Rhythm of War: Book Four of The Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)
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Liebe.
Ich muss gestehen, so sehr wie ich die Bände davor an einem Stück durchgezogen habe, so sehr hab ich mir hier Zeit lassen müssen - und es war die richtige Entscheidung. Man merkt, dass das Buch lediglich die Vorbereitung für eine Art Finale ist. Es wird viel aufgebaut, es werden viele Charaktere etabliert und die bestehenden eher "nur" auf dem Schachbrett verteilt bis es los geht. Einzelne, kleine Szenen haben später plötzlich so viel Bedeutung und auch die kleinsten Details aus den Vorgängern werden wieder aufgegriffen. Wenn man vergleicht, wie komplex diese ganze Geschichte im Vergleich zu Buch 1 geworden ist ... Das ist Wahnsinn 🤯 und ich liebe alles daran. Was mir besonders gut gefällt: niemand ist hier der strahlende Held, keiner der Charaktere wird von allen geliebt und sie alle machen Fehler. Brandon Sanderson hat hier - zumindest für mich - eine der besten Repräsentationen von Depressionen auf Papier gebracht und ich habe sehr mit der Figur mit gelitten. Man merkt auch, dass bei vielen Charakteren noch so viel zu entdecken bleibt und gleichzeitig fragt man sich, wie viel man überhaupt über diese Charaktere noch erfahren wird oder ob sie so ominös bleiben. Hinzu kommen die Anspielungen darauf, sie groß diese gesamte Welt eigentlich ist und dass sich vereinzelte Figuren dessen sehr bewusst sind und ausdrücklich sagen "ey, nehm dich Mal nicht so wichtig. Da draußen gibt's noch anderes. Größeres." Kurz gesagt: das Buch hatte seine Längen, in denen es sich wie ein Fülleband anfühlte, aber das alles ist auf einem so hohen Niveau, dass es okay ist, wenns mal langsamer voran geht. Für mich definitiv weiterhin mit das Beste, was die High Fantasy derzeit zu bieten ❤️
I loved this book!!! It’s my second favorite in the series so far and I can’t wait for more
Unglaublich
Von den letzten Büchern war ich schon überzeugt aber der 4. Band hat nochmal alles übertroffen. Von vorne bis hinten voll mit Spannung und so geschrieben das ich nicht wollte das es endet.
I finally beat this monster (and it beat me)! What a ride, I wouldn't even be able to write all me emotions for it down, NO WORDS. It was brilliant.
Sooo I needed some time to rethink my review a bit. As the other Stormlight Archive books, this one too, dragged on for quite some time. If I had to read this book, I would have probably given up. Luckily audible books are available now. But still, it's about 50 hours of talk-talk-talk and the last 5 hours suddenly get interesting. Only this time, it was not an interesting worldbuilding kind of talk, but -at least for me- very boring sciency talk. I don't even need to know how my computer or my mobile actually works, why should I read about the detailed fabrial science stuff. Not really my thing... There was also quite some talk, that did not make any sense. After doing some research, I now know that reading the other books from the universe, does seem to be a must, to actually understand the deeper parts of the book. (Did not plan on doing so before, want to do so even less now....) So the characters: Still really like the hero figure of Kaladin. Even though he is basically running, hiding and emotionally struggling in this book. Still a good hero to have. Also liked his character development, the PTSD and the struggle of fight/flight. No real Szeth, Renarin, Jasnah or Dalinar, unfortunately. Maybe it just feels like that, cause in the last 30 hours they didn't get any real showtime anymore... Fleeting moments, with no real story input. Venli: Interesting, also liked the flashbacks with the history. It was a good character analysis, although it did not push the storyline along at all. Shallan? Oh geez, I could not get anymore annoyed with this woman. I stopped listening whenever the story turned to her. So much whining and annoying "whuu me, poor me..."-stupid talk... Navani: Bored to death. So much science talk. At first her very unbelievable "Oh I am no scientist, I am just a queen, but I shall strive to help scientist" thinking, and then her -oh ho- becoming her very own scientist: changing science and beliefs along the way... I much preferred her relationship with Raboniel. Her bound with the spren no surprise there at all- sooo many hours of bullshit, for a conclusion that I had after like 2 minutes? Really necessary? Not gonna talk about everyone but there were some highlights: liked Adolin and his Maya, Rlain and Teft. Well so all in all: Good if you do not have to read it. Still super interesting world. Some good, some boring characters. I can still see the potential in quite a few characters and their storyline. Writing style is actually getting worse by the book. I will probably get the next book as an audio again. Kind of want to see the world and characters develop and grow, but really do not look forward to another 50-60 hours of blabla...
