Not sure what to say to that beyond the fact ACoS suddenly turned into a decent book for me the third time I read it. Perspective counts a lot, but I'm sure you have your reasons for prefering a given book to another, and I can respect that. It's when people act like Jordan can do no wrong and Sanderson is a Randland apostate (or vice versa), or say, "every book before/after x sucks", that I get exasperated. Obviously I can't tell anyone THEIR opinion is "wrong" (what, it's not REALLY their opinion, they stole it?) but it's generally not worth discussing if they don't base that opinion on any facts.