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Re: Just read ToM: Sanderson doesn't know High Chant, only common uglycat Send a noteboard - 25/01/2011 11:06:24 PM
if i had any complaints about BS, it would be his lack of subtlety and his sometimes over-verbosity.

for example, in ToM, 'Boots':
Elayne is going to Cairhien and Birgitte is worried about archers taking her out, so she turns to Alise, a Kinswoman and says:
"Can you do something to prevent archers from hitting her?" Birgitte asked Alise. "Some kind of weave?"

it's a very minor thing, but it's all over: what else would Birgitte be talking about when addressing a channeler? obviously she's talking about 'some kind of weave.', she's not asking Alise to catch the arrow with her hands.
it's just needless dialog.

he does this on a larger scale as well. i don't have an actual quote, but he'll write, say a paragraph, concerning a subject. as a reader you are able to figure out what he's talking about. which is fine. but then he'll repeat everything he just said but in a completely blunt manner. it feels almost like he's teaching a class, explaining a topic and then reinforcing the idea again. it feels like he's worried the reader won't pick up on what he's saying, so he reiterates everything dumbed down for the 'slower students in the class.'
this kind of thing really breaks up the pace and feels like padding.
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Just read ToM: Sanderson doesn't know High Chant, only common - 23/01/2011 08:03:17 PM 1717 Views
As someone who's broadly anti-Sanderson - 23/01/2011 08:53:52 PM 1133 Views
LoL - that discredits greatly the main post *NM* - 24/01/2011 04:27:45 PM 342 Views
No, it doesn't. It "discredits greatly" one of his points, not the main argument. *NM* *NM* - 24/01/2011 06:57:38 PM 344 Views
Disagree... - 25/01/2011 12:36:25 AM 730 Views
yep *NM* - 25/01/2011 10:44:04 AM 304 Views
Or it could be that I read every book 5 times, but like 10 years ago - 26/01/2011 05:35:46 AM 623 Views
Huh? - 23/01/2011 11:51:02 PM 833 Views
No, the "misused simile" thing is just a pet peeve - 24/01/2011 12:47:04 AM 863 Views
Re: No, the "misused simile" thing is just a pet peeve - 24/01/2011 09:34:03 AM 938 Views
Is that really the case? A lot was cut from ToM? *NM* - 24/01/2011 11:16:05 PM 287 Views
Sweated is a word. *NM* - 24/01/2011 02:45:57 AM 344 Views
Is it? Would you ever write "I had sweated" or "having sweated for an hour?" *NM* - 24/01/2011 11:17:04 PM 318 Views
No, because it is not a participle. - 24/01/2011 11:36:12 PM 730 Views
Sure it is - 25/01/2011 11:31:29 AM 759 Views
No. I have written: I sweated a lot when I was in India. *NM* - 25/01/2011 12:16:39 AM 337 Views
Um, yes,. sweated is the past tense of to sweat. *NM* - 07/02/2011 03:37:58 AM 364 Views
Re: Just read ToM: Sanderson doesn't know High Chant, only common - 25/01/2011 11:06:24 PM 743 Views
Meh. I see no problem with this example. - 26/01/2011 07:10:53 AM 681 Views
If you hate his writing so much then don't read the final book. *NM* - 07/02/2011 03:39:43 AM 430 Views
I was kind of thinking this myself - 13/02/2011 10:50:07 AM 673 Views

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