Great continued worldbuilding and character development. Some things I really liked about this book, spoiler-ish:
- Major characters die. Like, surprisingly major characters. It's kinda like how GRRM kills off Ned Stark and your whole perception of how this story was going to play out changes.
- A major climax is reached and the hero does the thing, and something totally unexpected and surprisingly bad happens.
- Killing the bad guy seems like a really bad and ominous move.
- There's a "who's the spy" mystery. I picked the right person, but I didn't pick the "how", that was quite cool.
- I love the uncertainty introduced by "written words can be changed".
Some favorite quotes:
A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him.
“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination, he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
