The Way of Kings

This book was amazing. I will say for it's flaws it was very long and there was a lot of world building so if you don't like that the book may not be the best for you. I think the book is better as an audio book because then the length seems less daunting. The book is not a page turner, with like an overarching plot, like, “we have to go here and defeat the balrog then we continue onto mount doom kinda book.” You would have a hard time describing the tory of the book you could only tell people the setups and the conclusion. The most important part of the book is the characters so if you cannot connect with them you might have a problem. Let me break them down-

Kaldin- He is a slave at the start of the book and also a super noble awesome guy, and throughout the book we learn how he became a slave. His portions of the book are mostly flashbacks to how he became a slave and his ongoing process to try and liberate himself and the other slaves. He is just a really decent guy, if I had a complaint I would say the characters are too black and white. They are complex but very good or evil.

Shallan- She is a girl who tries to rob a sorceress by becoming her apprentice. Shallan probably has the least happen to her plot wise but she makes up for it by just being a very witty character. She is very naive and brandon sanderson uses her parts to cheer people up and help us with the main mystery on the story which is why did the king really die because the woman she is planning to steal from is looking into that.

Dallinar- I would say his whole story is very much like game of thrones. He is also a super noble high prince and he is trying to get people to become decent people. His story is about how he has visions of the past and is trying to get people to follow the codes because he believes in those visions. He, at first was kind of a boring character because he was always worrying but sanderson gives him a lot of other stuff so you are not bored. Dallinar's chapters are heavy on world building because he is in a place of power so he knows the most about the world. He also has visions of the past which help with the world building.

Not to say the story is only world building, Sanderson weaves it with his stories like an expert. However you must be able to be attached to his characters. If you are not it will be hard for you to get through the book