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serracha's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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: Grief and Violence
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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