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I neither like or hate Sanderson. I mean it is complicated. I admire his work but he is as inconsistent as most authors that I like. I never buy wholesale into the bibliography of any author. Anyway, the first 2 Stormlight Archive books are what I prefer over even a couple of the Potter books. I tried to read the first Mistborn Trilogy. The 1st, The Final Empire, was quite good, although something seemed off that I didn't detect in the SA stories. The 2nd one was facepalm inducing, while the 3rd I DNFed after 20 pages.
After a few years, with reading SA books 3 and 4 along the way, I tried Mistborn 4. The crude writing surprised even a skeptic like me. From the beginning Sanderson tried to set up a quick arc (don't want to use spoiler tags). I realised then that he got some beliefs wrong (not talking about religion). It was worth reading that part of the book to get the epiphany that a writer as experienced and intelligent as Sanderson can have such blunt ideas about what and what doesn't work. All of this was my reaction to the experience. I understand that 99% of his fans love the Mistborn books. I just wanted to share this, because I understood even less about why I like certain books and why I ditch the writing of some of my favourite authors.
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