“Sorry if I mispronounce the characters” *Proceeds to pronounce every single character perfectly.* Love the video! Kaladin is my favorite too. He's definitely my hero. This book helped me through tough times.

At first, I didn't care much for the interludes. By the end of the book, I found them a joy. After doing a reread of the series I have to say that they really flesh out the world and story. You don't really notice how much they are saying until you've read much further into the series.

I read the TWoK through my exams, and I was stressed and didn't quite savour it. I remember reading until the first interlude and not really being interested in continuing because it was still a lot of setup and worldbuilding, (which was interesting in its own way but didn't leave me to think about after closing it). I got up to the first interlude and absolutely hated getting more world-building with characters I had never seen before when I just wanted a more plot. The interludes and slightly slow pacing was my biggest bone to pick with walking in to TWoK, however retrospectively they added so much more to the book. I chugged along the rest of the book anyway because I just needed to procrastinate during my exams. Best decision I possibly made. The catharsis I felt was genuinely beautiful throughout the whole book. All the charecters were so real, there struggles were written perfectly. I dont think i have ever felt charecters that were so real before. I loved Kaladin having therapy with Syl. I loved Shallan questioning her values when Jasnah killed. I loved it when Dallinar beat some sense into Elkohar. I loved it all. Small details. Syl is writtin to have Adhd but Sanderson believes he failed in portraying that. Szeth ends up at Kharbanth for the last name on his assasination list which is the same place where Shallan first saw soul casting from Jasnah. The ecosystem on land of roshar is much more similar to the ecosystem in our oceans. This effect extends to almost everything on Roshar through the investiture. It doesnt really change much, but its interesting noticing it. All of Sandersons works under Cosmere are connected, that includes certain charecters appearing in other books, currently its just easter eggs, like in Interlude 1 of TWoK with (Demoux thats the only name that should ring a bell if you've only read mistborn) but has plans eventually grow to Avengers Endgame scale. Beware searching around coppermindwiki because there are so many heavy spoilers. Note that all of Cosmere has the same Underlying laws of Magic/Investiture I am also curious as to what you made of the epigraphs and interludes because they made absolutely no sense to me at all. Interludes I-1 (searching for hoid at the purelake), I-5 (Cusicesh the protecter, the giant marine animal) and I-7 (mistress destroys works of art), were genuinely chaotic in my mind. I like reading and peeping behind what the author wants me tome to see. I understood that I-1 is about the fisherman in the Purelake, but I wanted to know more about this hoid. in I-5 wanted to know where Axies fit into the rest of the plot. in I-7 I wanted to know who the mistress is and why she is so particular in what she breaks. I'm sorry if none of this is coherent; I'm literally procrastinating.

Oh wow! I would have expected this video to be way older, but it's pretty recent! I'm just digging into it at the same time as you, lol! I definitely agree with your take on Dalinar. I get the sense he's Sanderson's favorite but Kaladin and Shallan definitely give higher highs :D I think Adolin's arc may have been my second-favorite arc in WoR, actually! It surprised me going into it, he didn't really do it for me in TWoK, but he's maybe one of my favorites now. Look forward to hearing more takes on Stormlight of you do more videos on it! :)

The high points of book 1 were the highest points of the series for me so far. (I'm on the first part of book 3.) It made me cry twice.

I agree, the interludes are great! I think my favorite character in book one is also probably Kal, but there are a lot of elements to Dalinar and Shallan that are really interesting with the context given by future books This is probably the weakest book for Adolin, but he might be my favorite in the series overall. I adore my earnest boy

I loved Kaladin's arc, and thought it was especially interesting how such a heroic character is brought to total ruin for basically the whole book without much chance to rise really - it's a great setup. I loved Dalinar's arc too, but thought Shallan's arc, and some of the interludes weren't as interesting and low paced (I think they're better in the next book).

This book and Kaladin will always hold a special place in my heart... Right before I read TWoK, my pet bird died. He was like a youngest son of my parents and a flying little brother to me and my sister. And after he passed away, I blamed myself for that. Because I once accidentally hurt him badly. I never forgive myself since then. When I finally got the part of Tien's death, storm it, I cry like Kaladin did in that chapter. And somehow in that moment of grief, I felt seen, felt understood. And soon after that Kaladin showed me that even if he's depressed, he didn't have to be defined by that. Therefore, reading TWoK will always be one of the most magical, touching experience in my life.