This is my take as well.

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Jan 23, 2021
5:48:13am

The Dark Knight All-American

This is my take as well.

The mental health themes have never been stronger than in Rhythm of War, and that is by far my favorite element of the books. The fact that Kaladin couldn't just try harder to get out of his MDD and PTSD was both frustrating and satisfying because it was so human.

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Author

Time

Stormlight Archive Scores

Future_Tacos

1/22/21 10:09pm

I haven’t read Rhythm of War yet but agree with your order for the other three books.

Cosmodiar

1/22/21 10:19pm

1. Way of Kings, 2. Oathbringer, 3. Words of Radiance

JuicyJam

1/22/21 10:20pm

RoW picked up for me at the halfway point. It was around then that things

Hoid

1/22/21 10:42pm

Rhythm of War is different but by the end it might be one of his literary best.

karatekid

1/23/21 7:36am

I keep hearing that. I’m excited to finish it. Sanderson always does knock it

Coug Man in Florida

1/23/21 7:28pm

Way of Kings is my favorite. I absolutely love the others, but WOK is a classic

Adwight

1/22/21 10:27pm

The further Sanderson gets away from grounded characters and settings, the less

darkcoug

1/22/21 10:34pm

This explained perfectly how I’m feeling about where the books are going

Coug Man in Florida

1/22/21 10:43pm

That's how I feel about fantasy in general. They have to seem more human

runnincoug

1/22/21 10:43pm

His law about magic systems explains this perfectly: "Weaknesses, limits and costs are more interesting than powers."

shimmy

1/22/21 10:56pm

Preach!!

CougGolf

1/23/21 12:00am

We must have read completely different books. I fail to see how you can say

Hoid

1/23/21 12:57am

This is my take as well.

The Dark Knight

1/23/21 5:48am

1. Way of Kings 2. Words of Radiance 3. Rhythm of War (only 1/5 through so this

Coug Man in Florida

1/22/21 10:41pm

I loved the last half of Oathbringer. The first half was a bit sluggish.

Adwight

1/22/21 10:53pm

Dalinar went from a character I was "meh" on to somebody I really like now after

Hoid

1/22/21 10:56pm

Dalinar is my second favorite Cosmere character, after you

Coop

1/23/21 3:55pm

Who's your first?

Linkcoug

1/23/21 3:58pm

1. Hoid, 2 (tie) Vasher and Dalinar

Coop

1/24/21 9:49am

It’s true. Dalinar became awesome to me after this

Coug Man in Florida

1/23/21 7:24pm

1. WoR, 2. RoW, 3. Oathbringer, 4. WoK. Ranking is hard, b/c I love all of them.

Hoid

1/22/21 10:45pm

I think I agree. I used to have Oathbringer last, but on my last reread I think

jrob30

1/22/21 10:54pm

I can’t get through Oathbringer once. The thought of reading it twice makes

Fargo

1/22/21 11:49pm

You just convinced me to listen to book 4.

StrongBad

1/22/21 11:01pm

I generally really like them when the narrative is current.

Joe Banks

1/22/21 11:07pm

Oh joy... I love listing things. But here we go anyways (best to "worst")

Linkcoug

1/22/21 11:21pm

Still haven’t finished Oathbringer. Started and stopped now about 10 x. Boooring

Fargo

1/22/21 11:44pm

It’s a slog. I liked it much better the second time. But it takes some doing.

Future_Tacos

1/23/21 12:06am

2nd time through was much better for me too

The Dark Knight

1/23/21 5:50am

1. WoK, 2. WoR, 3. Rhythm, 4. Oathbringer

The Dark Knight

1/23/21 5:50am

RoW, WoR, O, TWoK

Coop

1/23/21 6:10am

One of the most pleasant surprises for me in RoW (spoilers)

Hoid

1/23/21 9:45am

Agreed

The Dark Knight

1/23/21 11:53am

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