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The new Sanderson novel. It's abysmal. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 21/10/2015 09:20:30 AM

I don't know whether he's gotten worse or if I've just grown less tolerant of his puerile style, but I'm finding it hard to wade through his constant attempts at humor. As far as I can tell, Sanderson humor consists entirely of putting in one "outrageous" and "quirky" character and then beating their oddness into the dirt.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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