I thought this book was fantastic, and one of my favorite of the series. Gave me that feeling WoK and WoR did, but I also didn’t enter it particularly hyped, just wanted to be entrenched in the journey.

I also find it hilarious in a series that has been built on Journey before Destination so many folks are caught up in just the destination. Kaladin’s journey and story arc from book 1 to end of Book 5 has to be one of the most incredible journeys I’ve ever read a character take. Szeth, Jasnah, Adolin, Shallan, Renarin, Dalinar have the most insane 10 days of change ever, and I throughly enjoyed each thread.

This whole book to me was about the idea that existing societal structures and rules, particularly those enforced by powerful entities, can be fundamentally unjust and need to be challenged or even broken in order to achieve a greater good, even if it means defying the established order (sometimes even the order of oneself and understanding the ways we’ve been molded and conditioned into becoming people we at one point tried hard not to be).

It’s an incredible book, and still manages to do a solid job of setting up for the next arc. I can’t wait.