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A review by marie_thereadingotter
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.
I tried, twice. This was my second attempt to read this monstrosity of a book, but I just couldn't do it anymore. I started this book in January, and only now got to 370 pages. It's such a slog, it's so repetitive, the battles are boring, and the rest is sitting around and talking. The world building is also too vague for me.
I love Mistborn, both era 1 and 2, but this? This is long for the sake of being long. I honestly believe that about 1/3 of this book could've been condensed. There's also too many POV characters when half of them get minimal page time. If all these characters are so important, and I don't think they are, then they should be given equal or similar page time. And I think that's it for me, I just like the characters better in Mistborn.
I don't believe that this book earned it's 1k pages, very few books do.
I love Mistborn, both era 1 and 2, but this? This is long for the sake of being long. I honestly believe that about 1/3 of this book could've been condensed. There's also too many POV characters when half of them get minimal page time. If all these characters are so important, and I don't think they are, then they should be given equal or similar page time. And I think that's it for me, I just like the characters better in Mistborn.
I don't believe that this book earned it's 1k pages, very few books do.