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It may be because I do audiobook, but I felt like the book flew by, filler and all. Or that I found the filler interesting enough to keep me.. invested..no pun intended. But then in twok.. how many fewer bridge runs could have been put in? To me that was the slowest-paced of the 3 so far.. to the point I cringed every time a Kaladin backstory chapter came up.

What I find odd is that, for all your complaints about some characters moving backwards, you praise the Moash arc. A character who's gone so far backwards since Way of Kings, that it has become a forward progression. Instead of learning how to move beyond his past like the rest of Bridge 4 are striving to do, he turned around and fully embraced it, even after Kaladin showed the "righteousness" of his own cause in WoR, becoming a Radiant right before Moash's eyes... something that would have inspired Moash if it happened in twok, instead.... he runs off with graves and later decides that killing the king is still cool, because it's "not his fault".. now he's being set up as, essentially, Kaladin's nemesis. The guy who rescued him in the first place. You don't get more backwards than that. And yet, I'm very looking forward to, I hope, their eventual showdown in the future.

I actually found Adolin's arc extremely satisfying. He knows he's not a major player, and yet strives to do his best within the role he's been given. And then actually beginning to form a bond with his shardblade.. learning her name.. it's obvious that he will one day return her to life and become a radiant (I assume edgedancer by her physical appearance in shadesmar). I was hoping we'd see a bit more from Shallan's proto-squires.. I was looking forward to Gaz growing his eye back.. alas, next book.

I think about the only thing I agree on with the op is crackhead Teft.. I found that a bit annoying. However I recognize it was there to show that he was "broken" and therefore a viable candidate for radiance. Also perhaps to show he may be getting more limelight in the future over some of the more "faceless" bridge 4 members. As for the Diagram.. is it the Diagram that's been incorrect, or their interpretation of it? I'm going with interpretation. Taravangian, even in his interlude chapter where he's highly intelligent, still doesn't come close to the man he was when he wrote the Diagram, and noticed even then that they'd seen things incorrectly in previous translations. Although at this point, any Diagram interpretation that bets against Dalinar, he should probably throw out the window, as every time he follows one of those courses, Dalinar comes out on top. In all, I was actually very pleased with Oathbringer.. did I want to slap the crap out of Kaladin in a couple spots? Definitely, but then that's no different from the other two books. Shallan too. But seriously, Lift ran about calling Szeth "crazy face".. what's not to like there?

I was with you on that right up until Oathbringer...

PS., by read, I actually mean "listened to on audiobook", so this site has actually also been very helpful for proper spelling (ie Kaladin instead of Caladin, as I'd have thought it just by sound), especially on Roshar where there's some pretty wicked spellings going on..

Been periodically browsing this forum for some time now.. pretty much every time I finish a book/series.. particularly to see how accurate (or failbot) I've been in my Hoid spotting. I've read everything Cosmere related to this point with the exception of the White Sand graphic novels (on the way in the mail). Recently I read a non-Sanderson series called Twinborn.. and it brought up the question... is anyone else dissapointed when they read non-Sanderson and Hoid doesn't show up? I'm so Hoid obsessed that I expect him to turn up everywhere now!

PS., Hi, new here (as a member, been lurking for some time).. the theories about Dalinar and Adonalsium.. I hadn't considered it, until finding this thread.. but now, I don't see how it could be anything else!

I feel that in some way, certain minor spren are almost proto-sentient spren.. or there seems to be a heavy tie-in with minor spren and certain Orders... Windspren and Windrunners, Gloryspren and Bondsmiths, Creationspren and Lightweavers (?).. perhaps lifespren and Edgedancers? (I could see Wendell starting his time in the physical realm appearing much like a lifespren, similar to how Syl first showed as a windspren)... Considering Jasna's tendencies, logicspren perhaps tied to Elsecallers, seeing how Ivory seems very logic-oriented.. and as someone said above, perhaps it's the minor spren that make up the plate... Plate never screams and no one every seems upset about plate, only blades.