{"id":598,"date":"2017-08-31T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2017-09-10T15:47:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T21:47:58","slug":"book-warbreaker-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/31\/book-warbreaker-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Warbreaker (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Warbreaker\"Warbreaker<\/strong><\/span>
\nYear: 2009
\nAuthor: Brandon Sanderson
\nLength: 676 pages<\/p>\n

For the last few years, Brandon Sanderson\u2019s name kept coming up amongst my writer friends. I had never heard of him, but they had been fans of his writing for some time. In my goal to read all the unread books I own, I found that I had obtained a Brandon Sanderson book many years ago as a prize during my first National Novel Writing Month. Even with the daunting page count, I decided to give Warbreaker<\/em> a read. All I can say is that it was refreshing to finally read a fantasy book written by someone who genuinely knows what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read a lot of books recently that I would consider \u201camateur,\u201d but Sanderson proves he\u2019s a professional in this tightly written book. From incredibly interesting and entertaining characters to expertly placed foreshadowing to a fascinating magic system, Warbreaker<\/em> is fully original while also maintaining the tropes and structure of a high fantasy novel. The twists in the plot continued to grab my attention as the mystery surrounding these characters unfolded. As I read, I had a few qualms with minor points in the story, but Sanderson managed to quash these negative points by the end of the book.<\/p>\n

I have stayed away from the fantasy genre for a long time because I know how lengthy some of these book series can be, and I didn\u2019t want to become invested in something that might not even reach its penultimate conclusion. Fortunately, Warbreaker<\/em> is well-encapsulated in its own, standalone story. Sure, there are hints at what the future may hold for some of these characters, but nothing was particularly pressing or \u201ccliffhanger-ish\u201d in this book. Either way, consider me a believer in the fantasy genre, and in Sanderson particularly. Maybe now it\u2019s time I started to dive into his other works.<\/p>\n

An original and highly entertaining fantasy story, I give Warbreaker<\/em> 5.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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