Kadal

Let me take a minute just to say this: I cannot stand this dude. It's hard to care about the chatacter that is by all means Embodiment of Perfection according to Brandon Sanderson. He's such a Mary Sue and yet all his personal qualities that are supposed to be super positive I view as nagative. He's written to be a perfect son? - Spoiled rich child who, despite being in his mid twetnies, acts like a 15 years old. Bu bu bu my father doesn't want to fight anymore! I want to fight and play with swords, I want to kill parshendi bu bu bu! Perfect fighter? Mary Sue who gets everything he wants without even trying. How many time and tries did it take for Dalinar to take the next step? Or Shallan to deal with her inner struggles? They tried, failed and tried over and over again, and they didn't solve all their problems yet. Adolin looks like a joke...This is even ufrair to other characters. I teared up a little when Dalinar rejected Odium. No, not a little. A cried like a baby! Adolin? Pff, he just gets a magic sword. He did nothing to get it, he didn't try, he didn't fight. But here's your magic sword, Adolin...you are so nice after all. And he will get a spren and magic powers. Sure. Where other characters (like Dalinar in book 3) go through hell to reach a new levels of their development, Adolin just gets everything we can dream about. Because he's a nice dude. Relationship with Shallan is a disaster. I could not believe Sanderson wrote it. I know he isn't good at writing romance, but he did a decent job with Dalinar and Navani. The scene in the beginning of the book where she was lounging on his couch started out very intimate. She walked up and she touched Dalinar with her safehand and all that, which gave a subtle (and tasteful) erotic tone. And, being a tad bit of a romantic, I like that Dalinar comments about his attraction to her beauty as well as her tenacity and intelligence. And that he doesn't think her beauty has faded with age. I mean, c'mon that's really sweet. And in flashbacks we see how long he's had feelings for her. I would say that this romantic pair is fairly well done considering it's not a strength of his. Adolin is a essentially portrayed as a "dumb jock" and the only comments he has about Shallan's intelligence is essentially "Dude! You're, like, smart! That's, like, badass!" And Shallan...Shallan with Adolin and Shallan without Adolin are two different people. I used to like her in Words of Radiance (now, after Oathbringer Dalinar is my favorite), but each time she is with him she starts acting like an idiot. Those dialogues...You are so beautuful! No, you're beautiful!...I cringe every time. That's...not Shallan. And on the top of that...he's so boring! Lack of depth, lack of interest, lack of everything. His entire existence in the books is pointless and unnecessary. He brings nothing to the story, only takes. Takes from more interesting characters. Yes, I think he takes a lot from Shallan's character (and from some others) I'm honestly overwhelmed. I cannot believe such strong and complex character like Dalinar and such bland and boring Adolin exist in the same book. And both written by Brandon Sanderson. Unless this is some wierd joke, I cannot see any reason why Adolin is here. All imho.