Annotation Warbreaker Book Wrap-Up And . . . those are the annotations! I hope you enjoyed reading them. As you can probably tell, I write them rather quickly. This, of course, is to give them that feel of an improvisational director’s commentary. (And it has nothing to do with the fact that when I work…
Annotation Warbreaker Epilogue The Phantoms Charge Away Did they succeed? Yes, they did. The Lifeless were destroyed, and only a couple of the phantoms were lost. That still leaves Hallandren with a very powerful army. Fortunately, Siri and Susebron are the ones in charge of it, so things will be all right for a little…
Annotation Warbreaker Chapter Fifty-Eight Vasher Finds Vivenna I’m torn about this ending. It seems like this last chapter is a little anticlimactic, and yet at the same time, there is still the major conflict of the book to resolve. Or is it the major conflict of the book? Probably not, as I think about it.…
Annotation Warbreaker Chapter Fifty-Seven Siri Is Led Up to a Room with an Altar Well, welcome to my favorite chapter in the book. (Of course, I do tend to say that about the climactic chapters of each book.) For me, this is the kind of chapter that drives one to write a book. The chance…
Annotation Warbreaker Chapter Fifty-Six Vivenna Saves Vasher—Kind Of Vivenna has a few things going for her here. First off, Denth has gotten rid of his Breath. He doesn’t want to have it as he tortures Vasher. It made him too aware, too pained. Being a drab as he does it is easier for him. With…
Annotation Warbreaker Chapter Fifty-FIve Treledees Almost Tells Siri How to Pass On the God King’s Breath We get to see more of Siri taking charge here. In this tense situation, a lot of others would have been reduced to hysterics, but she’s come into her own, taking command, trying to get the information she needs.…
Annotation Warbreaker Chapter Fifty-Four Vivenna Meets with the Beggar, Then Goes to Get Nightblood She lays it on a little thick here. But hey, if you’re a beggar, sometimes you like to be brownnosed. Plus, she’s new to this kind of thing, and she did give him a very pretty handkerchief. . . . It…
Annotation Warbreaker Chapter Fifty-Three Vivenna Wonders Where Vasher Is This is just a quick scene to update you on what Vivenna is doing. It’s approaching morning, so she’s been sitting and stewing all night. I felt we needed to at least get a glimpse of her here. If you can’t tell, the avalanche has begun.…
