Jared G’s Reviews > The Way of Kings > Status Update

There has been a large emphasis on Kaladin's story. He was back to being a hopeless bridge man. Sigzil told Kaladin about seeing "red and blue", knowing your death is awaiting yet staying hopeful. That is the approach of the bridge men. The main lines of the Knights Radiant were said, and now Kaladin is going to lead Bridge Four in an escape attempt.

The story is still moving slow, but there have been large dramatic moves in the plot. Dalinar stepped down, Shallan swapped the Soulcasters, Kaladin survived the high storm. Even in another Kaladin flashback, it was revealed that his semingly good father indeed stole the sphered from the former Brightlord. The plot is heating up and thickening, despite its regular slow pace.

The pace has barely picked up. The story is not moving forward for Dalinar nor Kaladin. Things happen in their stories, but they barely even move the overall plot. I liked Shallan's chapters to be honest, and she has not had any page time at all so far. It is really hard to keep going through with this since I am not even half way through the book. But maybe it will pick up when i'm 1,000 pages in.

This is by far the densest I've read Sanderson in terms of worldbuilding. It is difficult to understand everything that is going on in a new area, and sometimes I have to read the same sentence a few times. So far, both Kaladin and Shallan have had their introduction scene (I am not counting the one where Kaladin was a side character). The primary focus has been worldbuilding, with the secondary being the character