Xarallei

Yeah, my kindle edition of the book still has the original ending with Kal killing Szeth with his Syl-spear. Still haven't read the updated version of it.

I'm not sure who he should be with. Maybe a new character will be introduced? There will be more Radiants popping up I'm sure, so potential new characters there. Though I do hope if he does end up in a relationship with a Radiant that it's something other than a Windrunner. Or maybe he'll just be single for a while. I don't want him with that Tarah though, so I really hope that does not become a thing in the future. There is something about it that gives me "this is going to be very boring and dull" vibes about their relationship.

This was a Dalinar book so I was expecting strong focus on Dalinar and less on Kaladin, but...idk I think there definitely could have been more development of Kal. Felt Shallan got more "air-time" than Kaladin. Maybe they could have cut out some of the minor character view points and put more Kal in. Hopefully, the next book has more Kaladin (yes, I know it's someone else's flashback book but still...). I did like what we did see of him though. I notice some people (not on here I don't think) feel that there was a regression of his character, but I don't really feel that at all. Kal has always been plagued by his "must save everyone" mentality and it definitely held him back from saying the next Ideal. Having him just suddenly "get over" that problem would have felt very wrong. I look forward to seeing him develop more and eventually confront this problem in the next book. Funnily enough, I really disliked Kal when I first read WoK. And I didn't like him for some of WoR. But, well the guy eventually won me over and is now my favorite character. Guess that's why I wish there was more Kal in Oathbringer. What is interesting is that now when I re-read WoK I enjoy it much more and don't hate Kal anymore.

I was incredibly disappointed with the way things ended with this. Shallan and Adolin always felt so very boring and shallow to me. The whole "Adolin gets me" thing is outright baffling. He has only every seen one side of her for the longest time and that side was always a mask to begin with. He sees Veil and Radiant in Oathbringer, but he never really sees Shallan imho. It feels so forced. If Sanderson had developed things in a more meaningful manner between the two maybe I could buy it, but I just don't. Now does that mean Kaladin and Shallan would work? Not necessarily. They both have a lot of growing to do I think before they could ever enter a truly healthy relationship with each other. But the thing is, it could have happened. It could have become something special. Instead their relationship is just brushed aside in a very unsatisfactory manner. Outside of one scene, there were no really good discussions/interactions between the two characters. And once that scene on the ship in Shadesmar happened I knew where the author was heading. It was very clear that he would push Shallan and Adolin. Kaladin and Shallan just had the potential to be more interesting to me. Maybe Sanderson was afraid they were too predictable a couple, but if he was going to go the Shallan and Adolin route he really needed to sell it and he just didn't.