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nebulasaurus's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Religious bigotry, Body horror, War, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, and Gore
theseasoul's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Blood and Death
maelikesbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Violence, and War
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Slavery
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
categalafassi's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Death
Moderate: Blood and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death
willowbees's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Around page 900 it got wild...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Child abuse
roxy_reads_romance's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I thought The Way of Kings was excellent but the sequel surpasses by far in storytelling, character growth and world-building. So many twists! I'm soo glad Jasnah didn't actually die. Seeing her show up at the end, returning from the Cognitive realm or something perhaps makes me super excited for the next book. Aaah, I love all the main characters. Kaladin/Syl & Bridge Four, Shallan/Pattern and Adolin (Adolin is such an adorable goof when he's around Shallan), and Dalinar.
In the first book, I had mostly only looked forward to reading Kaladin's POV compared to Dalinar and Shallan, but in this book, Shallan Davar steals the spotlight and we learn a whole lot more about her past and childhood. She went from being a naïve girl trying to steal Jasnah Kholin's Soulcaster in order to save her family from debt to a young woman growing comfortable in her own skin as she survives and learns to develop her illusions and skills to fool others as her counterpart as Veil and joining The Ghostbloods. I love her spren, Pattern as well and his developing sense of humour. I had a feeling that Shallan was the one who killed her mother and despite her abusive father, he had covered for her in the end.
My two most favourite chapters would have to be Kaladin jumping in to help Adolin in the unfair duel against 4 other Shardbearers. That fight was definitely epic. And the chapter where Kaladin and Shallan fall into the chasm and they basically bond at last having to survive against the chasmfiends.
I love how all the characters have their flaws and gray morality to them. Adolin did surprise me when he killed Sadeas at the end omgg. And Renarin also being a Radiant. Just so many reveals in the last quarter of the book was amazing. I'm super eager to read the next book and The Stormlight Archive series is now one of my top favourite fantasy series of all-time.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Blood
tinyelfarcanist's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is hard for me to review as the last 30% was exciting, but for the most part, it dragged. Overall, I enjoyed The Way of Kings more than this book, even when I love Shallan and it features her backstory.
An important character’s death happens suddenly and unceremoniously.Which hints that it may not be definitive.
Some thoughts about characters (with spoilers):
I found <b>Tyn</b> dispensable and her arc rushed. She was just a tool for Shallan to get more skills and facilitate her entry to the Ghostbloods.
<b>Eshonai</b>’s chapters were boring and having more than one in her stormform was unnecessary.
<b>Navani</b> goes into the background after getting her man.
F*ckboy <b>Adolin</b> may redeem himself with Shallan. They were really cute, but Adolin still needs to grow.
Right now, I stand for the <b>Kaladin + Shallan</b> ship. They understand and challenge each other.
I’m intrigued to know how the love triangle develops.
<b>Dalinar</b> was my favorite character in the first book and I wanted to see more about him here. At least he still got an extraordinary ending.
An important character’s death happens suddenly and unceremoniously.
Some thoughts about characters (with spoilers):
<b>Eshonai</b>’s chapters were boring and having more than one in her stormform was unnecessary.
<b>Navani</b> goes into the background after getting her man.
F*ckboy <b>Adolin</b> may redeem himself with Shallan. They were really cute, but Adolin still needs to grow.
Right now, I stand for the <b>Kaladin + Shallan</b> ship. They understand and challenge each other.
I’m intrigued to know how the love triangle develops.
<b>Dalinar</b> was my favorite character in the first book and I wanted to see more about him here. At least he still got an extraordinary ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Grief
Minor: Blood and Slavery
supersandra's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This could easily be like 5 books. lol. Prepare for a wild ride.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Medical content
emilyplun's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Slavery
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, and Mental illness
Minor: Grief and Medical content
aseaoftomes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This is my favorite Sanderson book by far. I loved it, which after reading and being disappointed by Way of Kings, was a pleasant surprise (it literally felt like this book was written by a completely different author in a lot of ways).
Everything about this book was just more solid and tighter in plot and characterization. I definitely connected to the characters a lot more in this book than the previous book.
This book picks up right where Way of Kings left off and just continues to expand on the world and characters we met in the previous book. I can't really tell you too much about the plot without spoiling parts of the first book, but it's once again full of political intrigue, unique magic and relationships of all kinds. This book does focus a bit more on Shallan as a character though and it was great getting to know more about her and her past.
The writing of this was so solid and the pacing was good. It flowed better and just was all in all a tighter and well written book.
The plot was also really good this time. We got to learn a lot more about the Knights Radiant which I loved and I loved getting to see certain interactions between characters and how their stories continued.
The world building was also really strong in this. That's been a pretty consistent element throughout all of Sanderson's books for me, but I definitely found it particularly well done in this book. The world was just richer and has so many fascinating things about it. I also loved learning more about the magic system as well.
Finally, the characters. I was definitely able to connect to them better in this. I still love Shallan the most I think, but everyone really grew on me in this book I loved them a lot by the end. Kaladin is the one who ended up surprising me the most. I really didn't connect to him in WoK, but in this book it's like he did a 360. I love him now. I also loved Adolin a lot more as well. The three of them and their interactions were just delightful. I liked Dalinar as well. He's a very interesting character. I'll be interested to see where their storylines go in the next book.
Overall, I loved this book a lot - everything was expertly written. I'll be interested to continue on to the third book.
Everything about this book was just more solid and tighter in plot and characterization. I definitely connected to the characters a lot more in this book than the previous book.
This book picks up right where Way of Kings left off and just continues to expand on the world and characters we met in the previous book. I can't really tell you too much about the plot without spoiling parts of the first book, but it's once again full of political intrigue, unique magic and relationships of all kinds. This book does focus a bit more on Shallan as a character though and it was great getting to know more about her and her past.
The writing of this was so solid and the pacing was good. It flowed better and just was all in all a tighter and well written book.
The plot was also really good this time. We got to learn a lot more about the Knights Radiant which I loved and I loved getting to see certain interactions between characters and how their stories continued.
The world building was also really strong in this. That's been a pretty consistent element throughout all of Sanderson's books for me, but I definitely found it particularly well done in this book. The world was just richer and has so many fascinating things about it. I also loved learning more about the magic system as well.
Finally, the characters. I was definitely able to connect to them better in this. I still love Shallan the most I think, but everyone really grew on me in this book I loved them a lot by the end. Kaladin is the one who ended up surprising me the most. I really didn't connect to him in WoK, but in this book it's like he did a 360. I love him now. I also loved Adolin a lot more as well. The three of them and their interactions were just delightful. I liked Dalinar as well. He's a very interesting character. I'll be interested to see where their storylines go in the next book.
Overall, I loved this book a lot - everything was expertly written. I'll be interested to continue on to the third book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Sexism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism
Minor: Ableism
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