Rhythm of War - REVIEW

[@DarthSideous63]

Brandon will finish book 10 of the Stormlight Archive before George RR Martin will finish The Winds of Winter.

[@johnsecheverell7824]

I think that is inevitable.

[@ShirleyTimple]

No doubt, Martin will never finish

[@colinborthwick9623]

And before Rothfuss finishes book 3.

[@rajdatta7454]

Who is Martin? Oh yeah, the meme author who kinda forgot about writing books he started some decades ago?

[@poppaexo]

Which is why I stopped caring

[@CabinCreekGames]

This makes me think book 5 is going to be an all out sanderlanche.

[@jonnybamberg5692]

Yeah, just the whole book starts with the lanche

[@august4471]

It seems book 4 is more of a set up than it's own thing and that is not a bad thing. Just like Harry Potter 6 was

[@ZevaTayler]

Just one big lanche

[@jprec5174]

This is what’s going to happen guaranteed. This is the problem with these huge epic stories. You have to learn to accept the tedium and almost frivolous details and side arcs to get a better and more fulfilling ending. After reading oathbringer, I trust Sanderson can pull it off. I felt so crestfallen about 60% through it, but that last part woo boy. We don’t want a season 8 GoT on our hands do we?

[@henrywayne5724]

@@august4471 Harry Potter 6 is J.K.’s best book to date. While it was a setup, it was masterfully written such that there was a balance in the plot points. From Harry’s relationship with Ginny, then the horcruxes, finding out who the half blood prince is, what Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape were up to e.t.c. Plus, the ending of that book. I love how the way it ended broke the norms of he previous books, where it ended on a more somber note rather than Harry going back to the Durdleys. With this as a penultimate book, I hope it does the same.

[@enescustef6154]

Not gonna lie, I'm encouraged by what Daniel didn't like that much, I don't think it will bother me. The negative parts of reviews are at least as useful as the positives, thanks Daniel for not being afraid to speak your mind honestly.

[@MILOPETIT]

So did you like it? I'm hesitant to read it seeing as Oathbringer took me about as long to read as the first two books combined. The bloat just seems like an increasing problem to me tbh

[@enescustef6154]

@@MILOPETIT i did like it, but less than oathbringer, which itself was less than either of the first 2. I do read all of sanderson's books though, so if you're on the fence about it maybe go for something you know you're more likely to enjoy

[@MILOPETIT]

@@enescustef6154 Ok yeah I did feel pretty much the same about Oathbringer, it just seems like the first one (which was already pretty stretched out) was the only one who didn't go into more sidequests than the main plot.

[@ipodjockey2432]

Kaladin's struggles with depression were almost too real... It brought up a lot of difficult thoughts.

[@sammallory]

As someone who has hit rock bottom, it hit home. The message was crazy huge.

[@danielwilliams9459]

So far based off reviews this seems to be exactly what I want it to be. I always like when previously major characters are pushed back to make room for previously smaller characters or even new characters. (For example my favourite ASOIAF book is A Feast for Crows and my favourite parts of Oathbringer were the bits with bridge 4 and the parshendi. I also really love the interludes in stormlight.) So yeah I'm very excited and this seems to be exactly what I was hoping for at this point in the story. I completely understand anyone who disagrees though this is entirely down to personal preference.

[@tomascanas9143]

Same, for me this is an hype review, as my favorite book is OB

[@lauralanier9806]

I totally agree! I was so excited when Dawnshard was announced as a Rysn POV novella because I love her as a side character, even though before OB we had only seen her twice. I love getting the perspective of smaller side characters.

[@chasebedwell1751]

Wait wait wait .... the ending isn't an avalanche but is more like book 12 of The Wheel of Time? VEINS OF GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lauralanier9806]

@CallMe Sherlock that chapter still gets me, even years after reading it for the first time. It's so poignant!

[@mohithkumar5158]

I can’t wait for this book to come out.

