A brief review. Sanderson’s first book and a good one. This is more or less what epic fantasy should be. It’s original, the characters are watchable, and the plot is good. I read this with more pleasure that some of his later work, but I have one small reservation. The number of unlikely escapes in the climax, the dei ex machina if you will, began to wear out my suspension of disbelief.
Otherwise a cracking good read. Recommended.