The Way of Kings

Prelude.
Ok... interesting.

Prologue
Ok... so... nothing to do with the prelude. Ok... Interesting, though.

Part I
Something different, again.
next chapter, something different, again.
and it goes on like that.

It takes quite a lot of time for me to realize that Cenn is pretty much irrelevant. He's just a young boy who gets killed on his first battle. Yeah, he dies.
We are introduced to a lot of people, and half of them are irrelevant. As much care is taken to present even the irrelevant characters, so I forget all of them.
It took me quite a time to realize who Jasnah was.

And then the flashbacks. And dreams and visions and what nots.

But Brandon Sanderson is a masterly storyteller... he keeps me captivated IN SPITE of all this.

Then, suddenly, with 10% of the book left, chapter 66 of 75 (+ epilogue, end note and appendix, and a lot of interludes) he writes a scene that changes everything. NOW I understand why this book is The Best Fantasy Ever Written for so many people. I was crying. Loudly.

The end was kind of downward from that point, but on the other hand, that scene was so magnificent that I don't care :-D. (Well... I do care. All the rest cost this book one star.)

And I don't like the assassin. He whines too much. He never says anything, but he thinks and it's all whining.