[@mulleriomalario5364]

The problem with Stormlight is that the amount of characters that deserve more pagetime is so high, it's almost impossible to be satisfied with the end product and that is something i am prepared since having the same kind of disappointment when reading Oathbringer. I am also very jealous of you right now for getting to read it early.

[@dx7r]

Yeah I agree with the take on Shallan's arc. Ever since book 2 I keep getting this feeling we will eventually get some Kaladin-esque level character arc for her and I was actually hoping we would get that in this book but her arc felt surprisingly subdued to me.

[@christyrann7739]

I find her arc a whole lot more interesting than Kaladin. Still like his arc aswell but 🤷‍♂️

[@DoublexCoke]

One of my favorite things of this series so far SPOILERS Dalinar: has THE LITTERAL STORM FATHER Ardents: no no no no no you'r a heretic and everything you do including your marriage is illegitimate XD

[@alek2913]

It is not a spoiler for me but you should force the spoiler to only be showed if you hit more. It is just courteous.

[@DoublexCoke]

@@alek2913 fixed thank you didn't realize it wasn't fully under the read more

[@alek2913]

@@DoublexCoke Yup was not sure. Just did not want anyone to get spoiled by that. I know there are a lot of people who are reading through SA right now because of Daniel and in the comments.

[@KrakenCasting]

I was one of the betas and I really struggled with this book. I'm really hoping the final product has changed from the draft I read. I agree with a lot of what Dan says, and we'd probably have a lot more to agree on if we could get into spoiler territory.

[@henrywayne5724]

Whoa, you were one of the betas? Lucky. Anyway, the pacing issues were GLARING when I was reading Part 3 of Oathbringer. For the first time ever, the book truly FELT like a 1200 page book when with the others, I was hooked all the way through. I really hoped the pacing issues would be resolved in ROW with the way Part 1 was incredibly fast paced(I’ve only read the first six chapters btw) but from most of the reviews I’ve watched, pacing seems to be a huge problem where attention is given to less important issues and other bigger issues just don’t have enough page time. Still hyped up for it though.

[@KrakenCasting]

@@henrywayne5724 I can't say a whole lot until release day, but pacing was a major issue we talked about during the beta. I felt the same way, that there were definite periods of mental fatigue because the pacing was so slow. I hope he's fixed some of it in the final product, but it sounds like maybe not.

[@lukasa6374]

Great review Daniel! Something Im really missing though is when back in the day you rated each part of the novel, that is giving character work, plot etc a grade each

[@charlespeter5610]

You and Merph have convinced me to read R.F. Kuang's latest book first. Thanks for the review!

[@JKWuco]

Haha bothered by characters dropping for a long time. Can't be worse than Perrin Aybarra.

[@kalshal4ever987]

I just finished book 6 and starting book 7. I hope Perrin comes back now 😢, it’s been two books so far without him really

[@slipping4415]

Yeah you only really get back to his plot line in like book 10 I’m pretty sure

[@slipping4415]

And his plotline is only really good in like books 13-14

[@Hoffmanniac]

Or the entire cast of Malazan in book five.

[@JKWuco]

@@kalshal4ever987 He comes back but...like, don't expect much until book 11 or 12 now that you're past the (excellent) return to Two Rivers.

[@dailycarolina.]

I first saw Merphy's, now watching Daniel's, next Elliot's .

[@geryrrs]

SAME

[@anedgedancer5147]

Reverse order for me!

[@vaporiiz]

da big 3

[@Tent316]

I think I speak for everyone when I say "What about Lopen and his cousins!!!!!!!?"

[@sheyri9]

I really, really loved Kaladin's story in this. It was a bit unexpected at first, and I was worried on Kal's behalf, but it turned out so, so well. Shallan, hm. I liked her development. But then this big thing happened, and then we only get half a chapter with her after that. It's just, what happened after that? I would've appreciated more page time for her there. So much seemed to have happened between the big thing and her next chapter, but we barely see any of it.

