Oathbringer: The Stormlight Archive Book Three

I am 48% of the way through this book and I must admit I severely underestimated Brandon Sanderson when I said the first two books were enjoyable . This is no "Hack and Slash" but a work of deep thought. Do not skip any parts. One thing I did notice were some confusing scenes where Veil and Shallan's names appear mixed up.

A thousand words isn't enough to capture what makes this story good, so I'll just skim the basics; the world building, the art, the fantastical cultures and intriguing characters. The work of a genius. I'll be continuing my journey with this series.

All journey, no destination. A typical mid series book, saved by being in an interesting world with some good supporting characters, but very weak compared to the first two in the series. Characters meander around but ultimately go nowehere. Shallan and Kaladin are stagnant and increasingly irritating and one note, although Kaladin is sidelined somewhat so at least he has an excuse. Shallan is disappointing, she had a lot of potential, but I'm increasingly seeing a lot of fairly problematic tropes around female characters and fantasy in her. Dalinar's history was interesting and an enjoyable part to read, as were the rare appearances of Bridge 4, but aside from that this was a slow, tedious read.