A review by hyrulebalverine
Wind and Truth (Signed Edition) by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you're looking at a review for the 5th book in the Stormlight Archive series, I'm going to assume that you are more likely than not a fan of the series and probably Brandon Sanderson, so the obvious comment here is that you will probably like this book, too. I enjoyed this book and found it to be, as typical for Sanderson, an emotional ending that you don't quite see coming in the way that it does.

While this book didn't hit me in quite the same way as book 1, "The Way of Kings", I found it to be a satisfying ending to the first arc, or Era, in the Stormlight Archive series. My only regret is knowing it will be close to a decade before we see the next book in this series.

But, that doesn't mean that Wind and Truth is for everyone. This is a long book. So long, in fact, that at 1330 pages of story, the publisher had to use thinner paper in order to be able to bind it. There are also a lot of POV characters throughout, with more POVs used in each part/section than the previous, which can make the pace feel slower for some readers. There are 32 different POV characters thoughout the story; the Day 10 section/part has 17 different POV characters.