Soldato
I don't think he is bad, just not really my taste. I read his books he is just far from the better authors I read.
I find his religious beliefs colour his books too much, they make too vanilla and high fantasy for me and that sub genre, whilst the settings and idea can be great which is what Sanderson does well, the tone and portrayal I find hard to swallow.
As I said above I find him a paint by numbers author, he is extremely formulaic with all his books to the extent that every book you know there is s twist in the last quarter So that (for me) that his twists never have their intended effect because you know something is coming a mile away and when it will arrive.
It lends itself well to pumping out books and reads well as long as you don't mind samey format and can cope with setting aside the unknown to live in his fantasy world but personally, I cant. I want to be on edge in my books and be kept guessing which he never does.
Despite the above his prose is tight, his descriptive work is marvellous and his creativity is hard to rival hence why I still dabble in his books. But as above the tone and style of his tales stop me from really enjoying his work.
Edit. Sorry for some terrible English in the above, too tired to care or fix it but you can see what I'm trying to say.
I find his religious beliefs colour his books too much, they make too vanilla and high fantasy for me and that sub genre, whilst the settings and idea can be great which is what Sanderson does well, the tone and portrayal I find hard to swallow.
As I said above I find him a paint by numbers author, he is extremely formulaic with all his books to the extent that every book you know there is s twist in the last quarter So that (for me) that his twists never have their intended effect because you know something is coming a mile away and when it will arrive.
It lends itself well to pumping out books and reads well as long as you don't mind samey format and can cope with setting aside the unknown to live in his fantasy world but personally, I cant. I want to be on edge in my books and be kept guessing which he never does.
Despite the above his prose is tight, his descriptive work is marvellous and his creativity is hard to rival hence why I still dabble in his books. But as above the tone and style of his tales stop me from really enjoying his work.
Edit. Sorry for some terrible English in the above, too tired to care or fix it but you can see what I'm trying to say.
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