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NOOOOOOOOOOO

Wit is sleeping with who?!

King Taravangian might be my favorite character. His actions are so villainous but his intentions are pure. He truly wants to save humanity, and will make the horrific sacrifices necessary. He's a foil to Dalinar, who is also determined to save humanity, but with 'honor'. My heart goes out to dumb Taravangian who is full of empathy, but trapped by his own crimes and actions.

Kaladin is a complete idiot.

Also it seems Kaladin might have a potential love interest on the other side... Though now that he's focusing on being a surgeon I'm not sure how they're going to see each other again.

We're getting a lot more Navani than Dalinar or Jasnah, which kind of bums me out, but is also intriguing. She's building important machines and getting death threats for it. I don't think Sanderson can write a boring character!

Adolin is turning into quite the dandy. Good for him. He's a heterosexual manly man who loves clothes and fashion, and we need more of that.

And for all that I love his father too, Dalinar is a strict military man, who does not approve of frivolous or unprofessional dress. Adolin needs to break away from his father's control. This is good for him.

(3/3) -share his own. While she hasn't shared everything yet you can tell that Adolin will understand her horrible secrets when/if she eventually tells him, and will also understand if she keeps them. He has the openness and empathy to do that. Whereas Kaladin would fucking explod. I truly couldn't see him and Shallan together. Meanwhile Shallan and Adolin seem like a perfect match, even when one half is broken.

(2/3) Meanwhile Adolin has been vulnerable with Shallan. When he eventually did something he couldn't share, it tortured him. When he finally did confess, Shallan was the first person he told.

Meanwhile Shallan, for all that she's also charismatic and fun and seemingly open like Adolin, has a million secrets, many very painful. She hasn't shared all of them, but her sharing one is what made Adolin break down and-

Thank god the Shallan/Kaladin nonsense is over. I've liked Shallan and Adolin since it started; Adolin is both heroic and charming, and he has a tenderness to him that Kaladin doesn't.

Kaladin has become a real jerk since the first book, understandably, and while I still like him as a protag, he had zero vulnerability with Shallan, even during the scenes when we saw his and Shallan's attraction to each other.

(3/3) Bitch, she can't spend her time being an engineer because she's managing YOUR kingdom, and doing YOUR job! 💢