I liked it quite a bit. I definitely liked it more than most of Sanderson's other works, excepting the first Mistborn book. Which I think this is at least the equal of. I'd say it's better than many books I've read, but not quite as good as others....yet...


I'm honestly not sure I could make a list of goods and bads. I'll say one thing that annoyed me was: This book leaves you with far more questions than answers about the overarching plot of the series/world, and the few solid resolutions that do occur are/were fairly predictable.


It starts out feeling fairly typically quest-like, with at least one character having a fairly standard "Steal the MacGuffin" plot pretty much all the way though. However, the rest of the story morphs into something more, much more.


The magic is, of course, the obvious and easy answer for any Sanderson book. I think a better answer is: The world itself. The world being constantly in a state of storm is IMO fairly unique while at the same time almost seeming a natural extension/sister world to a world constantly enrobed in mist. Doubtless this was intentional due to his whole Cosmere thing.


You have an idea where it's heading, but there's so much potential you really have no idea how it's going to get there. I will say this though: I saw the ending of the book coming a mile away, with one fairly large exception.


I'd say, in all honesty, it's far more polished than tEoTW which would be my closest comparison. However, I also think it only fair to point out that with tEoTW Jordan was writing it as *potentially* a standalone, whereas with tWoK Sanderson knows he's going to be writing more.


Absolutely. I think he's going to do some amazing things with this series.