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Wherein our hero Durfee reviews the great new epic fantasy novel Wind And Truth by Brandon Sanderson. Stormlight Archive. Cosmere. #brandonsanderson #windandtruth #BookReview

[@mikesbookreviews]

You're a machine! I'm coming up on the halfway point.

[@mikesbookreviews]

@@NerdishlyActive I certainly will since I have your permission. Have a great day!

[@epiphoney]

Brian's arm got sore holding up the book for 20 minutes.

[@jayspeijer614]

No more convalescing for BLD! Awesome flex bro 💪 Fun Fact: It is an urban myth that Brian EVER edits anything out of his productions. This is why he maintains The Greatest Television Show in the History of the Universe 😀

[@UNIDiver]

Just look at Sanderson's 'normal' hard covers. Color artwork on the exterior and interior of the dust jacket, naked HC cover has a design, color artwork on front and back end pages, tons of art pieces through out the book, all chapter headers have designs. It makes it real hard to buy other hard cover books for the same price, when all they have is art on the front of the dust jacket and that's it. I know the words within the book are what matter most, but Sanderson really adds to the whole experience with just his normal, not special edition, books. It's insane

[@TheRowingBrigand]

100% agree. Sanderson’s respect and love for his works are clearly evident in the details of each Hardcover book’s cover art, sleeve jacket (inside & out), and interior and back pages. No other Fantasy hardcovers come close to the investment and value of his books for really the same price as other authors. Every aspect of the book itself is artwork!

[@MichaelSmith-zx5lw]

Indie authors do this as well. Check out A Princes Errand by Robert and Dan Zangari and The Bound And The Broken series by Ryan Cahill

[@tine272]

love the little personal anecdote about sanderson, what a nice dude!

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

@@tine272 thanks.

[@jacketernity4609]

Found your channel through Jonathan Koan & Mike's Book Reviews! I really need to start a reading habit soon as I love Fantasy & Sci Fi. Keep it up!

[@markmiles2728]

I am a teacher. This is my planning period. When you said "pagan sorcery" I laughed out loud to an empty classroom!

[@CocoDollRoom]

Sending the utmost respect to all the good teachers. It's not easy.

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

Glad u found it amusing

[@valliyarnl]

I love how you show the inside of the book and the art :) my book is coming on Monday so this was great! Loved hearing ur thoughts

[@Nj-fn5oe]

this book seems to be a little long for no reason. A better editor couldve cleaned this up nicely.

[@mattmichael3310]

I think he needs less "yes men" on his team too. A moderate effort to improve dialogue and eliminate some of the silly attempts at humor would have improved the book alot.

[@RobinsMusic]

@@mattmichael3310very true his team consists of big Sanderson fans

[@chandlerholloway3900]

I would go as far to say that all of the books have an unjustified page count (some more than others)

[@alvarosalandy7969]

I knew you'd read this super quickly.

[@simtye88]

I just finished tad Williams navigators children today and just flipped open the first few pages of wind truth. I’m a little behind. Thanks for the review !

[@markmiles2728]

"Didn't grow up as an assassin..." Haha!

[@DAGDRUM53]

Possibly the best review you've ever done, Brian, and I would know. I've watched since you first got on youtube.

[@gator7082]

You look good, glad you are well, thank you for the review!

[@BoilingKoolaid]

I’m listening to the audio book and I’m barely halfway through (I listen at work delivering mail). You burned through it!

[@maticko246]

I only read mistborn but i have all stormlight books(except the last one) on the shelf waiting me to read them.

[@Br1cht]

I find it more and more Current Year™️ but I’m very weary of the insertions. It feels like he goes for less brain and more brawn, don’t really care for it but it is well done as per usual. Loved the first 3 books though.

[@readbykyle3082]

Didnt grow up as an assassin 😂😂 i just finished, this was my favorite Stormlight book. Absolutely remarkable

[@emilynewhart7648]

I bought books one through four like a year or so ago and have been waiting to read them because I knew five was about to come out. I haven’t bought it yet cause I think I might wait till it goes on sale. Frankly, I’m a little nervous. I haven’t read any Brandon Sanderson before. But everyone seems to like this series a lot so I’m willing to give it a try.

[@BookSquirrelUK]

I’ve read Sanderson’s Steelheart, and the novella, Mitosis that follows it, but the writing was pretty average YA, although I loved the concept. Mitosis was mediocre at best - I suspect a bit of a cash grab, sadly. I’m going to give Mistborn a go, and see if I click with that more.

