Review: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
The world and the characters remain interesting enough, but I still think it's too long (finished it on the 3rd borrow from the library). I also still hate the third act breakup as a trope (not exactly what happens here, but similar vibes).
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![A graph of the histogram for frequencies of water sort puzzles with specific numbers of optimal moves to solve. The puzzle setup in this case is containers that are 5 segments high (N=5), with 5 distinct colours (C=5) and 2 empty containers (K=2) at the start/end. The most common number of moves is 19 and the bulk of the distribution is in the range [18, 20]. The distribution is bell-like, but skewed towards smaller values. It is fitted with a skew normal distribution curve that has parameters ξ=20.4, ω=2.38, and α=-1.76.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tmjbce3bsvzvp5bi7cmyticr/bafkreihbyxsbungsgnrey3yit7gczhntcfzpa7dsf5mlmaapnkxflwmcm4)
![A graph of the histogram for frequencies of water sort puzzles with specific numbers of optimal moves to solve. The puzzle setup in this case is containers that are 6 segments high (N=6), with 4 distinct colours (C=4) and 2 empty containers (K=2) at the start/end. The most common number of moves is 18 and the bulk of the distribution is in the range [17, 19]. The distribution is bell-like, but skewed towards smaller values. It is fitted with a skew normal distribution curve that has parameters ξ=19.3, ω=2.56, and α=-1.57.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tmjbce3bsvzvp5bi7cmyticr/bafkreidjzyhpl22ezwb752ecq6b5wjvpnmnvlcdlajaz4vjbbkxzf4hrk4)
![A graph of the histogram for frequencies of water sort puzzles with specific numbers of optimal moves to solve. The puzzle setup in this case is containers that are 5 segments high (N=5), with 4 distinct colours (C=4) and 1 empty container (K=1) at the start/end. The most common number of moves is 15 and the bulk of the distribution is in the range [14, 16]. The distribution is bell-like, but skewed towards smaller values. It is fitted with a skew normal distribution curve that has parameters ξ=16.6, ω=2.50, and α=-1.49.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tmjbce3bsvzvp5bi7cmyticr/bafkreibz3hmrro5k7bq7rfbawfnsaxcqpiihqnb5pml7cqvz7ersdqunfu)