I usually like to give a book a little bit of time to get going before I DNF, but there’s been some where I can tell in the first chapter I won’t like it because of the writing.

100%. Immersion reading is awesome.

The first half of the book is a ton of worldbuilding, but the second half is a massive pay off for it, and is incredible. Definitely try to get to Part 3, 4, and 5, because that’s when it REALLLLLLY picks up. TWoK is a complicated book because it’s setting up a much larger world and story, but you gotta have the faith in it that you’ll be rewarded in the end. It’s one of my favorites of all time, and its sequel book is even better IMO (gonna read Oathbringer at the start of 2024).