Hi! Imma throw my five cents in here as well.
In all honesty, I share much of the OP's opinions. I really dislike her chapters, and I've only reached the second book till now. Some say she improves, but she's only worsening in my opinion.
The thing that annoys me a lot is her "jokes". Most of it is meaningless nothing's that she twists words to say, almost always in a childishly simplistic way; and that is something I can live with. A trait. But what annoys me is how those listening react. They're stunned, unable to respond, and quickly act like sycophants and praise her for being so clever with her tongue. At one point I thought it's her being light eyes, but whatever. It's really annoying how her "cleverness" is lauded so much. Tozbek, Yalb, Gaz, Reed and all of them. I honestly think most would react like Jaznah. Raise an eyebrow and wonder what the hell is wrong with her. (Kinda why I liked Jaznah either way)
The next is her insufferable pretentiousness. Almighty is she pretentious. She's condescending yet she's somehow a Messiah. She's convinced she's special, but she has dialogues of "omaigawd the world depends on me". She never felt that clever, and her wit is frequently overplayed. And the entire scene with her manipulating the deserters sickened me. She sent people to their deaths and deemed them "heroes". And she doesn't even follow them into the fight because she would just "get in the way". And the guy she ended up causing death to, Bluth (who I actually liked), she closes his eyes and goes all "Go fight for Almighty bold one". I had to resist screaming at her. She dismisses opinions that disagree with her as being "wrong". She pities people's suffering, but thinks it's perfectly fine or expected for people to serve her because "authority". Atheism could be hogwash for all she cares, and she frequently judges others, ignoring her own faults somehow. Oh hey! Yalb cheated. How disgusting. It isn't like I'm here to steal or something. Oh hey! Deserters. They help, they good people. They don't help, they evil people. And she has her self-aware comments that somehow worsen here. I really hope she improves in later books, because the moment I contrast her with Kaladin, Dalinar, Jasnah, or even Jenet the horse-handler, she really flicks my wrong buttons.
(Maybe I overreacted a bit. But meh.)
And I know flaws make her a more grounded character (like Kaladin being a hypocrite sometimes ) but her being convinced of it being "right" really irks me. "The only thing more dangerous than a villain is a villain convinced he's the hero."
UPDATE : Just saw her summon a fricking Shardblade. Perhaps she may have hope yet.
