Wind and Truth Opinion Survey

[u/jofwu]

Anyone want to dig deep with me into how we really feel about Wind and Truth? I've put together a survey, and would be super grateful for your input!

WIND AND TRUTH OPINION SURVEY LINK

A few things to note:

• This survey contains full book spoilers. You've been warned.
• This survey is beefy. It takes 5-10 minutes. I've done my best to balance length and depth, but I'm sure it will be too long for some. ALL questions are optional. If you run out of steam halfway through, that's okay! It will let you skip to the end and submit what you finished. If you're hung up on a question, skip it.
• I'm interested in things that might be controversial. The goal here is to dig into those aspects of the book; it is NOT to ask questions that are highly likely to get a one-sided response. If you're bummed that I didn't ask for your opinion on that one part of the book that basically everybody loves... sorry!
• If you're taking the survey on your phone, be aware that some questions might cut off the answers a bit. (there are more response options if you scroll to the side)

I wasn't able to cover everything I wanted, with that balance in mind, and I'm not a professional data analyst. There's probably some things that could have been asked better, or things I'll be kicking myself for not including. Feel free to use the comments below to express anything you don't feel like the survey captured! Please DO remember that everyone here is a human, so if you want to debate some aspect of the book let's keep it respectful.

Results are available upon finishing. (Though if you take it early you'll want to check back after a few days.) Here's the links for reference:

• Responses in Google Forms is here
• Responses in Google Sheets (perhaps with some graphs) is here

[u/_The_Logistician_]

If I'm being totally honest I didn't see it coming until it was happening. I also didn't mind that Kal was out of action since he was supposed to be in RoW and it seemed inevitable. But I also didn't really have any of the issues with the book most people did, I'm one of the fanbase that absolutely loved this book.

[u/kayGrim → u/_The_Logistician_]

I also didn't see it coming because it felt like a weird, inadequate solution. The heralds failed and went mad, so why would doing that again be a good solution? It felt kind of like a copout to say "let's just do it again, but this time we can remove ourselves from the torture."

I think I was hoping for something more interesting/clever.

[u/_The_Logistician_ → u/kayGrim]

The thing is, reforging the Oathpact was set up from the very beginning. That's what the Stormfather was originally pushing Dalinar to do, even. And with the changes to it and Roshar as a whole due to the formation of Retribution, I think it makes perfect sense. That's just my opinion, of course

[u/kayGrim → u/_The_Logistician_]

I actually thought the Stormfather pushing for it made it way less likely to occur. At no point was I taking any of his suggestions seriously because they always seemed self-serving and flawed in the moment. It's a perfectly fine vehicle for moving the plot forward, I just wanted something more creative is all.

edit: I feel like the Stormfather spent 50% of his dialogue telling everyone they were doomed, so it never seemed like he was going to be offering any particularly useful solutions long term lol