Brandon Sanderson is a weird author for me. People love his Mistborn series, but while I agree the story was pretty good, the writing was just too choppy with a lack of character development. I gave him
a pass though, because it was his first series. I read his other early stuff and had similar thoughts. Then I read
The Way of Kings and his Wheel of Time stand-in novels, and I thought he was really coming
into his own as a writer. I've just started reading his Stormlight Archive sequel,
Words of Radiance, and to lead into it I re-read The Way of Kings. On a second read, I was underwhelmed by his writing again.
There were big chunks of exposition where Sanderson needs an editor to tell him "show, don't tell." The story is really interesting though, and I still recommend the series.
My only other complaint is that Sanderson seems easily distractable. Since writing The Way of Kings, he's written another book in the Mistborn universe, done a few novellas, and started a new YA series (Steelheart).
I love that he's so prolific, but since the Stormlight Archive is supposed to be a (massive) 10-book series, it could be decades until he finishes it. After The Wheel of Time, I'm wary of authors taking
on such endeavors, especially when they aren't even solely focused on one series. Oh well, Sanderson is still young, and hopefully will finish it all up without getting too distracted.