[@rkxproductions]

I really liked this book, I respect your views, but personally, that score is way too low.

[@sammallory]

Agreed

[@benjaminford4967]

I've been listening to the released audio chapters on KZbin! Brilliant advertising technique to get you to buy the next book. I wish I had the book to read. Very jealous.

[@bluerectangle5794]

You will be able to soon enough, Radiant.

[@denisabdullah1908]

Man, this is probably my second favourite SA book after Words of Radiance! It was almost perfect. Maybe some of the flashbacks weren't that interesting, but everything else was just a blast to read. I couldn't stop reading. Everyone had pretty strong arcs in this book. I began to like Venli a lot, Kaladin's battle with depression and PTSD was so relatable; I really enjoyed all the science behind the fabrials and lights and Navani suddenly became one of my favourite characters; the villains were superb; Adolin and Shallan' s journey was super interesting; Teft's story gave me the feels, all the Cosmere references made me want to buy every other book that is connected to it, and I hate Taravangian even more. The SA books are my first Sanderson books, to be fair. I heard good stuff about the Mistborn series and I'm planning on buying them next, because I just need more Sanderson stuff now and I'm dying to learn more of the Cosmere. That's Fantasy at its highest!

[@fletchergillespie3242]

you make it sound like the feast/dance of stormlight, and I don't really mind that tbh

[@fabriciorosso9807]

Those are great books tbh, very underrated, so I expect to like this one.

[@walternate2914]

Thanks for an honest review. I appreciate that you are a true Sanderson fan, but not just giving it blind praise. Looking forward to finishing the book. Have really enjoyed the early chapters released.

[@kmolnardaniel]

Hey Daniel, do a longer, spoiler review please! Or do a live chat with the fans! It would be so cool to discuss the book more.

[@yourfavoriteinternetyoda8422]

I picked up the way of kings recently. I hope I like it

[@xogdo5260]

It's amazing! You won't regret picking it up

[@carlosperezdelema]

It's amazing, but it is SLOW. It takes a while for it to get going, but then it becomes addictive

[@xogdo5260]

@@carlosperezdelema Yeah, he has a lot to set up at the start to immerse us into the world

[@Osiris623]

Don't expect things to fully make sense until like chapter 10ish, then you'll be able to track with what's happening better. It's an awesome book with an amazing ending.

[@carlosperezdelema]

@@Osiris623 10???? It took me almost half a book to understand how everything worked. Hahahahahha.

[@talea9593]

Tbh I thought this book was a lot slower than the others. It feels like an info dump and set up for the next book.

[@reflexjat3822]

From what i’ve heard so far, i think RoW will be my favorite

[@thewal1ofsleep]

I want to start reading this but don't want overwhelming character PoV bloat, which is (in my opinion) an issue in the Wheel of Time. ASoIaF also suffers a bit from this as well, but there are far fewer books and some of the PoV characters only have a few chapters to their name. Daniel, can you tell me if this series is as stuffed full of characters as the Wheel of Time?

[@henrywayne5724]

The book DOES have many characters, not as many as ASOIAF and WOT though. Although it has many characters, there are only like, four main POV characters that are focused on.

[@thewal1ofsleep]

@@henrywayne5724 much appreciated. I picked up the Way of Kings.

[@Valefolken]

How did you get a trade paperback of this? I didnt think they even started production of them until nearly a year after hardback

[@MindShackleFilms]

As long as Szeth is a main storyline i'm in. Every time I saw his name in the first page of a new chapter I was giddy. Such an amazing character / storyline. ( I didn't watch the 'Spoilerish' section so if he mentioned it I didn't see that.)

[@lilwinchester1417]

Yes! I need more of him and his sword-nimi

[@sgracem2863]

When will the next book come out?

[@lathspell87]

I found it boring and similar to Elantris. I had to read through an entire book to finally get to the piece I knew was coming. Definitely my least favorite of the series.

