On paper, Dalinar is the archetypal “noble general.” In Oathbringer , Sanderson strips that archetype down to its bloody bones. We see the not as a legend, but as a drunk, a warlord, and an amnesiac guilty of atrocities that would make Game of Thrones’ Gregor Clegane blanch.
In the sprawling, storm-blasted world of Roshar, there is a saying: “The most important step a man can take is the next one.” Brandon Sanderson - Stormlight Archive- Book 3-...
This is a book about broken people—not becoming unbroken, but learning to fight while shattered. It is the Empire Strikes Back of the series, the Two Towers, the Godfather Part II. It leaves you exhausted, devastated, and desperate for more. On paper, Dalinar is the archetypal “noble general