Rhythm of War Statistical Analysis
I took the time to update the statistical analysis of Rhythm of War today and wanted to share some fun charts!
SPOILERS FOR RHYTHM OF WAR!
Word Count by Character
Self explanatory. Kaladin, Shallan, and Dalinar lead the pack in that order, as I think most people would assume.
Word Count by Character (excluding the big 3)
Zooming in a bit better on all the characters besides Kaladin, Shallan and Dalinar... Navani and Venli both leaped up tremendously in Rhythm of War. Adolin kept his title as top secondary character though, with his biggest word count yet. Lezian is the newest character with smallest word count. I guess I should also note that this has the numbers from Dawnshard as well, so you can see how high that pulled Rysn and Lopen.
Big Three Word Count by Book
Turning attention back to the three main characters, here's how their word counts stack up for each book. Kaladin had a bit more than OB and Dalinar barely squeaked by with more words than WoR. Rhythm of War was Shallan's lowest word count yet (barely). On the whole, you can really see how Navani, Venli, and Adolin dug into their usual numbers (overall) this book.
Flashback Word Counts
Here's how the flashbacks have gone so far. This is JUST word counts of these characters' flashback sequences. (Always surprises me how little word count Shallan's flashbacks got in WoR. Brandon packed so much punch in those for me.) Individually Eshonai and Venli would be the lowest. But together they give Rhythm of War the 3rd highest word count on flashbacks.
Rhythm of War Word Count by Character
Here's the word counts for each character looking only at Rhythm of War. Kaladin led the pack, but only by a little. Navani had more than Venli and Eshonai combined.
Word Count by Book Part
Here's how RoW's word count is distributed among each part compared to the other books.
Word Count by Location
One thing not captured on the statistical analysis pages on Coppermind is that I've done my best to note where everyone's PoV happens.This admittedly gets a bit arbitrary... But whatever. Nothing particularly exciting or notable about this graph, but here it is.
Rhythm of War Word Count by Location
And here's just the RoW data. I think the time in Tukar was just that one Dalinar chapter. And I think the "unknown" is Lezian when he wakes up? Seems like it didn't give any clear indication where he was there.
Word Count by Gender
This is a breakdown of PoV character gender (in terms of word count) for the entire series...
Rhythm of War Word Count by Gender
And here's the same thing but only with Rhythm of War numbers. Girl power running the show in RoW.
Chapter Word Count Distribution
Okay, these last two aren't super exciting. This is a distribution of chapters over different word count ranges, so it gives you an idea of how long the chapters tend to be. Hard to see much of a trend with these ranges... But it's a pain to tinker with the range. Nothing particularly notable about this compared to other books so far I think.
PoV Word Count Distribution
Same idea here, just breaking it down by PoV instead of chapters. The short snippy PoVs during "avalanches" brings things down.
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