[@odin01]

Great review! Sanderson is masterful at certain things, but I have to admit that I think making him an example for his depictions/thematic work on mental illness and the realities of war is emblematic of fantasy as a whole being held to a fairly low standard in some ways. It's not that those themes aren't there, or that he does them BADLY, but I feel it's generous to say his treatment of material on this level rises to anything special. That's my feeling on Stormlight Archive in general at least, not that I've read Rhythm of War obviously.

[@LMBBA90]

how do you have a paper back version? and how do you already have the book at all?

[@CudiBuddy4Life]

5th novel.... I understand that I must sacrifice my life...to protect all who remain

[@henrywayne5724]

No! No! Don't you DARE SAY that. I am NOT having Kaladin DIE!

[@CudiBuddy4Life]

@@henrywayne5724 the ultimate hero. He’s had such a beautiful arc, it seems that it ends in the first half through sacrifice, or acceptance of a power that carries into the next half (imo). I hope I’m wrong with his death but I don’t see it stopping his influence in the end

[@henrywayne5724]

@@CudiBuddy4Life I can actually see it happening that way, part of me really doesn’t want Kaladin to die but another part of me knows that that is probably the road we will be going with him, considering how he wrapped up Mistborn. But I know that when Kaladin goes, it won’t just be in a lazy way, it’s gonna be an epic finale.

[@CudiBuddy4Life]

@@henrywayne5724 I agree whole heartedly; he’s got a “true way” (Brando) of letting his characters go. A proper completion of arcs. Kaladin’s passing would never go in vain, wait....(ooof....unless he comes back through pure will, oh shit, his commitment keeps him tied to investiture...I uh, brain hurts...I...predictions begin anew. He’s not dead....here to help)...windows shutting down noises

[@alecolson8360]

Really really great review, I feel like your review style has become really refined

[@foxstevenjaleco4496]

Would you maybe consider making a dedicated video on your point about the structure and meat problem you have with books? That specific point interested me in your review, and by now you've read enough to support your substantial interpretations of certain things - so I was hoping you could maybe try and make a dedicated video expounding on said request. :)

[@CarrotVision3DCarrotsAreVision]

Sounds like we should have gotten some more interlude time with some of the parshendee characters.

[@Hoffmanniac]

Great review, really primed readers for what they may or may not like. As someone who’s loved Stormlight so far and has been burning through Malazan over a year or two, seems like I’m primed for your major warning of new characters coming in and others fading out a bit. Really looking forward to it!

[@MKTraxel]

We'll, between you and Merphy, I'm sufficiently antsy for the 17th 😂 I may have missed the first, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on Edgedancer and Dawnshard too!

[@Rinzler.14]

I think 🤔 that is a very honest review not too hyped but a good book! You know what I think that we needed an up and down track for the series because roller coasters🎢 aren’t all ways about the screaming it’s also the anticipation factor pre the scare. This book sounds like it suffers a bit from the introduction of characters factor or first book syndrome. But attached to a continuing story you just want to hear more about mostly.

[@aliciacarter4598]

How you get the paperback edition

[@sparkinstarfall_FD]

​I really can't wait for that Chronicles of Amber review

[@HooptyHoops]

What author?

[@sparkinstarfall_FD]

@@HooptyHoops Roger Zelazny

[@danielbetancourt1483]

Daniel Greene confirmed as a Red Letter Media fan?

[@leostarrs-cunningham8576]

So its a "set-up" episode, and the next book will be more of a ''pay-off'' episode/season finale?

[@nicholaslee5885]

“If you don’t wanna know who lived, get OUT” THANK YOU Daniel for respecting your audience!!!

[@nickwhitehead5002]

Very nice review! Would you recommend that I read Warbreaker first?

[@addisonsmith4727]

Hey just finished reading the book was wondering when you were going to release your spoiler review

[@MrDarthvader2101]

Could I ask how Szeth is dealt with in the book without too many spoilers? I think the biggest criticism of the end of Oathbringer is that Szeth kinda just becomes 'one of the gang' after killing the previous king and all his attempted assassinations after.

