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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9652169" data-attributes="member: 7033171">I am continuing my Cosmere run after a winter break and read "Warbreaker" by Brandon Sanderson. I was surprised, because this book seemed on reddit and other communities to be treated as one of the better entries in the Cosmere, but for me personally it was the weakest entry up until now. After the super slow buildup with tons of typical repetitions without the action scenes that made Mistborn exciting and without the strong characters that made Elantris interesting comes a climax that falls flat with mosts twists untypically boring for Sanderson. Sandersons strongest suit are IMO action scenes and this book has almost none.I also just disliked the setting, it felt once again too videogamey to me with video game like visualizations of powers and artificial worldbuilding.The realization came to me that each book has female main characters that are a trick and are just a narrative perspective on the real main characters that are usually male. Some sort of male character ascends to divinity or super power or whatever. Vin of the first mistborn trilogy was the closes to have actual relevance to the plot - until the ending happens. Another insight about his novels I had his how he hides his plottwists: He has characters inner monologues repeating ad nauseam. "WHAT IF A HAPPENS, WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT A, WHAT DO I DO WITH A" and than B happens.Seems to me his books are like many JRPGs: Interesting concepts, funky plots with plottwists, bloated to massive proportions with clunky exposition, boring repititions and dialogues written by a 17 year old but you still fight through it to get to the massive spectacle and multiple plottwists in the last third.I already started his magnum opus "The way of kings" and I am very curious. The first chapters are intriguing (besides once again the clunky expositition in the middle of a combat). Up until now my very first full length Cosmere book was the best (Mistborn #1) and I hope this one will break the mold.</blockquote>

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