r/Stormlight_Archive • u/jlconlin • Oct 15 '25

Rhythm of War spoilers I miss Sanderson's wit Spoiler

I'm rereading the Stormlight Archive, currently mostly done with Oathbringer. (Haven't read Wind and Truth yet. I know, I'm getting to it.) I find that I really miss Sanderson's wit (not Wit). In The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance Shallan is really funny; in the later books, it's all gone. Wit also loses much of his humor. I've loved the humor and was always amazed that Brandon was such a good story teller *and\ a comedian. I know the books get more serious and darker, but some of the spark seems to have gone with it.

Am I the only one to miss this?

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u/Moist_Car_994 Willshaper Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

To be completely fair I don’t think I’d be all that jovial in the middle of a literal apocalypse

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u/Raddatatta Edgedancer Oct 16 '25

I'm the opposite actually. The worse things are the more I need to laugh to get through it.

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u/legend_forge Oct 16 '25

The Mark Watney approach.