But really, I'm astounded by how bald his writing is. One thing I get annoyed by is when people use "like" instead of "is." "It's like I've been betrayed" is a dumb thing to say if your spouse cheats on you. You've been betrayed. There's no "like" there.

Sanderson, my first real taste of his writing, comes off as someone who drops comparisons every single time, even when a simile or metaphor might actually be the way to go. We don't understand that someone feels like an insect that's just broken through its shell to discover that it and its place in the world is new. Sanderson just writes "He looked around him and he discovered that he was different and his place in the world also was."