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I'm starting to worry that this book is going to end on a cliffhanger. That would be bad.

Another thing Brandon needs to fix in the full release version of this. Oh my gosh, TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT JERRICK'S MAGIC GYMKATA MEDITATION ROUTINE. I mean, yes, this is important world-building/magic system information, but it's the most info-dump-ish segment Brandon's ever written IMHO.

So... yeah, the biggest impediment to publishing this book is definitely the fact that Sanderson cut out the whole Bridge 4 storyline (including several of the same characters), expanded it, and pasted it into Way of Kings. I can see now why he'd want to rewrite the story without Jerick as he's basically Kaladin crossed with Simon from The Dragonbone Chair.

I finally realized what this book reminds me of: MAJOR Dragonbone Chair vibes. You've got the distant and half-forgotten threat of an ancient enemy, you've got various real magicians posing as innocuous people to avoid scrutiny, you've got a protagonist who starts from nothing, is orphaned, and is taken in to be educated at the castle... I could go on.

Honestly, I don't remember how long ago I read this the first time... at least two decades. Ever since the Tom Hanks movie based upon it (Greyhound... honestly, I've got no idea why they picked that name, no connection to the story that I know of) was announced I've meant to reread it, and since that came out like two years ago, I suppose the time was finally right.

It may seem like I've lost interest in this, but it's just harder to find time to read it since Amazon's website-based reader (unlike its app) doesn't let you read anything other than Kindle-purchased items. Other than that, still very much enjoying it.