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The Way of Kings The Stormlight Archive Book 1
Sanderson Brandon
fantasy
epic fantasy
past tense
third limited POV
~1,541 pp
high worldbuilding
Vibe
A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
70
externalintrospective
Ending
40
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Speculative hardness
soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 385,150 |
| Page count | ~1,541 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |