A review by liseyp
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Lord Ruler’s time has ended, but in the words of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical ‘Hamilton’ “Fighting is easy, young man, governing is harder”.
 
You know when you’ve landed on a great new series when you finish one 670 page novel and immediately pick up the 800 page sequel. Despite one of my favourite characters not surviving book one, I needed to known what happened next with the survivors and the world of Luthadel.
 
I was not disappointed. The characters are developing well, I love the depth to all of the crew members, their journey from revolution to governing. The widening of the understanding of this world. It’s well-paced, there are no info dumps, just perfect compelling reading.