[@genevieveatwater4533]

I agree completely about your structural complaints, but it's kinda funny because Navani, Taravangian, and Szeth all hit my bottom favorites and frustrated me to no end, while Adolin's arc was by FAR my favorite and I adored the surprising yet inspired direction Brandon took his character. Interesting.

[@fanfan-ft7rf]

Thank you for honest review. My favorite character isn't getting enough page time and is missed. This is a deal breaker for me.

[@brightvideo123]

Okay, as someone who is just starting The Wheel of Time, could someone tell me what Daniel means by RoW being similar to one of the later books in structure? Not sure what no Sanderlanche means because I’ve never read the main point of comparison here. Thanks!

[@mgssscrazy]

Wheel of Time typically has impactful, but not super crazy complex endings. Plot lines are resolved, there is a major conflict that gets solved, etc. A Sanderlanche is different, it's basically the resolution of every plot line in the book at once. It's where Sanderson basically has a ton of separate character arcs that converge and resolve at once. Wheel of time typically doesn't have every plot line converge into one big climax at once.

[@brightvideo123]

@@mgssscrazy Thank you, I really appreciate the answer. That’s pretty clear and easy to understand. Thanks!

[@cottereyre]

Are you going to review Dawnshard?

[@Abken.]

OH NOOOOOOOO. Yesterday he said that a negative review is incoming.

[@Abken.]

@@afk2514 lol my bad

[@Abken.]

@Gabriel Cruz Romero I doubt that Brando will release a bad book. I also doubt that Dan will rate it bad idk. His words were "the next review will be below 5 rating". But I doubt it. Probably a bait. He voted for this book as the best book of 2020 and he gave Poppy War 3 7.5 so RoW should be at least 8 rating. Either bait or he's just talking about the review after RoM

[@AmorCorona5]

Daniel! I've made it to book 7 of wheel of time, love the channel, hate the slog, can you do a video summarizing the slog books so i can skip and finally finish WOT? Lol there's a lot of us out here who need it

[@timidalchemist8475]

There is countless podcasts readings with the series. That'll help ya.

[@AmorCorona5]

@@timidalchemist8475 there is, though I'll likely just end up finishing each book through audible like i have been because the series deserves my full attention. But man i am not looking forward to the next 3-5 books 😓😅

[@dutchyboy14]

Hey Daniel, would it be too much work to add closed captions ob your vids? My mom is a little hard of hearing and I want to present your videos to her, but she's struggling to understand you all the time without blasting the volume.

[@matthewjury4385]

I’ll listen to Daniel review anything even though I don’t read books

[@lostinfantasy]

So Daniel said convinient thing will happen to Adolin and I think I know what's gonna happen ah P.S. I'm also looking forward to see what happens to Kaladin considered what Daniel said.

[@elisa_740]

I gotta be honest, I don't remember at all where we left Adolin. I just hope the convinient storyline has nothing to do with romance for the love of god.

[@lostinfantasy]

@@elisa_740 well I hope too it's not romance. My theory is that Adolin is going to revive his shardblade and become radiant. But maybe it's something entierly different.

[@elisa_740]

@@lostinfantasy oooooh, righ! I forgot about that. Hm, yeah, could be. It definitely seemed like the story wanted to go that way

[@nikosbookreviews]

Just finally finished, and I agree that some character arcs were quite predictable and underwhelming, but I think part of that is just because we get to know the characters so well. The character work was so great in this book, and the ending has not predictable sorts, and jaw dropping surprises.

[@linhtoan1851]

I went back to your reviews of Way of Kings and Oathbringer so I could get context on what 7/10 means for you. So you rated WoK 9.5/10 and OB 9/10. Does this mean RoW is lackluster compared to (and the key word here is COMPARED TO) the previous books or is your rating now more strict than in it was the past?

