yeah man i'm with you. i'm not a rabid foaming at the mouth fanboy like most people here seem to be, but i enjoy the series enough to have read all the cosmere books. In fact I'd say the only thing better I've ever read were Frank Herberts 6 Dune books. But this had a slower start.
i groaned every single time i saw a dalinar flashback chapter, just honestly didn't care. to me, kaladin is the star of the show
however i will say from the 2nd half (roughly) of the book and on i had trouble putting the book down. it got damnation good