Review: The Way of Kings

Title: The Way of Kings

Author: Brandon Sanderson

Rating: 2/5

Comments

This is probably going to annoy some people (assuming anyone reads this) but I guess we’ll agree to disagree.

I am a big fan of first person stories.  Shifts of POV (point of view) annoy me because it is pulling me out of the story of a character and stuffs me in a different story.  I derive the most enjoyment from stories where I become emotionally connected with the protagonist. 

In the Way of Kings, there are not one, but TWO prologues with different POV’s. Ok, I deal with that, it’s the prologue.  But that gave me two POV’s before the book even really starts, one of which is presumably dead since it’s 4500 years ago.  Then by chapter 3, I had THREE more POV’s.  So I’ve read 4 chapters (effectively), and started a 5^th, and I still have no idea who the protagonist is, what’s going on, and most importantly, WHY I SHOULD CARE about these people.  Oh yeah, and one of the characters that got a chapter in the actual book apparently died, so I guess I shouldn’t care about him.

I was vacillating about continuing when someone on Discord said “yeah, it jumps around  a lot, it’s a little confusing”.  Urk!  Sorry Sanderson fans, hard pass for me.  Might be a great story, but not for me.

Bedroom Activities: ?

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FTB/Explicit/None – Fade to black bedroom activities vs “Onscreen” vs No activities