Quote Originally Posted by Miriel View Post
I will say that I LOVED the magic system in the book. It was fantastic.
To be fair, his habit for developing strong magic systems is probably the best reason to read any Sanderson book.

The only perspective I can offer about what makes high fantasy so different is that--except for maybe a few outlying examples--the story, world-building, and characters are most certainly not directly tied to the quality of the writing. They're often a separate endeavor entirely, particularly the world-building. If you want evidence of that, go check out r/worldbuilding and see how many of those people create worlds but aren't writers. A great deal of creative effort goes into creating these worlds. Some people are good at creating worlds. Some people are good at writing. Doing both very well is rare.