Warbreaker by: Brandon Sanderson
What I love about fantasy fictional
universes is the time and effort taken to create entirely new languages, magic,
religions, social structures. It’s such an interesting way of trying to
understand how we view our own world, by trying to develop problem ridden
worlds (problems for dramatic effect, but problems nonetheless). In particular,
I loved the two ‘magic’ based systems developed both here in Warbreaker and the
Mistborn Trilogy had very subject based concepts with rules and understandings
that made them expansive arts and yet precise science. The concept here is that
everything is based on color and biochroma which is a part of everyone’s lives,
but also can enhance the very senses from being able to perceive absolute color
to having perfect pitch.
Warbreaker looks at the problems
with assuming. It’s a solid stand alone book that develops an entire history
and really shows the issues with how we can get caught up in a single view, how
beliefs can be manipulated, and how faith can exist even in disbelief.
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