Words of Radiance

Easy 5 stars.
It is true that this book is carried in the shoulders of the way of kings. Since it is a sequel there is not such a big need for world building and introductions from the start, this book could focus on the characters and mysteries of the world and I loved it.
I was instantly hocked from the start to see where my favorite characters would end up and to see if my predictions and conspiracies from the first book would get resolved in this one and they kinda did, but also not. There are still a lot of mysteries to uncover in this world (they better due, because there are 10 books planed in this series xD) and I cant wait to continue reading.

Sadly it wasn't all perfect. i still got some critiques with the final battle and how some of the problems were resolved. I understand every choice made by Sanderson, but I expected it to be resolve differently. Still this represents only 4 to 5 chapters of the 90, therefore not a deal breaker and still a 5 star read.

1. Dragon Ball fighting...
I did not like the fight between Kaladin and Szeth. It felt very Dragon Ball to me, were they just fly around and the fight isn't grounded (no pun intended). I understand that if you have the power to fly you will use it to your advantage in a fight, but if both can fly it just makes it difficult to follow. I found myself skimming through this fight because it was a burden to get through.

2. Oathgate kind random...
I also got pulled out of the story with how the Oathgate worked. We were never introduced during this novel or the previous one to the ability to transport objects long distances, I understand that this is supposed to be an ancient power that was lost. But we still got introduced to “flying” and the Honorblades. Both essential to the resolution of the final conflict. But the fact that the Oathgate transports everybody on it (except for Szeth...) at the last moment possible, felt a little out of the blue. Maybe we could have been introduced to the concept of teletransportation during the interludes, as many other concepts were introduced.

3. Somehow nobody died...
To be honest I was expecting Dalinar to die in the final battle, because it would have been a pretty powerful death and it would have let the door open for Adonlin to step up into a more main role. At the end of the fight I was actually relived that they didn't kill Dalinar, because I love his character. But I still hope that they give Adolin a bigger focus on the next books. Because he is actually a pretty cool character, but his whole development is in the background of the other main stories.
At first when Jasnah was killed I was upset (Jasnah went pretty strong at the start of this book, she went from boring and strict to being really cool) and I was pretty sure she would end up coming back somehow. But at the end when I finally accepted her death she was broad back, and it was a bit unexpected and anticlimactic.
But at the end when they brought Szeth back it was the straw that broke the camels back. I loved the fact that they introduced Nightblood with his return and I understand why was chosen to return back, but man could you not have introduced a new bad guy. The one badass from the interlude that was hunting the heralds would have been a great fit for that role. But I guess if we can't kill the main characters, why would be able to kill the bad guys... haahahahaha
None of the main characters have died during these 2 books, although there have been 2 pretty epic and dangerous fights. Until now we have only lost secondary Bridgemen that I never actually noticed in the first place. I like that all my favorite charters are all still living, but it is starting to feel like the plot Armour is a bit too strong.

All in all I loved this Book and can't wait to continue reading the stromlight archive.