Excerpts are tricky to review! This series has so much world building and thick plot, so it generally takes at least 500-700 pages before you get to anything exciting. This was about 300 out of 1300 pages and was pretty slow moving. There are a lot of characters to keep track of. Having the same narrators for the series is nice because you know what to expect. I think they do a great job. I started at 1.5x and was able to get up to 2.5x, but the best speed was 2x. Any faster and it's hard to keep track of all the nuances. After the last few books had such slow starts I was hoping for a more exciting book. I will most likely co finish the book with my eyes instead of audio.

Thank you Brandon Sanderson (author), Kate Reading (narrator), Michael Kramer (narrator), Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for this advanced listener copy of "Wind and Truth Extended Excerpt" (Book Five of the Stormlight Archive) for an honest review.

I laughed, and cried, and swooned, and died. Hyperbolic, yes, but I cannot help it when it comes to the masterpieces that Sanderson weaves out of magic into words. Every single character is so individually sounding in their point of view and so utterly different in how they make their choices and why. The continuing unfurl of so many characters' arcs—Bridge 4, Radiants, Shallan, Kaladin, Dalinar, Adolin, on and on and on—are so perfect y suited to their characters, both in the missteps they take and the triumphs they reach in surmounting those.

Five Stars Forever on this series.

One cannot forget to give a shoutout to Kate Reading & Michael Kramer whose amazing voices own every emotion, low and high, to exquisite perfection as well in these recordings. I live for them, as well.

I am a huge Sanderson fan and he is a creative genius. However this sample fell very short for me for some specific reasons.

At this point in the series I feel like I know these characters. Many decisions that were explained didn't feel like the character we have come to know and love would have acted that way, or even thought the explaination we were given.

Deviation from universe expectations. I read sanderson because I like the high stakes and plot twists, I don't need to hear about every main character (and some not main characters) sex lives and whether or not they enjoy it. Especially when this is not consistent or a logical progression from previous books. Also, up to this point sanderson makes world specific curse words which I find endearing and enriching the world building, rather than just copy and pasting American curse words, since America doesn't even exist in the cosmere. It felt like a betrayal of the world and the characters that began to use it in the 5th book, and hadn't when we had interacted with them in every other book, including not in the storm light archive.

Characters showing romantic interest that hadn't even been foreshadowed that felt forced due to political appeasement. Token diverse characters should be a thing of the past and they are beneath a talent like Sanderson. I support representation but don't phone it in. It felt cheap.

There were a few things that lived up to the Sanderson standard.
- the tensions were properly high
- it illustrated what was at stake well
- lots of background that had been hinted at was fulfilled
- cool reveals and confirmed suspicions of other cosmere known characters that had been hinted at previously

Overall, I hope the rest of the book is better than this snippet and I'm not sure how soon I'll try to read it.

As always Kate Reading and Michael Kramer did a stellar job with the narration of this audiobook. They really bring the story to life and make the experience more immersive. Thank you Macmillan Audio and Tor for this extended excerpt!

This was just an Excerpt, so I cannot give a full review of this book of course. I as always enjoy these two narrators. I don't think they are fancy or going to get any awards for this series but get the job done and get it done well.
This book is moving at an absolutely glacial pace. Based on this I am not going to rate this excerpt very highly. I love the series and have high hopes that it will turn around.

A very exciting start to the book. I found that I was engaged with the characters fully through these first two sections of the book. I also really loved the pacing and how quick the sections seemed to fly by as we see the starts of where these characters will end up.

This audiobook extended excerpt was the perfect amount to get me even more hyped for thr rest of Wind and Truth.
Michael Kramer and Kate Reading are outstanding narrators, and did amazing as per usual.

I will have a full review up on my goodreads when I finish this whole book

Thank you Netgalley and Tor Books for the extended excerpt of Wind and Truth!

The performances in this book are fantastic. The pacing superb. A satisfying conclusion to the first arc with lots of potential for where the story goes.

I have not read a single of his books before. So to start here was a bit confusing. But I enjoyed the book anyways. Yes I was confused, yes I was lost , but overall it was enough to captivate me and give me the drive to read the rest. I will be reading them all and after my earring could change. I also listened to the audiobook and I loved the narrators splitting parts of the book. I think it helped since it’s quite long. It is so detailed and there is so much lore than I know I have a lot to catch up on. But overall I very much enjoyed the book.

Really really great start to the 5th book of this series. Michael Kramer and Kate Reading always do an amazing job. Can't wait to read the rest.

Brandon Sanderson is a master of writing books in a way that draws readers in from page 1 and keeps them running back .... For every single release from book 1 until the end of time. I can't find the words to say how amazing this series was.

This was just a sample, so it is hard to give a complete review. I have purchased this book for our library and did enjoy the part I listened to. Brandon Sanderson is always a great hit with our students.

So good! Definitely can’t wait to listen to it all! Brandon Sanderson is always a yes! The way he pulls you into the story!

This audio was incredible! As always Sanderson delivered. Can’t wait to finish the rest of it. Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for this early excerpt!

This was such a good story! I loved returning to this world. The audiobook version was definitely worth the wait.

Brandon Sanderson has done it again! I have waited for what feels like forever for this book and it did not disappoint! I live for the world building in this series as well as the relationships and friendships. If you like any of that then this book is for you!

This book is incredible, i'm now about halfway through the full release and loving every second. I can't wait to see how it all ends. Each characters story arc so far has been so so good. Brandon never disappoints! Thank you so much for letting me read the extended preview ahead of time.

Sanderson caps off arc 1 of the Stormlight Archive with the epic flourish and propulsive energy that only he brings to fantasy literature. Michael Kramer and Kate Reading continue to narrate this series and set new standards for quality in narraton. As our Radiants flit to vast parts of Roshar to figure out the final secrets of Honor and the Heralds before Dalinar's final clash; a new race begins, to conquer as many kingdoms as possible before borders are locked into place.

Brandon Sanderson will never cease to amaze me. How can you keep writing like you running out of time? With this book I feel appreciated as a fan and as a reader. Also, as always the audio production is lovely. I like how consistently the same narrators keep showing up to read for us.
With 5th book we are finishing something big and with that, I am curious what will come next.
Thank you so much for the copy of this audiobook.

Since this is an extended except and not a full book, I it's a little difficult to review it thoroughly, but I greatly enjoyed what I was able to listen to so far of this audiobook. As always, the narration of this series blows me away. It pulls me into the story and holds my attention without any breaks. I love where the novel is going so far. The way the Stormlight characters continue to develop and grow as they wrestle with their personal development really brings them to life and makes me feel like they are real people that I know and care for. I appreciate how Sanderson weaves the various stories together and brings them into a larger picture story by the end of each book. I look forward to seeing how that will happen in the end of Wind and Truth.

I also appreciate how the narration descriptions of the illustrations in this novel have improved from the previous novels in this series. They are now far more accessible and easy to follow in my opinion.

I regularly recommend this series and this author to library patrons and friends.

This is a five star read for me so far, and I'm sure the novel as a whole will be too.