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"Hello there,\n \n\n\n\t1st, let me make clear of the situation: I've just finished WoR less than a week ago. It took me more than a month to read, so some of my memories are fresh &amp; accurate while some may not. tWoK is even farther. Aside from those 2 books, I'm totally a newbie in the Cosmere, not having known about Brandon's work before. So please spare me if you find some stupidity and kindly enlighten me, will you?  \n\n\n\tNow I'll dive into the inconsistent parts, or rather, some mistakes:\n \n\n\n\t1. This one carries on from tWoK: the bridges. I can't possibly imagine any wooden structure that can be carried on men's shoulder that is also durable for armies to march on and most importantly, able to be slid across a chasm. Halfway through it, gravity will just not agree with you anymore. The fact that there's no pictures in the 2 books proves that even the artists can't handle this task.\n \n\n\n\t2. The failed assassination at the palace. Szeth was so determined to kill Kaladin the returning Radiant during their Everstorm encounter, why did he chicken out when there was just hint of it the 1st time? Remember, he lived by the rules/orders and died by them, too. In fact, he did it so hardcore that he's revived just for that reason. At the palace, his order was to kill Dalinar. He always prepare lots of spheres, after being pushed out of the hole he could just leave Kaladin there, fly up &amp; finish the easy job.\n \n\n\n\t3. On that same vein, his method of ending Dalinar was questionable, too. The old guy couldn't keep up with him anymore. Instead of using the Blade, he felt the need to reach out even further with his hand and lash Dalinar up?? Woah, so convenient for a dramatic rescue by a Windrunner, lol.\n \n\n\n\t4. The epic 1v4. Lighteyes or dark, the spectators there were not blind. The spectacle of an unarmed normal guy dancing around 2 Plates and finish 3 of them is not something anyone can miss. Even if some of them hate darkeyes, they couldn't just ignore him. It's like during the civil war, you were a Southern officer witnessing someone singlehandedly charge up and obliterate a company AND a squadron of your own side (it was clearly written in the book that each Shardbearer equals 100 men or more). Any other emotions aside, a feeling of awe is a must. What I consider making sense is for the crowd to rumble at every move of Kaladin and burst into a thunder after team Adolin won. The series of actions and reactions afterwards by everyone didn't.\n \n\n\n\t5. The fall. There were a Lightweaver and an injured soldier without any special abilities. What saved them?\n \n\n\n\t6. Shallan's curiosity. Near the beginning of the book, the author described that special 'scholar mind' that distracted Jasnah, and then Shallan, from concentrating on some important tasks at hand. Now, during the great march, I'm sure that itself was an exhibition. Never before in her life Shallan had been with an army. Also, never before there had been such a huge army of tens of thousands of people doing such a long campaign. And... there's almost no description of it. I feel like this is a part where the book is poorly rushed. Tons of questions could be raised. Like, how did they poo? \n \n\n\n\t7. Sadeas' utter inanity. In every point of view from tWoK to WoR, Sadeas was portrayed to be an eel, or an old fox whose intelligence can topple any position. In other words, brain with brawn to boost. Well, some of his actions put a big question over that. Earlier, he witnessed a former slave of his, who survived his highstorm decree, ed him up and saved Dalinar's chullskin, was valuable enough the old Kholin sacrificed his Blade, now ed him up again by overpowering his Shard team. Yet, all of his thoughts were about Adolin who 'defeated' 4 guys??? WTF? And how in the Roshar could he think Adolin would be 1 of his subordinates after Sadeas killed his dad and ruled Alethkar? What's wrong with him when he was alone in the hallway and saw the man who several times had openly bared his threat to kill him in the most gruesome ways, and he walked up to Adolin only to insult him some more?? Holy storms, I think Sadeas' stupidity is beyond measurement. This is one HUGE inconsistency right here.\n \n\n\n\tOK, that's all I can think of for now. Maybe those are why I have this feeling that WoR is somehow inferior to tWoK, but before I wrote them out I can't really pinpoint why... What do you think?\n \n"
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