[@undbiter65]

Mistborn is also very YA. Stormlight is better. Although the prose in his new book (WaT) was disappointing imo.

[@vol94]

Stormlight is GOATED! I love mistborn too, but maybe jump to stormlight

[@Morfeusm]

Steelheart is considering among his weakest. Try Warbreaker or Mistborn.

[@readbykyle3082]

Those books are not anywhere near his Cosmere novels

[@down-the-rabbit-hole]

Good books can still be YA. It's more about the plot more than anything. A good book doesn't need to be complex. Some of the best stories I've ever read were very basic and simple.

[@ajyanchowdury]

I was like 100% sure he was gonna come up with a review fast

[@cto1gg]

I liked Book 1 and most of Book 2, but once people started flying around having battles in the sky, the series lost me. I tried Book 3 because I like Shallan but I stalled out about a third of the way thru and haven't revisited it since.

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

@@cto1gg i do not like the flying either. Mentioned that in this review even

[@TalonBray]

What do you think the Raiders should do in the draft?

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

@@TalonBray hmmmmm...I dunno. QB?

[@BlacklitStar]

Damn I just started day 3.

[@JohnAndrewMacDonald]

The comment on Avenger like Fantasy is so true and is one of the main reasons I cannot read him.

[@TheNickcone]

That's how I feel, too.

[@loudoesreviews]

OK - I'll bite. What is - The Warning? Keep on reading!

[@golummcsmeagolhomie2396]

It’s the warning to always be careful not to shart yourself

[@sclyon]

There's a rock band called the warning with that same lettering. So I'm assuming that's what that t-shirt is

[@obijuan-kenobi5117]

The Warning is a rock band out of Mexico, made up of 3 sisters. They're great!

[@down-the-rabbit-hole]

it's an all female rock band. They are pretty awesome!

[@treweis1141]

Stop saying archives its archive

[@briandurfee3336]

archives

[@treweis1141]

@briandurfee3336 it's not read on the covers

[@alexhernandez8661]

Brain, I’m in the minority of people who watch this who hasn’t even read book 1 The Way of Kings yet. I have The Way of Kings on my shelf. But I’m really on the fence about should I read this series or not. That’s because I hear Brandon Sanderson is kinda like Stephen King in that there both Democrats and LGBT supporters. I am a Traditional Conservative, so Brandon Sanderson being an LGBT supporter so I hear doesn’t really sit well with me. Plus I have heard that he spells things out when he shoulda just infered it.

[@benjaminsierra280]

You don't want to read somebody's work just because they support the idea that people can love whoever they feel like it, without being ostracized and discriminated? Then you're not a conservative, you're a bigot. I'm not from the US, so I don't care about your politics, but LGBT rights are universal. You can dislike his writing style, his ideas, the genres in which he works, that's all perfectly fine. But doing it out of homophobia? Remember watching movies or reading books as a kid, hoping the good guy would triumph over the bad guy? Well, somehow you turned into the bad guy.

[@stephennootens916]

I have read vary little of Sander son's work. I tried the first book in this series and put it down largely because I has other books to read. That said he is also a practicing Mormon so he is far from King. From what I have seen from people talking about his work and my attempt in reading him his work comes of more PG-13 superhero action story. King can be a hard R a lot of the time and often deals in the now. Roland in the first book of The Dark Tower beds a woman before killing everyone including her in the town. The Stand has man on man rape and people being crucified on the side of highway. Salem's lot which I am re reading has a woman beating the shit out her screaming baby and a married woman having an affair. The Shining has husband beating the shit out of his wife, if I remember right under the dome has a gang rape scene and a man spending time with naked corpse of a woman. And Sanderson writes nothing like that. There is violence but nothing close to what King writes and sex is nowhere in his books as I understand it.

[@down-the-rabbit-hole]

You need to separate politics and view points from the books. If I didn't read any authors who's political or social viewpoints I didn't agree with, then I would hardly get to read any books at all. I'm a bit more liberal, but I don't check to see if an author is a conservative or not before I decide to read him. I mean Ted Nugent is an absolute right wing nut job, but I still enjoy his music.

[@MichaelSmith-zx5lw]

I'm sorry but what about my life affects you? Hateful.

[@BCNick22]

Do not start this series! While it starts off we'll it devolves into a Woke disaster! This latest book features transgender ideology, bestiality and same sex romance. It's deplorable to say the least and certainly not safe for children to read. I hope you read this so I can save you from going down this path. All the best.