[@fleurdelispens]

I shouted a giant fuck yeah as soon as you mentioned how present Navani is. She is my favorite of the Kholins. (For those curious, 2 is Jasnah, 3 is a tie between Adolin and Renarin, 4 is Dalinar, 5 Elhokar, and fuck Gavilar)

[@henrywayne5724]

Whoa, I read the first viewpoint Navani chapter after the prologue and I was hella surprised when I screamed “Yes!” when I saw Dalinar there with Navani. I can’t even explain because Dalinar had the most boring viewpoint in TWOK to me and then... I always liked Navani from the get go so yeah, but when I saw Dalinar’s name, I was surprised at how happy I was to see him back.

[@fleurdelispens]

@@henrywayne5724 sorry which book are you talking about? There's a lot of Dalinar across the three books plus part I of 4 that have been released to the public

[@henrywayne5724]

@@fleurdelispens I’m talking about the Rhythm Of War preview chapters. Sanderson did a great job in making me love Dalinar in Oathbringer.

[@fleurdelispens]

@@henrywayne5724 ah gotcha. I don't know if I like Dalinar, per se other than that he's an interesting character. Like I had to take a few after the second rift sequence in Oathbringer. Navani really makes him a way better person

[@henrywayne5724]

@@fleurdelispens True, Navani really makes him a better person. With the sequence at the Rift, however horrendous it was, seeing the consequences he had to undergo made me feel bad for him. Those voices haunting him, fire haunting him, Evi haunting him for so many years to come that he spiraled into drunkenness. Then that final moment where he sees Evi and she forgives him(although it most likely was a hallucination), are what made his character so lovable to me. Dalinar...man... Oathbringer made me not like Shallan very much and instead made me love Dalinar so effing much.

[@CancelledPhilosopher]

I also love Rhythm of War, but share some of Daniel's criticisms. The pacing was really slow in large chunks of it for me, and it's as if Sanderson focused on the wrong things. Oathbringer is my favourite in the series so far.

[@FabTCharie]

So which entry has been your fave since book 4 has added to the bunch?

[@hhoi8225]

Do all Greene videos include interpretive dance i.e. 0:14-0:34 and I never noticed before, or is this one special? 😅

[@LuisGonzalez-wi8jv]

Is that a paperback??

[@idkusernamesarehardrip3688]

Always like your reviews, because you articulate your reasons well enough that I can guess how I might feel based on it, even when that may be different from your opinion. Sounds like I'll love this book lol.

[@chuckles486gaming8]

I am a wheel of time reader people sometimes disappear

[@coltseavers6298]

So it appears we get more Androls. (sigh)

[@agedinthesun6689]

Taravagian is my favorite character. I thought this book was average but I had just read Sea of Skulls, by Vox Day. So obviously rythem of bore wasn’t that hot.

[@bjauw]

Can you do a short, one-off video where you show off the sword collection that appeared in your hot take?

[@savitbharadwaj4023]

Hyyyype!

[@Cahirable]

The *Rhythm of War* audiobook is 57 hours and 26 minutes long. That's two hours longer than *Oathbringer* (55hr24min) and almost ten hours longer than the first entry in the series (45hr29min). The four books published so far total 204hr20min, or ~8.5 days, which is nearly half the recorded length of the *Wheel of Time* (19 days, 5 hours spread over 14 books) and over half the recorded length of *Malazan Book of the Fallen* (16 days, 5hr spread over 10 books). At this point I think the next book is going to exceed 60 hours, and if Sanderson doesn't reset when he starts the second half of the series we're going to end up with biblical length novels

[@DunkanDoughnuts]

I'm here for it honestly

[@Cahirable]

@@DunkanDoughnuts I'm definitely not complaining!

