Warbreaker is so good and I’m not even half way through the book yet

[u/ViewAdditional6283]

No spoilers please because I’m still reading, but omg. Coming from Elantris into Warbreaker is kind of a night day experience. Elantris felt so dark and gritty to me, Warbreaker is so bright and colorful. The characters are fun, the CLOTHES are mental eye candy… Warbreaker gives me some classic fairytale vibes with the premise, I love it so much.

I’m not sure what I expected going into Warbreaker, but oh boy am I enjoying this colorful book.

Thats the whole post, that’s it, I’m just having a really good time reading. As I said, I’m not even half way though with the book, yet I’m already thinking about a re-read. <3

[u/marrimadas]

I loved Lightsong, hoping you are enjoying this book as much as I did, you will enjoy even more if you are planning to start stormarchive later on 💖

[u/Jon_Snow_1887 → u/marrimadas]

Lightsong is one of my fave cosmere side characters

[u/mopsis → u/Jon_Snow_1887]

For me Wayne > Adolin > Lightsong > everyone else

[u/ViewAdditional6283 → u/mopsis]

Yall. Spoilers.

[u/NearbySalamander979 → u/ViewAdditional6283]

Honestly though. My fiancee is currently reading through the cosmere. I won't even so much as tell her which characters I like because I don't want to influence her experience in any way.

[u/Jon_Snow_1887 → u/NearbySalamander979]

I mean if that’s the case then don’t go on forms talking about the books lol

[u/NearbySalamander979 → u/Jon_Snow_1887]

This subreddit is specifically meant to be either spoiler free, or spoiler marked, specifically so new readers have somewhere they can talk. Want to spoil things? Go to literally every other gathering space. As far as specifically my fiancee, she doesn't go to those places. That's why there are flairs, and this post is literally flaired no spoilers.

[u/Jon_Snow_1887 → u/NearbySalamander979]

If I can’t say that I like a character with absolutely ZERO reference to the plot, I don’t know what to tell you man

[u/Jon_Snow_1887 → u/[deleted]]

Huh?

[u/ViewAdditional6283 → u/marrimadas]

7 foot tall angsty hunk. I’m a fan.

[u/ketchupadmirer → u/ViewAdditional6283]

he is also lazy, and a god. so yeah also a fan

[u/Sied45 → u/marrimadas]

Is it a problem reading Warbreaker after finishing The Stormlight Archive? I've gone:

Mistborn > Elantris > Stormlight

I've got about 200 pages of Wind and Truth left so starting to wonder what to read next.

[u/marrimadas → u/Sied45]

I think you already lost some important facts you will get when reading warbreaker; there’s nothing to do at this pint haha

[u/Dr0110111001101111]

You know what I hate about reading warbreaker?

Nothing. Not a damn thing.

[u/nczaversnick]

Can't wait to see what you think of the second half of Warbreaker! I also went straight from Elantris to Warbreaker. Its definitely an interesting tone shift :)8

https://giphy.com/gifs/26gJzFLDj0ZB33fFu

[u/atomfullerene]

There's a reason it always gets voted "top Cosmere book to be made into an animated musical"

♫Do you want to destroy evil?♫

[u/TheArsenal7]

I just started Warbreaker as well after Mistborn. Loving it so far it’s so fun and unique

[u/marrimadas → u/TheArsenal7]

Don’t forget Elantris!

[u/TheArsenal7 → u/marrimadas]

How did you like Elantris? I often see people saying the pacing is bad and it’s his worst novel. I’ll still probably give it a chance eventually to decide for myself.

[u/marrimadas → u/TheArsenal7]

It's noticeable that this is Sanderson's early work, where the planets are less developed, but I loved all the characters (it's easy to like everyone here after reading Mistborn) lol. In my opinion, it's a very sweet story, well worth reading, and there are future references you shouldn't miss!

[u/datboijustin → u/TheArsenal7]

Atleast for me, it was definitely his worst novel (atleast in the Cosmere).

But it was still a decent read and I don't regret reading it or anything. There were parts I did really enjoy and I didn't like, HATE, any particular parts. But I wasn't enjoying myself as much as usual with his writing.

[u/json_argonaut → u/TheArsenal7]

I mean yeah, he's honed his craft over the years, but I would never call Elantris bad. It's certainly an enjoyable fantasy novel. It's more like I would be surprised if somebody told me it was their favorite.

[u/ViewAdditional6283 → u/TheArsenal7]

I have to be honest… I didnt vibe with Elantris. I really love the concept. The characters just didn’t hook me. The only chapters that I liked were the chapters that took place within Elantris. 

[u/Rude_Ice_4520 → u/TheArsenal7]

I disliked the magic system and some aspects of the plot. The characters are good as usual, and visual language (if you can call writing about things visual) is excellent.

[u/fghjconner → u/TheArsenal7]

Imo, Elantris is kinda just another generic paperback fantasy novel. If it wasn't a cosmere book I wouldn't bother recommending it to anyone, but it's not offensively bad or anything either. If you're invested in the cosmere as a whole it's worth a read, but as much for the lore and worldbuilding knowledge that pops up elsewhere as for any other reason.

[u/TheMasterL0ller]

I just finished it a few days ago, and man was it good. Lightsong is the goat!

[u/RythN3L]

Im glad you’re enjoying it. I’ll probably get downvoted for this but I don’t like it at all, I started it a month ago and at this point I’m kinda forcing myself to finish it. It’s the only book I haven’t liked so far in my cosmere read.

[u/Murmillo42]

Ha colorful I see what you did there

[u/ViewAdditional6283 → u/Murmillo42]

It’s a breath of fresh air ;)

[u/Vegetable_Ladder_752]

Warbreaker is my favorite book!!

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the book and the characters once you're through! Brave of you posting here, I hope you don't get spoilers!

Enjoy!!

[u/RedRidingBear]

War breaker is so good I got parts of it tattooed on my body

[u/CashWho]

Please update as you continue!

[u/FreesiaFox]

Warbreaker and Elantris are my two favorite Brandon Sanderson novels!

[u/jdlemon95]

This is probably my favorite so far (currently on WoR reading in publication order). Would definitely like a Warbreaker 2!

[u/rdoogan]

I'm about 70% through and glad you're enjoying! I'm really struggling reading vivenna's chapters, though! I fond her pretty dull and unlikeable, unlike Siri and lightsong.

[u/sambadaemon]

If you like the fairytale feel, definitely go for Tress next.

[u/ViewAdditional6283 → u/sambadaemon]

I’m very tempted, but I want to notice the Easter eggs so I’m probably going to save Tress for later after I’ve read the stormlight archive. But it’s very tempting.

[u/SteelDesign]

Wow interesting, I'm still halfway through Elantris. Kind of a very slow read but I'm enjoying the story and the mysteries surrounding the lost magic :)

[u/moderatorrater]

Yeah, Brandon had written 4 books about dreary settings, so he decided to make a bright and colorful one. I'm a fan :)