I'm still a few books away from finishing WoT (the middle books dragged for me) but inspired to finish it since Sanderson picked up the job.
I am curious in your criticisms for storm light chronicles. I loved book one but have liked each successive book less than the previous
I want to be careful with my wording here. I enjoy the books enough to purchase them and read, but his writing style, particularly the dialogue, falls very flat for me and a lot of that has to do with how he shoehorns 'witty' exchanges in.
His world building has great breadth but little depth. Taken as a whole, it feels artificial and 'color-by-numbers' if that makes sense. LotR and WoT feel extremely organic as it unfolds to the reader by comparison.
I have similar critiques about Mistborn, and his wrap up of WoT so I think it's a style thing that just doesn't jive with me.
I am appreciative of his work though. I wept when Jordan died. Partly from losing such an amazing voice and storyteller, and partly from thinking we would never have a completed story. Sanderson helped give us that, however flawed.
Well said
