Oathbringer is yet another good book in the Stormlight Archive series. The story and characters continue to evolve. I have enjoyed each of the first three novels, but this seemed to be a bit better than book two in the series. It suffers from some of the same flaws. It’s a very long novel that drags in places and could use some trimming, but it’s hard to complain too much because the novel holds a lot of intrigue and drama. What I thought was better in Oathbringer was that the stakes and tension were ratcheted up a notch. The deck was further stacked against the protagonist, and there were times when I wasn’t sure how they were going to get out of these difficult situations.
I also thought the author made better use of flashbacks in this novel. There seemed to be more of a purpose to these flashbacks, especially as it pertained to Dalinar Kholin’s journey. It also served to answer many of the questions that to this point had gone unanswered, whereas some of the past ones seemed to only exist to fill space and for character development. Although there were definitely parts of the novel that dragged, it built to a strong conclusion, and then set up the finale of the series quite well. I look forward to reading the next novel in the series, and if you liked the first two novels, this will not disappoint you.
