Warbreaker

This was once Sanderson’s favourite of his novels, and he once (still?) considered it his best written. I beg to differ. I found the book tiresome and plodding, not at all romantic (unlike Sanderson), and with a surprisingly ill-thought out colour-based magic system. The only saving grace was an appearance by a character that later appears in the Stormlight books. As I started it I realised I’d abandoned it several times in the past, but ploughed through it this time and was glad when it was all over.