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The WoK was a 5 star read for me, WoR a 3 star and now I'm struggling to get properly into Oathbringer. I think I'm on chapter 10. Anyone else have this problem? Does it get more interesting or am I just not a Sanderson person?

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[–] DarkInspiration 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's bothering you about it?

[–] Knoll0114 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think Syl is annoying me at the moment.

[–] DarkInspiration 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why tho, I think that at this point in the book she only wants the best for Kaladin

[–] Knoll0114 2 points 2 years ago

Tbh I really don't know. I think I'd just rather Kaladin's scenes without her. I think I find her disruptive to the search/mystery going on with the parshmen at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are a lot of parts of most Sanderson books that I find grating, but the Sanderlanch almost always makes it worth it. I really love Oathbringer towards the end. Rhythm of War is much harder for me. That one only has parts I like instead of parts I dislike.

[–] Knoll0114 1 points 2 years ago

Glad I'm not the only one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm currently near the ending of Oathbringer. The final battle is worth fighting through the book, even where it gets long.

I found the endless retrospections of Dalinar quite tedious. But that resolves about 2/3 trough and then integrates quite well.

It's really a lot of different characters, too, that doesn't make it simpler.

Overall, while it rightly focuses on Dalinar, it's also a really really long build-up to Rhythm of War.

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