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End Part 1: This was an exiting and action packed beginning. Kaladin sneaking into Hearthstone, the battle with the Heavenly Ones, the jump scare from Moash. All great content.

I was surprised with the 1 year time gap. The other 3 books were basically back to back.

The exposition was much better since book 3 had already set a good foundation for more plot developments. I’m excited to see where this one leads.

End Part 5: As always part 5 elevated this book above the average of the first 4 parts. The drama and action of the final battle was epic.

Taravangian continues to surprise me, and Moash is starting to scare me more as well. The story arc with Szeth was awesome though. And of course the dramatic restoration and reconciliation of Dalinar landed a moving emotional impact. Overall it was a very nice ending.

End Part 4: The tragedy continues for Dalinar. Fighting his past trauma is hard to read. Sanderson really pulled back the curtain on Dalinar in a way that makes you question him just like he questions himself.

The shadesmar adventure with the gang was interesting too. Spending some time there connects to more Cosmere books in a cool way.

The “voidbringers” plot twist surprised me. Taravangian is a monster.

End Part 3: RIP Elhokar. That part made me pretty sad. Moash destroyed me. Dalinar’s past is sad too. This whole part being a tragic subplot has been surprising. Although with it only being part 3 of the book, I guess it should have been expected. High Marshall Azure is very interesting to me. And the Queens references to Gavilar’s mysterious mission also interested me. I hope the gang can survive shadesmar.

End Part 2: lots of exposition and early development of story arcs. I guess Book 2 wrapped up most of the exciting plot points from Book 1 and now he needs to start over.

Shallan and Jasna were frustrating. It’s like all of Shallan’s development from Book 2 is getting erased. Although I can relate. Moash makes me sad. His chapters were interesting. The explanation of the heralds was satisfying though! Nice!

End Part 1: the sub plot with Shallan finding the lady in black monster felt like the opening arc of a video game. Haha! I enjoyed the mystery though. Kaladin visiting his family and traveling with the parshmen was a good little story as well. I was surprised to see “Wind Runner” parshmen though. This is going to get complicated. And Adolin’s secret is eating me up. I hope things turn out okay for them. Yikes!

End Part 5:

Kaladin reclaiming his oaths was epic. The showdown with the Assassin in White was even more epic.

Taravangian is a crazy character. The plot revel at a the end of the first book was wild. And the additional plot reveals during this book were very interesting. And now that Moash is getting involved…

Adolin smoking Sadeas at the end shocked me! I hope it doesn’t destroy him in the next book.

End Part 4:

Kaladin’s lost relationship with Syl is heartbreaking. I hope he can find a way to restore his oaths. I like the idea of powers being grated based on obedience to oaths. There is something very religious about that for each of us.

Moash’s being set to be a terrible monster is scary. The foreshadowing is worrying me…

Shallan’s back story is pretty dark. The murder scene made me squirm!

End Part 3: “Honor is Dead” hit way harder than I was expecting it to. The reveal about Amaram’s Shard Blade and Shallan’s brother was shocking!

Shallan’s spy operations are a fun storyline. And her cautious, yet innocent escapes from death keep me on my toes as a listener.

Kaladin’s epic rise and tragic fall at the end of part 3 was crushing! I just want the truth to be revealed for him. So sad 😭