[@jordanwylie2325]

Man i love your videos so much but after the hassle i had with your discord im finding it difficult to get back into watching your videos

[@elisa_740]

I genuinely did not remember Navani existed. Also Shallan is pronuncead Shallàn?? My life is a lie

[@Newfiecat]

H...How were you pronouncing it?? 😨 (Lol jk. While I always read Shallan with the emphasis on the last syllable, I was really surprised by the way Jasnah, Adolin and Renarin are actually pronounced. 😂)

[@elisa_740]

@@Newfiecat You don't wanna know how I used to read Cersei from Game of thrones

[@jessewhite6780]

should I refresh myself on the other Stormlight Archive books before reading this one

[@reddeath1427]

In a 10 book series this is a #1 type middle book

[@reddeath1427]

Lots of people and would building and more overall plot

[@matthew7371]

Maybe I missed it, but you didn't discuss the Blackthornes arc, or did you??

[@po067typokijtygfdr7]

Interesting... Brandon said himself that a certain viewpoint character in the Singer side is going to be well liked or hated, and the book depends on her... so I'm not surprised by this review. So basically the main make or break about this book is: -Are you okay with some of the characters getting side lined for other new ones, this late into the series -Are you okay with overall growth (for the series) in return for a lot less solid book... so more set up than pay off -Are you more into the world building or for the characters? -Pacing is probably going to be an overall issue for people, especially those who disliked Oathbringer. Something tells me people who disliked Oathbringer would also dislike this book as well. While it's probably not going to be as controversial as that book, it's going to be seen more as a middle in the road.

[@jprec5174]

My problem with oathbringer was that it was like 800-900 pages of world development, that while necessary, made for a slow read; followed by the last pages of omfg this is great!

[@henrywayne5724]

@@jprec5174 Oh, you have no idea, the pacing was so clunky in that book. I mean, really, we were at Hearthstone, Urithiru, Kholinar, Shadesmar, Reshi Isles, some parts spent in Aimia, then Azimir, some sections we were in the Shattered Plains, others the Frostlands, e.t.c., then a bunch of explanations on how the leadership for each of the kingdoms work. Then a lot of things were introduced, the Fused, the nature of spren, the Unmade, Odium, the Skybreakers, e.t.c. Wow! It was A LOT to take in!

[@writenowdream3882]

I have not yet checked out anything by Brandon Sanderson, yet I’m here. Lol

[@mcpherson1222]

Your point about the framing being the weakest part makes sense. He changed up the framing for this a couple of times before settling on this.

[@RyanSaylorTV]

Has your score for Oathbringer changed or is that still a 9 compared to this 7?

[@luciddreamer616]

Man, for a minute there I thought you were gonna compare it to crossroads of twilight. Whew. If it's anything like book 12, I will devour it.

[@lostinfantasy]

Hey Daniel will you maybe interview Brando Sando before RoW comes out?

[@cameronsingletary8941]

Not fair I see ppl getting the ps5 before I can, and now books!!? 😭😫😫

[@heath2372]

I feel you. Lol

[@victorvarga4920]

It's tough man, i really feel you

[@martasirgo3]

I am scared

[@heygus20]

Also 2nd comment: as the minority who prefers WoK and OB to WoR, I'm going to love this book. The bigger the world and story the better. The game of following all of these characters and plots and fitting the pieces together is going to be so amazing.

[@popkhorne5372]

Pretty sure WoK is still the most liked by fans. And rightfully so.

[@LandoftheMadmen]

11:25 literally the problem with Malazan

[@nathanharwin1990]

Sanderson pulling an erikson with a new cast? I can dig that

[@jono8884]

Unfortunately, I could not get through the first book - stopped about 1/2 way as it was going nowhere fast - and I did not want to commit so much of my life to another giant series after TWOT.

[@bobballs4590]

This book felt like Warbreaker for me. Which I LOVED!!

[@emanuelramirez9836]

But is Adolin still best boy?

[@Andy2kk]

I'm kinda happy that there is no "sanderlanche" at the end I think we needed a mellower ending to the book as you can have only so much action in a series, and I think that Brandon is saving up all the high intensity epic battles for the 5th book. This might be a setup for this last book of the first arc which kinda explains the low rating tbh.

