/lit/ - Literature

>multiple people in my friend group recommend Stormlight Archive to me
>never read Sanderson before but give Way of Kings a shot
>"Wait, does this book have three prologues?"
>roughly 300 pages in, seemingly every chapter thus far has been dedicated to worldbuilding
>no idea where the overarching plot is going or if there even is one yet
>pretty basic prose
>realize this is the shortest book of the series
Am I being filtered? I really like Sanderson's worldbuilding, but it feels like I've been waiting forever just to get past introductions. Can someone who's read Sanderson say whether this series is worth devoting time to? I have a big backlog and I'm effectively forcing myself to keep reading.