Sometimes you read a book that lives up to the hype and blows your mind away. The Way of Kings did just that. It's been recommended to me for a long time and I finally took the plunge. 

We follow several different perspectives of people from the fantasy land of Roshar: Kaladin, surgeon turned soldier turned slave; Dalinar, a prince whose thirst for war wanes; Shallan, a thief seeking a scholar; and Szeth, an unwilling assassin.

- The threads of perspective in this book could almost be separated into different novels yet also weave around the others in various ways. This behemoth of a book is just the beginning and I can wait to continue the series and see the tapestry take shape.

- Of course, being a Sanderson novel, the world building is sublime. He seems to have crafted a world down to its molecules. There's history, art, literature, ecology, war, mythology, religion. And all of it functions as a real world would.

- This was the first book I've ever tried annotating. As my first attempt I've mostly just underlined parts that spoke to me. The Way of Kings has so many quotable and relatable phrases and sentences and I loved that the book made me think beyond its own story and about the ways in which I view my world.

Fantastic and gloriously detailed fantasy. A must read for any fantasy fan.