4,5
Great description of some characters' psychological difficulties, if sometimes hard to stomach because I've grown to love these characters so much. A bit slow with continuing the main story. And for me the physics experiments were a bit much and tedious. Overall still a great read.
“This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth.” I love this series and I am so very grateful for Sanderson's admirable work ethic and consistent pumping out of 1000+ page long books a year. It really helps to know you'll get a conclusion to such a big project, especially with stakes being as high as they are. I continue to be impressed by Sanderson's ability to create characters with godlike abilities while the plot never loses momenton and the villains keep being an actual threat. It kind of reminds me of the Avenger end-game arc which was highly ambitious and impressive by pulling off a movie with a bunch of super-powered/intelligent heroes all fighting the big bad. In the stormlight archives our heroes never lose their relatability or their relevance to the plot, nor are they Mary-Sues and their struggles feel so real that when they overcome them it is all the more satisfying for the reader because we can see how hard they try and how desperately struggle. It helps that the cast of characters is so very diverse and even the villains at times aren't nearly as black and white as they are painted to be initially. But I guess that's the hallmark of Sanderson for this series in particular, he's big on his redemption arcs but he makes the protagonists work for it. For one, I severely disliked Venli in the previous books and still did to some extent in this one but she does get to deal with the ramifications of her actions and actually makes some effort to fix things. Raboniel meanwhile was the perfect foil for Navani who really was the star in Rhythm of War. I really love her. It's no wonder Jasnah turned out the way she did with a role model like that. This book centered a lot on mental health and we get to follow Kaladin's continuous struggle with PTSD and depression, as well as Shallan's split personality and childhood trauma. I loved those parts but I was quite disappointed that they didn't get to interact in this installment. In general, all our main characters were split up for the whole of the book and the middle part dragged on a bit. So it didn't quite have that addictive factor of the first three books for me but I can't wait for the fifth one because that's the semi-finale that Sanderson has been stringing us along for and it's gonna be good! The wait is gonna feel very long though.
Oh well - this took me quite a while. I must admit my focus shifted a bit and I read a bunch of specialist books while this was on my reading list. The story itself is just amazing, a bit lenghty and overall pretty dark in the middle, but the ending is just a big surprise and makes it totally worth.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Liebe.
Ich muss gestehen, so sehr wie ich die Bände davor an einem Stück durchgezogen habe, so sehr hab ich mir hier Zeit lassen müssen - und es war die richtige Entscheidung. Man merkt, dass das Buch lediglich die Vorbereitung für eine Art Finale ist. Es wird viel aufgebaut, es werden viele Charaktere etabliert und die bestehenden eher "nur" auf dem Schachbrett verteilt bis es los geht. Einzelne, kleine Szenen haben später plötzlich so viel Bedeutung und auch die kleinsten Details aus den Vorgängern werden wieder aufgegriffen. Wenn man vergleicht, wie komplex diese ganze Geschichte im Vergleich zu Buch 1 geworden ist ... Das ist Wahnsinn 🤯 und ich liebe alles daran. Was mir besonders gut gefällt: niemand ist hier der strahlende Held, keiner der Charaktere wird von allen geliebt und sie alle machen Fehler. Brandon Sanderson hat hier - zumindest für mich - eine der besten Repräsentationen von Depressionen auf Papier gebracht und ich habe sehr mit der Figur mit gelitten. Man merkt auch, dass bei vielen Charakteren noch so viel zu entdecken bleibt und gleichzeitig fragt man sich, wie viel man überhaupt über diese Charaktere noch erfahren wird oder ob sie so ominös bleiben. Hinzu kommen die Anspielungen darauf, sie groß diese gesamte Welt eigentlich ist und dass sich vereinzelte Figuren dessen sehr bewusst sind und ausdrücklich sagen "ey, nehm dich Mal nicht so wichtig. Da draußen gibt's noch anderes. Größeres." Kurz gesagt: das Buch hatte seine Längen, in denen es sich wie ein Fülleband anfühlte, aber das alles ist auf einem so hohen Niveau, dass es okay ist, wenns mal langsamer voran geht. Für mich definitiv weiterhin mit das Beste, was die High Fantasy derzeit zu bieten ❤️
I loved this book!!! It’s my second favorite in the series so far and I can’t wait for more
Unglaublich
Von den letzten Büchern war ich schon überzeugt aber der 4. Band hat nochmal alles übertroffen. Von vorne bis hinten voll mit Spannung und so geschrieben das ich nicht wollte das es endet.
