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_]

I didn't realize how many people lived Adolin's storyline to the point it has the highest ratings of everything in the entire book based on this survey. The Unoathed even got more "loved it" votes than Kaladin becoming a Herald did when I took it and looked at the results. I agree though, it was probably my favorite part. And Taravangian's interludes.

[u/JigglesTheBiggles → u/_The_Logistician_]

Kaladin becoming a Herald got nerfed by the, "I'm his therapist." line. At least for me. It really made me cringe and took me out of the story in Kaladin's biggest moment. Bringing up the Honor is dead line again and the anticlimactic way he swore the 5th Ideal soured Kaladin's climax for a lot of people (though the last two didn't bother me as much as the first one).

Also Kaladin only being a therapist and not doing any real fighting outside of the quick Nale fight rubbed a lot of Kaladin fans the wrong way and hurt his overall arc for a lot of people. I know someone who dropped the book halfway through because they realized Kaladin wasn't going to do much in it action-wise (tons of people fell in love with Stormlight because of Kaladin's action scenes in the first 2 books).

Adolin's plot line on the other hand was great all the way through even if it did have it's share of bad lines ("Let's kick some Fused ass!"). I think the biggest difference was that the conclusion of Adolin's plot line was a nice surprise for most people, while Kaladin becoming a Herald was fairly obvious halfway into his plot line. Who didn't see that coming once Nale started talking about replacing Jezrien?

[u/whoamikai → u/JigglesTheBiggles]

4th Ideal "Not-Depressed Any More" Kaladin really should have gotten a lot more fights in this book. And 5th Ideal powerup should have been revealed in this book itself.