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- Content warnings: Death, Depression, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal ideation, Torture, Violence, War, Child death, Racism/bigotry, Classism, Physical abuse, PTSD, Abandonment
The Way of Kings
by Brandon Sanderson
Book 1 in The Stormlight Archive
You will lose whole weekends to this and resent every obligation that pulls you away from it. By the end your bar for a satisfying payoff gets quietly, permanently raised. Then you will reach for the next volume before you have even processed what just hit you.
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Length1,007 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice0/5
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Found family
- None
- Intellectual satisfaction
- Reluctant hero
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Book hangover
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- Warrior/fighter
- Betrayal to trust
- Found family feels
- King / ruling monarch
- Growth-focused
- War general / commander
- Earned hope
- Secretly soft
- Adrenaline rush
Fantasy promise
- Epic fantasy
- War front / rebellion
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Desert / frontier
- Royal court / palace
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- Military camp
- Library
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Slow
- Epic
- Immersive
- Heavy
- High
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- Bookworm/scholar
- Mental health rep
- Atmospheric
- Cinematic
- Spy/thief
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Ambitious schemer
- Brooding
- Mysterious
- Earnest
- Suspenseful
- Character-driven
- Hopeful
- Chosen one burden
- War-torn kingdom
- Political intrigue
- Unputdownable
- Series binge material
- Morally complex
- Slow start explosive finish
- Bonds forged in war
- Crumbling empire
- Survival against impossible odds
- Cosmic stakes
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- Language
- English
- Format
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