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For me personally it's the same as with all his series: they build up into something super interesting and then they fizz out with a compromising ending that feels like he ran out of time and had to throw something together.
Here I am on the verge of having my mind blown and thinking "finally, this is what it has all been about, now we're getting to the really good stuff!"... only to have things wrapped up abruptly in a way that's really unsatisfying.
I don't know what the hell is up with that, it's like he's planning for a whole other book and his publisher comes in and forces him to end it early or something.
After it happened three times I said that's it, he's not getting me again — it's too frustrating!
Yeah I guess I can see that. I do enjoy his worldbuilding though.
Absolutely this. The first half of his first book in any given series always feels like it's going to lead to something amazing, then nothing. I feel like another writer could take his unique ideas and do something really cool with them, but I won't ever read Sanderson again.
Sometimes I wonder if he managed to wrap up Wheel of Time satisfyingly for its fans.
He did! But Jordan left extensive notes on what he wanted to happen and how things must wrap up, and Sanderson did not deviate from Jordan's narrative style. Within those confines and with so much plot and so many characters to wrap up it was a monumental task and he did a great job. I think it was the reason I became interested in reading more from him.