The last Venli flashback was a few pages of her cowering at Narak. But we’ve already seen these events multiple times and there really wasn’t an important new event. Sure, we get tidbits of new information here and there. The flashbacks themselves simply consist of yet another perspective of the events between the discovery of the Parshendi and the battle of Narak. Neither of those have anything to do with the flashbacks. The big reveals in RoW are Shallan’s first Cryptic and the events surrounding its death and Maya’s reveal that the Radiant Spren chose to break their bonds. But plot wise, it is irrelevant, simply a send off to a dead character. What is that event in Rhythm of War? Many would say Eshonai flying the storms. In Words of Radiance, we get the death of Shallan’s father at her hands. In the Way of Kings, we get the fight with Hellaran and Kaladin’s branding as a slave. And they always include a massive reveal where they show in full an event hinted at throughout. In the preceding 3 books, we have become used to engaging flashbacks that provide essential character building and flesh out the backstories of our main characters. His writing is also subpar when compared to previous books in the Stormlight Archive.įirst, the biggest issue: Venli’s flashbacks. There are many elements that simply do not mesh. Rhythm of War is quite possibly Brandon’s worst book to date.
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