/lit/ - Literature

Holy fuck, this book is so fucking DRY.

I'm a little over a third into it now, and Brandon Sanderson keeps explaining every little social dynamic. Maybe this is why you guys love him so much. Because he makes it very easy for autists to understand the motivations of characters.

It's hard to explain what he's doing in concrete terms. But it's like, he's a teacher reviewing every step of the process, so the slowest kid in class doesn't get left behind. Like
>"Did you catch that character did there? Well here's the reasoning why. And what it means to them? You with me so far? OK, so now here's what it means to this other character. And it's like that for these cultural reasons. And the gendered reasons too, can't forget about those. Alright, now back to the story."

The basic concept he laid out is actually rather interesting. Which is why I've stuck to the book for so long. And while I'll probably go even longer. Because I do want to see how all this plays out. But right now it feels like he's hitting me over the head with all this contextual significance which probably won't pay off by the end. God, I can only hope all of this SUPER IN YOUR FACE FORESHADOWING is actual foreshadowing, and not wasting my fucking time. Because right now it feels like he's wasting my fucking time.