His stuff isn't super amazing and it doesn't really add anything to the genre itself, but the books are easy to read and the characters are likable. He does a really good job with fight scenes, as well. I can understand some of the complaints against him, but he is a pretty good writer nonetheless. I first got into him because I was a huge Dungeons & Dragons nerd when I was younger.I just got into R. A. Salvatore's work. I avoided his stuff like the plague but now that I like it I can't remember why.