Yes. Yes. The second Stormlight Archive was just as good, if not better, than the first. I was actually pretty impressed with myself for seeing some of the plot twists straight up, because usually I am oblivious to that sort of thing, but they turned out they way I wanted in the end. Which may not be a good thing for the characters concerned. But there were definitely fist pump moments on my part when something I'd suspected throughout most of the book eventually happened.

The only real downfall is Adolin, I think. All the male characters seem fairly 2-dimensional compared to the women who are more fully-fleshed out - or maybe I forgive Sanderson for the women because I can better relate to/project on to them - and it was nice to see something beyond Duty turn Kaladin's head. Adolin in particular, however, doesn't seem to have any depth yet.

Given the events towards the end, however, that may change, as the people around him have sparkly magic powers and he does not.

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And Szeth! I am interested to see if his story is going where I think it is

and consequently, if the view of the world we have is perhaps not as it really is - who is to determine what is good and what is evil anyway?