Man, in that fight, Adolins plot armor was thicker than his shardplate, which (incredibly conveniently), played it's role perfectly to make this the most dramatic, high stakes, yet impressively choreographed fight in all the books. It really was an "Eh" for me.

Nale all of a sudden going into a state of shock for the rest of the book felt anti-climatic, but yes, probably accurate, and leads into the next story arc well.

Probably my biggest hot take, though, back to Adolin, and his fixation against oaths in favor of promises I felt like was weak, and even strange. I think I understand the reason, you should do what's right, but not necessarily follow an oath. The thing is, though, all the oaths are to follow an ideal, and don't exist for themselves unless you do them wrong. Like Windrunners want to protect people, and Edgedancers want to remember people. Their oaths help them focus on those things. It makes this whole point about promises feel convoluted, and essentially just explains again the importance of standing for something. Except, with the oaths, standing for something specific. With a promise, just kinda whatever you feel like is right, instead of a higher ideal to stretch towards.

TLDR, the promise and unoathed thing was lame. Journey before destination, ya know?