Oathbringer: The Stormlight Archive Book Three

All journey, no destination. A typical mid series book, saved by being in an interesting world with some good supporting characters, but very weak compared to the first two in the series. Characters meander around but ultimately go nowehere. Shallan and Kaladin are stagnant and increasingly irritating and one note, although Kaladin is sidelined somewhat so at least he has an excuse. Shallan is disappointing, she had a lot of potential, but I'm increasingly seeing a lot of fairly problematic tropes around female characters and fantasy in her. Dalinar's history was interesting and an enjoyable part to read, as were the rare appearances of Bridge 4, but aside from that this was a slow, tedious read.

The first book was excellent, the second book became a bit long winded at the end and I skipped most of Shallan's back story parts and never missed it in the plot. I found myself skipping every back story chapter in this and missed nothing. It got more long winded with useless writings that have nothing to do with the main story. I've stopped reading this series now after getting two thirds of the way through. Just too boring. It's a long book because it's bolstered with script that is unimportant. A shame because the imagination required to create this world is nothing less than amazing.

I'm finding myself blurring past many sections that are droning on about politics or the same character's cliche's. Kaladin still whines too much about never enough control and Shallan over analyses her own manipulations too often. Dalinar is caught in his ever-fluxing dream loop but is always adding convenient deus ex machina. Where is the growth? I have enjoyed the journey in the first two books, but I feel that now it's dragging its feet to purposefully delay the destination.