Warbreaker (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Warbreaker, Book 1, Part 1

De: Brandon Sanderson

Narrado por: Dylan Lynch, James Konicek, Ken Jackson, Karen Carbone, Elizabeth Jernigan, Colleen Delany, Tim Getman, Steven Carpenter, David Coyne, Scott McCormick, Christopher Graybill

After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today’s leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.

Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago.

Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.

Performed by Dylan Lynch, James Konicek, Ken Jackson, Karen Carbone, Elizabeth Jernigan, Colleen Delany, Tim Getman, Steven Carpenter, David Coyne, Scott McCormick, Christopher Graybill, Richard Rohan, Mort Shelby, Terence Aselford, Sunny Lasskey, Eric Messner, Tom Simpson, Nanette Savard, Amanda Thickpenny, Andy Clemence.

©2009 Brandon Sanderson (P)2009 Graphic Audio, LLC

Keeps you guessing

Creatively keeps you guessing what the characters are capable of and reflect on your personal moral compass

surprisingly great in almost every way

I got this 1st part on sale for a couple of bucks just to try. Very glad I did, and will be purchasing the full version momentarily.
The acting/narrations are first rate, and the story is very interesting.
The audio editing is decent, though not the best - some of the voices are hard to hear because background sounds/music are too loud, which is especially noticeable when listening in a car. The music and sound effects themselves are very good however.
Highly recommend (at least this 1st part of) this Audible, just be prepared to have to play with your sound settings (pitch, bass, etc...).
I'm looking forward to listening to the rest of the book.

Musical background annoying

Good story, great performances by all, but dear gods the constant background music and "muttering noises" got old very fast. I've listened to other graphic audio predictions and enjoyed them immensely, but this one? F*ck no.

I won't be finishing the other two parts of this version, I'm getting the standard audio book version.

Far Better Than Expected

Been working my way through the Cosmere, starting with Stormlight Archive then Mistborn. As a standalone book I wasn't sure how much I'd like Warbreaker but it's incredible. This dramatized version is my first experience with a graphic audio and I was blown away, the different voice actors for characters and sound effects are phenomenal. Its now completely spoiled regular audio books for me and now every audio book I listen to I pray has a dramatized version. 10/10

The Audio is too much "graphic" sometimes

My rating here is only for the audio form - for the book itself I will post it to the last part -> 3/5-5 for the audio. The Audio is too much "graphic" sometimes. The music felt many times quite intrusive for me (maybe a different volume could help). Sometimes the music invokes some perception of the scene which I would not have only with the text and in my case, it didn't match well. Some of the music is even with words (or at least sounds like it), which is very much intrusive accompanying spoken words. The main narrator itself didn't felt great either, but it is probably just my taste. Audiobook in this form is a great idea, but in this case, not ideally executed in my opinion. The music and particularly the narrator make it bad for me - less music would improve it a lot. Yet it gets a bit better deeper in the book (at the beginning I would give it 2 stars, now 3.5). As I listened to other dramatized samples like Emperor's soul or The Hope of Elantris (which I listened to in other forms in the past) it felt much better, the same as a sample from Blue Moon Rising. I suggest downloading the file in high quality on Audible and listening with both headphones for the full "graphic" effect. This form is probably best if you rereading the book a second time (which is not my case).
I am quite angry that I found the full, not 3 part split version of this book on Audible now for one credit (I spent 3 credits for 3 parts...).

good book, too 'noisy' performance

Book is good. Sound effect too loud. Bad choice of accents. Love the idea though.

No audiobook is better than Graphic audio

I’m a fan of Graphic Audio. They always have the BEST audiobooks of the market. The special effects, sounds, and performances add so much to the story!!

Great story

Story: Love the overall Cosmere story. This is a good addition that introduces important characters.

Sound: It took a while to adjust. The mix seemed off with the sound effects becoming distracting at points. The accents were not what I am used to for the story, but I know the voices differently from other works.

A Dress, addresses, dresses and locks.

Yep, riddles and rattle snakes lie within, quite a romp with pomp.
looking to read the other two books in this series.
This is the muti layered hard candy your brain has been hungry for, and didn't know it.
let your brain tongue taste each flavor as your impatient reading teeth try to Crack it for more flavor.
Once the meal is done, there will be two more courses, so grab a plate and sit down, and wait to be served. No utensils required, just your mental hands...
Open wide!

background music is WAY too loud

EXCELLENT story, but whoever handled the audio engineering did a really bad job balancing the volumes. It's often hard to hear the voice actors because of how loud the background music is, especially during tense scenes when it gets EVEN LOUDER. Even worse, the background music often includes voices singing and crowds talking, making it even more distracting than simple instrumentation. I tried listening to this with both my phone speaker and my headphones, and even tried adjusting the equalizer to try to make the speech clearer. Such a simple, easily corrected thing that makes it very difficult to enjoy the story 😞