[@samtrott776]

Snaps to that, and I’m so glad Daniel pointed it out. I love Sanderlanches, but they can be a lot sometimes and the last one felt so big that I got worried about how he’ll keep up. I’m excited for a very complex ending to this book.

[@Salvara]

Whats a sanderlanche lol

[@realyoriginalchanel3218]

He builds up tension for the whole book and is very slow and then has an extremely massive and fast pace finnaly in the last 75 pages

[@mrsirperson9656]

Funny how 7/10 is seen as a "low rating", that really speaks to how good Sanderson is as a writer

[@15nicinho]

When Eric from 17th shard reviewed the book he said there is a sanderlanche

[@austinmoore1113]

Smaller ending? Good. I was having trouble imagining how he could go bigger.

[@conormeehan.]

There will eventually be book 10

[@Visforelvenshireling]

You lucky son-of-a-gun! You got to read it first! Not that you don't deserve things like that. You've earned it. I'm just over here rereading my Oathbringer being jealous. Thanks for all the good content!

[@MrNickSmith1993]

Very well said.

[@TheSevatar]

x2! the hyyyype is real!

[@elessarbre]

I guess a lot of people are reading Oathbringer right now.

[@rearea260]

@@elessarbre you mean dawnshard

[@elessarbre]

@@rearea260 That too.

[@nabiladjemai583]

I hope we get to see Axies the collector again! More of the Aimien people overall. We got a strong introduction to them in Edgedancer, and since then I want to know more !

[@Boogalyhu]

Read Dawnshard when it comes out Tuesday! It’s set around Aimia.

[@MitchellD249]

Definitely read Dawnshard if you haven't already, way better than Edgedancer IMO and gives exactly what you're asking for here.

[@nabiladjemai583]

@@MitchellD249 I'm about to finish it. I was just hoping for more in my comment, not knowing what Dawnshard or ROW were going to be about, but Brandon answered my prayers and he didn't disappoint 😅

[@XanderWhat]

Clicked so fast, I didn’t even notice the Premiere label!

[@abhijithchalla]

Lol me too

[@FatCandyProduction]

Yes. This totally happened hahaha

[@sixseasonsandamoviee]

Holy shit, same!😂😂

[@saldeanfarmgirl7224]

Liked the video before it started

[@sanj9278]

Exact same! Lol

[@jakesmith5713]

I read "Premieres in 23 years". Was thinking how and why then wow I'm stupid

[@Abundy]

You accidentally found the Kingkiller Book 3 review

[@Darthrocker06]

23 years is probably how long it would take me to physically read it. thank goodness for audible

[@priyankvora]

@@Abundy dang😂

[@mazerloop2650]

Just imagine if the whole fifth book was all sanderlanche set up by the forth and previous ones

[@carlosperezdelema]

I don't know, I fell in love with Venli in Oathbringer, and I liked the chapters on her Brandon released. So I think I'm going to enjoy this book more than you.

[@jackmcclish]

Tbh, as long as Kaladin and Navani both have strong arcs, this one is gonna be a win for me.

[@15nicinho]

This is pretty much how I feel

[@aghazi94]

Kaladin doesn't

[@argonexxcutter4192]

Abod Ghazi boy thata cap

[@aghazi94]

@@argonexxcutter4192 thats just my opinion, but then again SA to be slightly overrated and abit YA

[@annamackay1743]

I loved both their arcs

[@mihalitsinonis4498]

if Kaladin doesn't swear the fourth ideal, I'm going to be so mad.

[@CudiBuddy4Life]

I’m guessing he doesn’t until 5

[@benjaminwhitehead4050]

Do Windrunners have 4 or 5 ideals? if five imma guess he does, if not, IDK probably not

[@randalthor2859]

@@benjaminwhitehead4050 windrunners have 4

[@benjaminwhitehead4050]

@@randalthor2859 Okay good to know, thanks!

[@fluffypancakes7626]

@@benjaminwhitehead4050 nah, they have 5. The fifth is rarely attained though