Review of Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, Book 3)
I just finished reading Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson.📚
The desolation has started. Humankind is under attack and can only survive if united. In this book, we follow Dalinar Kholin in his attempts at uniting the Kingdoms of Roshar.
Kaladin is on a journey to find his parents. Are they still alive, and what situation will he finds in his hometown.
Shallan Davar is still learning how to cope with herself and is uncovering mysteries in the tower city of Urithiru, where the human forces have found refuge. But something old and terrible is hunting the caverns of the city.
Opinion
Please note that from here on out, the text can contain spoilers of the book.
At the end of book two, I wondered how Sanderson could up the ante in the next book. I need not have worried. Book three contains a lot. We get another big battle – at an unexpected location. And many, many revelations about the world.
So the humans are the invaders here. In hindsight, this makes sense; the two utterly different fauna apparently not adapted to life in this world at all. It is interesting how the characters’ point of view leads us as readers to accept something just as a given. I remember wondering while reading the first issue about the strange world. I did not understand it, but I never questioned it or wondered why the author described it in this way.
The battle at the end was cool, but the chapters towards the end were just never-ending. It is not that it was uninteresting. It was just that the end was in sight, but the words did not seem to stop.
I loved the concept of the Unmade and how they control part of the world. It is a nice additional layer of worldbuilding. And for once, I drew the connection between the hints in the story and found out a secret before I got it told in the book – Yeay!
A good book. If you like reading epic stories go with the series. And I love the humor in this one:
“Inappropriate ?” Pattern said . “Such as … dividing by zero ?”
Comments
@toddgrotenhuis I cannot decide, intially it was mostly Kaladin, but Shallan is certainly also very high up. I also like Lopen and Rock. At the very bottom you will find Wit ;-) Pattern was very nice in this book, I liked his humour regarding the chaperone aspect :-D
by V_ on
@V_ really like Sil too!.(Not sure if I’m spelling right, we’ve been listening to the books). I guess I like the spren!
by toddgrotenhuis on
@toddgrotenhuis You're right Sil is also a nice character. And now that I think about it again I would also include Lift. I would love to read more from here.
by V_ on
@toddgrotenhuis You guys are reading the stormlight Archive, t too? I need to re-read it, considering it's been way,way too long.
by cambridgeport90 on
@cambridgeport90 yep, a little bit into #4
by toddgrotenhuis on
@toddgrotenhuis Nice! I just grabbed that,but Amazon'salgorith, keeps distracting me,so other new series keep getting ahead of it. LOL
by cambridgeport90 on
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@V_ who’s your favorite character so far! Mine is Pattern
by toddgrotenhuis on