Warbreaker (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Warbreaker, Book 2, Part 2

De: Brandon Sanderson

Narrado por: David Coyne, James Konicek, Tim Getman, Ren Casey, Elizabeth Jernigan, Colleen Delany, Scott McCormick, Christopher Graybill, Richard Rohan, Mort Shelby, Terence Aselford

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

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

Unexpected humor

Characters reveal their true selves in such humorous ways. The true nature of mankind revealed remarkably.

Background noise

Background noise was too loud, was very hard to hear the characters talking. The sounds were great, just too loud.

Mind movie with much better accents

I was introduced to Brandon Sanderson’s work through my sister. She is a big fan and, now, so am I. I look forward to reading other titles and completing this one.

If you like reading, storytelling, adventure, science fiction, romance, other worlds…you have chosen well. If you enjoy watching movies or television but aren’t happy with the artistic license taken…you have, again, chosen well.

The performance was top notch as well as the flow of the story. It was nice to get the story without having chapter announcements. The music, background, and tones Were wonderful and smooth transitions throughout. I was immersed. I found myself wanting more details (as a means of making sure what I pictured was what he intended). There were times when I couldn’t help laughing and interjecting. This has been such a breath of fresh air, relaxing, suspenseful, and an exciting journey.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I have. Okay, now I need to get back to it to see how it unfolds.

Rubbing hands

The story moves along in diolog interspersed with action. A dawning of realization looms on high and low. The wheel of time marches forward.

Background sounds too loud

The story & performance were great. However, it was hard tp hear them over the supposedly "background" music & sounds

Brando, how do you do it?

Different in many ways frim anything else I've read from Sando. You'll want to have a listen.

"Disgraphic" audio much less the in the first part

"Disgraphic" audio, but better then in the first part - I settled in. Just got angry when I saw then there is full book on Audible not cut to three parts now, so I could had it for 1 credit instead of 3... I hope then Brandon got more money for that at least. As I saw in other titles, Graphic Audio does this with all of its titles initially before putting out the whole book.

Distracting background sounds

The story is top notch and I love this book. All the actors did very well with each of their characters in bringing this to life, and that’s the only reason why it’s getting a 4* for me. The background really ruined it for me in a lot of spots. There were so many times where the background noises were so much louder than the narrator or the characters that it was so distracting.

why do I need to pay 3 credits for 1 book!

i loved the first "book" and automatically bought the next without looking at the details beforehand. 5 hours later, my "book" has ended in the middle of nowhere and I would need to pay again for part 3 of the same book. you want me to pay 3 credits for 1 book? i can go to a real theatre and see live performances for less. also the quality of the recording is far from ideal. background noise is weighted way too heavily and I could not hear the voices of the actors in some scenes.

great story

the story line is great along with the performance but the music background over loads the performance in areas to make a mess of noise