I finally beat this monster (and it beat me)! What a ride, I wouldn't even be able to write all me emotions for it down, NO WORDS. It was brilliant.
Sooo I needed some time to rethink my review a bit. As the other Stormlight Archive books, this one too, dragged on for quite some time. If I had to read this book, I would have probably given up. Luckily audible books are available now. But still, it's about 50 hours of talk-talk-talk and the last 5 hours suddenly get interesting. Only this time, it was not an interesting worldbuilding kind of talk, but -at least for me- very boring sciency talk. I don't even need to know how my computer or my mobile actually works, why should I read about the detailed fabrial science stuff. Not really my thing... There was also quite some talk, that did not make any sense. After doing some research, I now know that reading the other books from the universe, does seem to be a must, to actually understand the deeper parts of the book. (Did not plan on doing so before, want to do so even less now....) So the characters: Still really like the hero figure of Kaladin. Even though he is basically running, hiding and emotionally struggling in this book. Still a good hero to have. Also liked his character development, the PTSD and the struggle of fight/flight. No real Szeth, Renarin, Jasnah or Dalinar, unfortunately. Maybe it just feels like that, cause in the last 30 hours they didn't get any real showtime anymore... Fleeting moments, with no real story input. Venli: Interesting, also liked the flashbacks with the history. It was a good character analysis, although it did not push the storyline along at all. Shallan? Oh geez, I could not get anymore annoyed with this woman. I stopped listening whenever the story turned to her. So much whining and annoying "whuu me, poor me..."-stupid talk... Navani: Bored to death. So much science talk. At first her very unbelievable "Oh I am no scientist, I am just a queen, but I shall strive to help scientist" thinking, and then her -oh ho- becoming her very own scientist: changing science and beliefs along the way... I much preferred her relationship with Raboniel. Her bound with the spren no surprise there at all- sooo many hours of bullshit, for a conclusion that I had after like 2 minutes? Really necessary? Not gonna talk about everyone but there were some highlights: liked Adolin and his Maya, Rlain and Teft. Well so all in all: Good if you do not have to read it. Still super interesting world. Some good, some boring characters. I can still see the potential in quite a few characters and their storyline. Writing style is actually getting worse by the book. I will probably get the next book as an audio again. Kind of want to see the world and characters develop and grow, but really do not look forward to another 50-60 hours of blabla...
4,5
Great description of some characters' psychological difficulties, if sometimes hard to stomach because I've grown to love these characters so much. A bit slow with continuing the main story. And for me the physics experiments were a bit much and tedious. Overall still a great read.
“This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth.” I love this series and I am so very grateful for Sanderson's admirable work ethic and consistent pumping out of 1000+ page long books a year. It really helps to know you'll get a conclusion to such a big project, especially with stakes being as high as they are. I continue to be impressed by Sanderson's ability to create characters with godlike abilities while the plot never loses momenton and the villains keep being an actual threat. It kind of reminds me of the Avenger end-game arc which was highly ambitious and impressive by pulling off a movie with a bunch of super-powered/intelligent heroes all fighting the big bad. In the stormlight archives our heroes never lose their relatability or their relevance to the plot, nor are they Mary-Sues and their struggles feel so real that when they overcome them it is all the more satisfying for the reader because we can see how hard they try and how desperately struggle. It helps that the cast of characters is so very diverse and even the villains at times aren't nearly as black and white as they are painted to be initially. But I guess that's the hallmark of Sanderson for this series in particular, he's big on his redemption arcs but he makes the protagonists work for it. For one, I severely disliked Venli in the previous books and still did to some extent in this one but she does get to deal with the ramifications of her actions and actually makes some effort to fix things. Raboniel meanwhile was the perfect foil for Navani who really was the star in Rhythm of War. I really love her. It's no wonder Jasnah turned out the way she did with a role model like that. This book centered a lot on mental health and we get to follow Kaladin's continuous struggle with PTSD and depression, as well as Shallan's split personality and childhood trauma. I loved those parts but I was quite disappointed that they didn't get to interact in this installment. In general, all our main characters were split up for the whole of the book and the middle part dragged on a bit. So it didn't quite have that addictive factor of the first three books for me but I can't wait for the fifth one because that's the semi-finale that Sanderson has been stringing us along for and it's gonna be good! The wait is gonna feel very long though.
Oh well - this took me quite a while. I must admit my focus shifted a bit and I read a bunch of specialist books while this was on my reading list. The story itself is just amazing, a bit lenghty and overall pretty dark in the middle, but the ending is just a big surprise and makes it totally worth.