/lit/ - Literature

>>16096226
I get what you're saying anon, trust me.
I'm reading it because we agreed to read it. That's it.
But, it seems that you're misunderstanding a very important line
>when he writes such drivel?

I'm not >>16094956 but the point is for 2/3's of the book he writes like shit.
Not worldbuilds, Not following trope tradition, Not his idea of fantasy; he writes like shit.
The words you read to process information is straight up bad.
There is no getting around this anon, I'm sorry.
For a man that teaches writing, he uses the medium so poorly that I'm surprised that someone of his level hasn't pursued further education on how to literally write better.

WoK is riddled with 'Suddenly', and 'And then [synonym for something][buzzword][synonym for happened]' - "something amazing happened", "then the incredible was upon them", etc.
If he was a debut author I'd forgive him for a lot of things - but 10 years, with a (decent to good) trilogy under his belt, and he makes the most elementary of fuck ups? Seems weird.
Others also include
>Writing a character by character way he's done, if Shallan wasn't so bad I'd be alright. But the drop between Kaladin and Dalinar is already steep; Shallan is just really tough to read.
>Writing of fighting scenes; if they were good I'd like them. But they feel far too safe for the named characters.
>The abominations that are his literal one note female characters that sound like girls Brandon had a crush on at church that got turned down by.

If it was just Kaladin, the book would easily be 5* because there is a consistent tone, style, and language within his writing that makes sense for that character.
It falls apart when he uses utilitarian language for a noble and scholar - it feels odd that a romantic scene has operating room levels of sterile dialogue, it doesn't work when the quippy girl doesn't think the way Brandon want's you the reader to think about her.
It's sloppy. It's inconsistent and it reads like he couldn't care about characters other than Kaladin.