#146 in Fantasy
Warbreaker
- 630
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Editor’s note Warbreaker, from 2009, is a standalone in Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere and the one he wrote in public, posting drafts online as he went. Two princesses of a small mountain kingdom: Siri, the younger, is sent in her sister’s place to marry the God King of Hallandren, a man nobody has heard speak, and Vivenna, raised for that marriage, follows her into the city to get her out. The magic is Breath, which every person has one of and can give away, and which the rich collect by the thousand; the gods of Hallandren are people who died and came back, and one of them, Lightsong, does not believe in his own religion and is the book’s best voice. There is also a sword that talks and wants to be drawn. About 600 pages, and it works with no other Sanderson read.
About the book
Warbreaker is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It was published on June 9, 2009 by Tor Books.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 2,165 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 93% of the weight and the score stays at 8.4 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 23 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 2.1K | 99% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“It's been almost exactly 6 years to the day since finishing Warbreaker (time flies) which became the start of a month where I finished like 7 cosmere books (COVID summers went crazy lol). My opinion on Warbreaker hasn't really changed since that first read; this…”
“Warbreaker is such an interesting book with so many classic Sanderson elements, but just doesn’t quite put them all together as effectively as a lot of his other works do. The worldbuilding is incredible as always. It’s almost mistbornesque in that it’s urban based, with…”
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It has 630 pages — longer than 64% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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