The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson
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The Way of Kings

Zrew3
7/21/2016
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The Way of Kings is the first book of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, As this is one of his later books you can see that the writing has vastly improved from his first titles like Elantris. The story is set on Roshar, a planet plagued by powerful storms called High Storms. The three main characters in this book are Kaladin, Shallan and Dalinar. Kaladin starts really gloomy and depressed, the reason for revealed later through flashbacks. This depression is the reason some readers don't really like Kaladin, but i love him and he's my favourite character. Shallan is a naive girl who has never been out of her home, Sanderson isn't the best at writing female characters and it shows here. While she is not an awful character some people can't stand her in the first book, something that improves vastly in the second book Words of Radiance. Dalinar is an honorable warrior who seeks to unite the kingdoms of Alethkar, without going in to too much detail so that i don't spoil Dalinar for you. The Way of Kings is one of Sanderson's best novels but it does have alot of Worldbuilding at the start becouse it is after all the first book of a series of 10 books.