Part Three: Dying (and Interludes)

[P.T.]

Let's talk about:
- Part Three: Dying (Chapters 29-51)
- Interludes Baxil, Geranid, and Death Wears White

Spoilers for the above sections and anything prior are fine for this thread.

[Sophie]

Whaaaat. This book is so good! I think part 3 was my favourite part so far. I quickly became involved in Shallan's POV again. How I will survive without her in Part 4, I don't know.

Kaladin's POV is still my favourite. I have so many questions though. Something strange is happening with the spheres. I'm sure they had something to do with Kaladin surviving the storm. He took the light from inside them and it gave him power. Wait a second, aren't the spheres infused with Stormlight? I know Szeth uses Stormlight, maybe Kaladin has the same sort of power?

[Raquel]

So, I won't speculate at all because I went to Tor.com and I'm following an old reread of WOK they did a while ago - and there are a lot of spoilery explanations there. I felt like I needed to do that to enjoy the book, simply because I got so confused with the million different aspects of this incredibly complex world that is Roshar - and being confused ruins books for me. Now I'm loving it!!! It's still a little much at times, even though I realize some of the genious behind this book stands on it being a complete world building experience, with names, magic systems, kingdoms and side characters we know nothing about yet.

[TS]

Even after my 3rd read, I am still discovering stuff that I've missed earlier. Of course, having hindsight from Words of Radiance which expands the worldbuilding even more helps tremendously.