the first Mistborn trilogy was fantastic, I'll credit, but his later books were terrible. "Shadows of self" was genuinely so poorly crafted that I couldn't read

the first Mistborn trilogy was fantastic, I'll credit, but his later books were terrible. "Shadows of self" was genuinely so poorly crafted that I couldn't read it. It wasn't just rote, but unmotivated. He has the capacity to be a good author, but, he is spreading himself way too thin. Classes at BYU, Stormlight, Mistborn, games, the rest of the Cosmere stuff. It lacks focus, and honestly that universal creation myth is a shoe-in. Compared to Le Guin, Tolkien, Martin, Jordan, his worlds just lack focus. If you read fantasy for the big themes, like the reckoning of how religions fit into society and what value they provide, you can get them from Sanderson's books. But if you read them for the craft of language, the dialog, and have any credulity, it is hard to countenance where he's taken the series. tldr; I enjoyed the hell out of Mistborn, but his later books have been a real disappointment, and I'm awaiting a return to form when he gets his priorities straighten out.