I love the world building so far and the characters, but it's the magic system that once again shines the brightest. I'd be remiss to review a Brandon Sanderson book without at least mentioning the magic system.
I'd like see Adolin's and Dalinar's take on these events at least. This was a cool approach that I hope continues in the next few books at least. The prologue is set at the exact same time as the prologue from The Way of Kings, only told from Jasnah's perspective instead of Szeth. I hope we'll be seeing a lot more of her in future books, and not just the interludes. I would have to say that while I enjoyed them all, Lift, the young thief was my favorite. We are introduced to some pretty interesting new characters in these short interludes, as well as revisiting a few of those we met in The Way of Kings. The structure of the book is once again the same where you have 5 parts with various interludes between each. It started as a book I looked forward to reading each night and changed to a book I had to force myself to put down. Once again this is a book that just kept building momentum as it went. You'll get plenty of him in this book, but he's just not the main focus here. While The Way of Kings focuses on Kaladin, this is Shallan's book.ĭon't fear Kaladin fans. This book should answer that question for those people. One common comment I saw about book 1 was: "What is the point of Shallan here?". The pacing might still be considered slow by those who found that the case in The Way of Kings, but I think it moves along faster as he doesn't have to do the kinds of setup he did in the first book. While I may be critical of some of his other books, you won't find that here.
But there are many who are critical about them. Sure there are other people out there who seem to like his books. Sanderson is writing this series specifically for me. It would be easy for things to go off the rails at any point along the way. Sanderson be able to build upon the momentum of The Way of Kings or would things recede a little like most series tend to do for me? A ten-book, 10,000+ page series is really ambitious. While I didn't have the same wait as anyone who read the first book when it came out, there was at least enough time to build up a sense of anticipation and a little bit of dread while I waited for this book to come out. When I read The Way of Kings it was easily added to both lists for me. I'm very selective about which books I give 5 stars to, and even more selective about which books I deem favorites. This is a really hard review for me to write. Sanderson does an excellent job building on the foundation he laid down in the first novel. Executive Summary: If you enjoyed The Way of Kings, I'd be really surprised if you didn't like this one as well.
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