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A review by book_scent
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
It's been a few days since I finished this behemoth of a book and I still haven't been able to process everything that happened - which was, as expected, A LOT!! It was impossible not to fly through Wind and Truth, so I failed miserably trying to pace myself, and instead used every spare moment to read ... and my brain is still trying to recover.
The way this book was structured worked, I think, really well and added a sense of urgency to everything that was going on (not that it was needed, haha). Astonishingly (or not), Sanderson was able to switch between all POVs, while also adding new ones. I loved the jumping around in the chapters to see what everyone was up to, so I really appreciated that.
I'm pretty happy with almost every character's arc and where they ended up in this mid-series finale - there's only one I'm unsure of, but I feel like books 6-10 will add more perspective and I trust in Sanderson to make it all make sense in the end. The characters that stood out to me the most here were Kaladin, Adolin, and Szeth. They had some of the most impactful moments, and looking back at their journeys and what they've been through, I just couldn't help but feel for them the most. Also, Szeth's flashback chapters were fantastic and left a huge impression on me, they may even have become my favorite flashbacks (though, I will have to reread to decide ^^). So many more scenes with other characters are also ingrained into my brain, but they are impossible to talk about without getting into spoilers.
Overall, Wind and Truth delivers a pretty satisfying conclusion and lots of answers to most of what's been established and built up so far, while also expanding the Cosmere even further and laying the groundwork for big things to come. There's a lot of new questions and implications, and I can't even begin to imagine what the next arc of this story will look like. And while it may take a while until we find out, I'm happy to wait and reread in the meantime, and catch more of the connections and details that I know I missed the first time around.
The way this book was structured worked, I think, really well and added a sense of urgency to everything that was going on (not that it was needed, haha). Astonishingly (or not), Sanderson was able to switch between all POVs, while also adding new ones. I loved the jumping around in the chapters to see what everyone was up to, so I really appreciated that.
I'm pretty happy with almost every character's arc and where they ended up in this mid-series finale - there's only one I'm unsure of, but I feel like books 6-10 will add more perspective and I trust in Sanderson to make it all make sense in the end. The characters that stood out to me the most here were Kaladin, Adolin, and Szeth. They had some of the most impactful moments, and looking back at their journeys and what they've been through, I just couldn't help but feel for them the most. Also, Szeth's flashback chapters were fantastic and left a huge impression on me, they may even have become my favorite flashbacks (though, I will have to reread to decide ^^). So many more scenes with other characters are also ingrained into my brain, but they are impossible to talk about without getting into spoilers.
Overall, Wind and Truth delivers a pretty satisfying conclusion and lots of answers to most of what's been established and built up so far, while also expanding the Cosmere even further and laying the groundwork for big things to come. There's a lot of new questions and implications, and I can't even begin to imagine what the next arc of this story will look like. And while it may take a while until we find out, I'm happy to wait and reread in the meantime, and catch more of the connections and details that I know I missed the first time around.