reading_by_example 's review for:

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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This book was so good it made me reconsider all the other five star reviews I’ve given before it. I think there’s a few I’d go back and change now because this book was head and shoulders better than it’s five star predecessors. Definitely set the bar higher for me going forward. Excellent book. It’s not often that I feel actual physical tension in my body as the plot rises in a book but in this one, the anticipation was palpable for me at pivotal moments. The crescendo of the final battle and the way the story tied together was bloody fantastic. I literally could not put it down.