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20572295 No.20572295 [Reply] [Original]

>Read half of stormlight
>still not immersed
>still dont give a shit
>world feels shallow as shit despite being complicated

why the fuck cant i get into this dude like i did ASOIAF?

>> No.20572303

>>20572295
Uhm sir it gets good at 900 pages

>> No.20572304

>Prose bland.
>Characters bland, they're pretty much stereotypes with the occasional mental illness that is inserted for aesthetics more than anything else.
>Flow comes to a grinding halt bc muh hard magic system.
>Descriptions are all just literal descriptions (bland prose again I guess)
>"Why don't I like this author?"
Cmon OP, the reasons should be staring you in the face.

>> No.20572319

>>20572304
You obviously havent read the book.

>> No.20572334

>>20572319
I've tried three different Sanderson books and couldn't get through the godawful writing.

>> No.20572339

>>20572334
i swear he has made me despise high fantasy (besides the classics). every sentence ive ever read from him, they've all been childish and fucking boring

>> No.20572350

>>20572334
So you havent read it. Opinion discarded.

>> No.20572359

>>20572350
Oh god please don't tell me you're one of those "it gets good after 200 pages" type

>> No.20572377

>>20572359
No im more of the dont care about someones opinion on a book they havent even read type person

>> No.20572387
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20572387

>>20572377
>>20572350
>if you stopped eating something after you realized it was literal dog shit, you dont really know if it was dog shit!

>> No.20572393

>>20572377
This is /lit/, no one here reads. The best you can hope for is an anon who wasn’t filtered by the Hungry caterpillar and even then, you won’t have any discussion

>> No.20572395

>>20572387
Yeah great point if you had actually read it....

>> No.20572398

>>20572295
I like this guy and stormlight and there's nothing you guys can do about it

>> No.20572428

heckin progress bars

>> No.20572675

>>20572295
It’s an easy, entertaining read. Idk

>> No.20572678

>>20572295
his prose sucks. i dropped it after the first page.

>> No.20572693

>>20572295
I like what I’ve read of his, but I have no desire to read more.

>> No.20573125

>>20572693
This is where I'm at too. I won't apologize for liking The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance. I've been lukewarm on his other books so far.