Oathbringer is the third of 10, but also the third of 5 books – Sanderson’s intention is to write two five-book cycles. This is what makes my situation trickier than it was going to be, because I stand by my ratings for The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance (10/10 and 9/10 respectively), but Oathbringer was a step down from Sanderson’s normal brilliance.Ĭoming in at a whopping 1,233 pages in length, Oathbringer is, as I have mentioned, the third book in The Stormlight Archive – a series which is intended to run for 10 books. Though I have now finished Oathbringer and still believe Sanderson is “one of the greatest fantasy writers” I do not necessarily think I can attribute his latest effort as proof of that statement. In full, it reads: “Brandon Sanderson has written a book that seals his spot as one of the greatest fantasy writers.' To make matters more complicated, and in the interests of full disclosure, the UK edition of the book has quoted me on the back cover: “Brandon Sanderson is one of the greatest fantasy writers”, a crib from the conclusion to my review of his second Stormlight book, Words of Radiance.

There are very few books that can be claimed to be similar – Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn is the only book on my shelves I can compare it to – and the hype for this particular book had reached epic proportions by the time it finally arrived on my doorstep. Reviewing a book like Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson, the third book in his The Stormlight Archive, was always going to be tricky.

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