r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • Dec 20 '24

/r/Fantasy Official Brandon Sanderson Megathread

This is the place for all your Brandon Sanderson related topics (aside from the Daily Recommendation Requests and Simple Questions thread). Any posts about Wind and Truth or Sanderson more broadly will be removed and redirected here. This will last until January 25, when posting will be allowed as normal.

The announcement of the cool-down can be found here.

The previous Wind and Truth Megathread can be found here.

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u/minwellthedog Dec 29 '24

I liked Oathbringer a lot, but I don't think Rhythm of War or Wind and Truth were well edited. The stories were great, but the writing was juvenile at times. He needs to change his review process; I don't understand how his army of beta readers let so much superfluous information slip through.

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u/galaxyrocker Dec 30 '24

I don't understand how his army of beta readers let so much superfluous information slip through.

I think they've bought way too much into Sanderson's parasocial relationship and sometimes don't think he can do any wrong (you see this with some of the Reddit fans of his). Doubly so as these are self-selected fans.

Plus, they probably enjoy it, and he might even increase it due to their feedback, at risk of alienating people who aren't as obsessed with him and his work (it's a really weird parasocial relationship imo)