My favorite part of these books, hands down, are the character's silly asides in the middle of the narrative. I feel like Sanderson is writing this series as an outlet for all of his terrible urges to write awful prose while being as ridiculous as possible, and it makes me so happy. Also I love that Alcatraz continuously breaks the fourth wall since he knows he's in a book since, well, he's writing it. A lot of times Alcatraz is pretty insufferable, but when he makes stupid little side comments (like about how characters never get to go to the bathroom), I forgive his shortcomings every time. 
 Also it helps that his father is horrible and I hate him most. 
 Anyway, there was nothing spectacular going on in this novel plot-wise. It's a pretty light-hearted and very quick read, which is what I was looking for yesterday, so I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you're looking for something that's got a great plot, I recommend you go elsewhere. 
 Another small irritant is that some of the side characters are just, for lack of a better word, blah. Sometimes the characters seem to exist for no reason other than the plot point, aren't fleshed out at all, and then I feel nothing when they inevitably turn out to be lying or evil. It's like, if a character seems like a person and not a cardboard cut-out, you know they're going to be important in the long-run and not just for this story. Kind of disappointing, but whatever. At least the book is fun.