fürs Genre sonst typische Endkampf. Wobei ich weder habe kommen sehen, wer als Odiums Champion gegen Dalinar antritt, noch wie dieses Aufeinandertreffen ausgeht. Ich fand das Buch super, es fokussierte sehr schön auf die einzelnen Personen. Wer sie sind und wer sie sein wollen.

nemo@ramblingreaders.org hat Wind and Truth von Brandon Sanderson besprochen (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

Good finale, but a little underwhelming

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Inhaltswarnung Full Cosmere Spoilers

My favorite books in the Stormlight Archives are the first 3. The series really shines at "EPIC" character moments, and snowballing through them towards the ending. However, as the series has progressed, characters have gotten especially powerful and that makes conflict much harder to showcase. There's not much that can scare or threaten the characters by the start of the 5th book, and that results in the conflicts coming from headspace instead of meatspace.

As a result, the strongest arcs in this book are from the "weakest" characters - Adolin and Venli. Kaladin and Shallan's arcs cover much of the same ground we see them tread in the previous book - dealing with trauma, self-reflections, (self-sabotage in the case of Shallan). Dalinar's arc is that of learning, and Navani doesn't get to do much. Szeth's arc is lovely to read, and the most telling.

However, at times it feels like we're rushing through plot at too fast a pace to make sure that the reader gets all the knowledge they need. Felt like some of the flashbacks (Dalinar/Szeth) should have been part of previous books somehow.

I was unprepared for the time-dilation twist at the end, and that gives me hope for the series - it keeps everyone on their toes, with Roshar rushing towards war.