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But even if I keep all of those concerns aside, what holds me back the most is that reviews of the latest book have been quite bad. Of course, I haven't read the books so I don't have specifics, but from what I could glean, the general consensus seems to be that the latest book should have gone through extensive slimming. It's too long for its own good, with the plot not doing justice to its length. 'Sanderson needs to change his editor', seems to be a common theme among reviews.
Also, this might be contentious, but too many reviews mention that Sanderson is slipping into preachy territory — not that I mind left wing/ 'woke' politics, but ham-fisted attempts at pushing an ideology can degrade the quality of any work. I do not know whether this is true of the latest book. So I'm reserving judgment; just sharing a common complaint that I came across.
I do believe good authors can write bad books on occasion (I can go on and on about the astonishing quality gap between the best and worst books by John Grisham, for example). And so I'm probably going to sit on this series for another decade or whatever time it takes for it to finish. And I will try to gauge via spoiler-free reviews to see how well the series holds up as a whole.
I do not believe Sanderson will pull a vanishing act like GRRM or Patrick Rothfuss. If anyone can be relied upon to finish a series, it's Sanderson. And Sanderson usually finishes his series strong. So I'm holding out hope that it'll turn out to be worth the time in the end.
Agree. Sanderson's website is actually really helpful. He provides some commentary on his series and provides some recommended starting points. I've read 2 of the 3 and its fantastic. Highly recommend.
Yupp. Ghostbloods (Mistborn Era 3) is the next project he is focusing on. He plans to write out all 3 books for that, then release them. That said...he will start work on Stormlight Archive #6-10 in 10 years (yes, 10 years).