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Warbreaker

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today's leading master of what Tolkien called 'secondary creation', the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.

Warbreaker is the story of two sisters who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can be collected only one unit at a time from individual people.

By using breath and drawing upon the colour in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron, the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery; and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.

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I really loved this book. It is clever and insightful, like the best fantasy novels, while it is set in an imaginary world that world and its characters are believable and consistent. There is magic, but the system of magic is explained, so I never felt it was used to fix problems the author couldn’t find a believable solution for.

Brandon Sanderson is a great writer and his plots are never simplistic. Like some of his other books, at first Warbreaker lulls you into a false sense of security, it seems like a fairly traditional coming of age/YA fantasy book - a genre which is pleasant to read but often quite predictable - but then he shakes you awake and reminds you that the real world doesn’t work like that, life isn’t that simple. There are several twists and enough foreshadowing of each that even if you didn’t see it coming, you feel like you should have.

The narrator is great too, Alyssa Bresnahan brings the characters to life and I particularly love the way she reads the evil sword.

Absolutely fantastic, not just another easy, simple, fantasy book

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Good plot, easy to identify the characters and a great plot with several twists.

Great twist

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Well narrated, even with the switching between main protagonists, it was easy to follow. Great

A interesting read.

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Took a while to get into this book but I was soon hooked and couldn't stop listening. Fantastic character development in this story. I like how the focus shifted from the younger sister to the older one.

Great!

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perfect in many ways
original story with a different approach to magic use, the character building is great, the omg moments when certain key things happen. my only gripe is the narrator sometimes didn't leave a space between change of scenes, so some scenes nearly blurred together but it wasn't enough for me to give less than 5 stars

perfect

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Overall its a really good book, story buildup is good, we get to know the characters well, an interesting story, my only real dislike is that the ending felt a tad rushed like it needed a bit more to it,

Good Story, Ending a bit rushed

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Definitely read this after or before Stormlight Archives Book 2 (Words of Radiance). It's a nice break!

Great story and characters

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Brandon Sanderson is a master of world building and has yet again created a fascinating new take on "magic". The narrator was terrible but if you can get past that, it's worth a listen. if not, it's still worth a read.

Interesting magical theories.

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An amazing and captivating story provided by Brandon, filled with twists and turns and a satisfying ending. One of my favourites.

The performance was equally awesome and the voice actor handled the work beautifully.

Incredibly good!

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I (25 yo female) lost my habit of reading before I entered my teens, and apologies for mentioning another author here but Sarah J Maas reinvigorated my love for fantasy and stories and I loved her books but they weren’t as in-depth as what I’ve been craving. I went onto feel a hole of despair as pop fantasy after pop fantasy left me feeling lacklustre and wanting more. I am so happy to have found Brandon Sanderson, I’ve read every single thing he’s published since then and for some reason I left watbreaker until last and in a way I am happy and sad for my decision. Happy because the rest of Sanderson universe can be quite in-depth and complex which I have loved! For example, The Way of Kings is definitely my second favourite series. But Warbreaker! Wow! I am half way through after day 2, this book is incredible and I can’t stop, it is the perfect mix between the fantasy that is popular now with a storyline written by someone who was just born to write fantasies. It’s incredible and I highly recommend that other women who love fantasy read this genre, it’s an awesome telling of how the world has historically perceived women but somehow an awesome representation of our individualism within that. I can’t say enough, it’s just awesome.

My favourite Brandon Sanderson book out of ALL OF THEM

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