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comment by Quatrarius
Quatrarius  ·  2489 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 31, 2018

sanderson is a great systems writer: things like countries, ethnicities, magic, creatures... real nice

the interpersonal stuff is bland but it's never bad, i think

he was a great pick to finish the wheel of time because RJ was another great systems writer, except that when RJ wrote people, it was really hit or miss - his characters could be more interesting but could also be annoying/repetitive

there's a reddit post out there where somebody counted the number of times a character "tugged her braid," "smoothed her skirts," or "crossed her arms" but i think there's spoilers in it so don't look for it

he can lean on catchphrases (catchactions?)

he doesn't write women too good, either, but at least he tried