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Dustin
is 92% done
When I say it feels like Sanderson doesn't trust his audience's reading comprehension, I mean that stuff like this is very common in this book:
*An obviously extremely important event just happened in the book, changing things for the characters and the story.*
One of the side characters immediately says, "Something just changed... something important."
Yeah, no shit, man.
— Aug 12, 2026 08:17PM
*An obviously extremely important event just happened in the book, changing things for the characters and the story.*
One of the side characters immediately says, "Something just changed... something important."
Yeah, no shit, man.
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Dustin
is 67% done
A couple of these characters are way too quippy for me and I think Sanderson and I have very different comedic tastes. It really seems like he thinks bottom-of-the-barrel puns are peak comedy. The book is great, but sometimes the dialogue really takes me out of it.
— Aug 11, 2026 08:12PM
Dustin
is 19% done
I’m having a good time with this, but it feels like Sanderson has no faith in the audience’s reading comprehension. Everything is over-explained and there’s no subtlety or room for interpretation.
— Aug 06, 2026 10:15AM
Dustin
is 4% done
This man loves compound words more than I've loved anything in my entire life.
— Aug 04, 2026 05:42AM