Stormlight books sag in the middle. The endings are great, like the last couple hundred pages, and Sanderson can capitalize off that momentum for the starting few hundred pages of the next book. The problem is the middle, and the problem with the first book is that you’re not riding off the cool climax of a book prior. I remember very little from the middle sections of the books because the majority of it is set-up. Honestly a lot of it, both text and content, feels redundant. The main characters are fun, though Andolin doesn’t feel like much of a character at all until some point into book 2. If you like the characters I think you should continue
Stormlight books sag in the middle. The endings are great, like the last couple hundred pages, and Sanderson can capitalize off that momentum for the starting few hundred pages of the next book. The problem is the middle, and the problem with the first book is that you’re not riding off the cool climax of a book prior. I remember very little from the middle sections of the books because the majority of it is set-up. Honestly a lot of it, both text and content, feels redundant. The main characters are fun, though Andolin doesn’t feel like much of a character at all until some point into book 2. If you like the characters I think you should continue