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Originally Posted by jbcohen
I recall someone on a forum like this or it could have been this forum said that sanderson was selected to complete the Wheel of Time series because of the fact that he is a great story teller. I guess that I am going to need to get a copy of some of his works and find out why he was called such a good writer. Which series in your opinion is his best, the one most likely to wow me? I will put that series on my list of books to read.
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I would NOT recommend Warbreaker. Elantris is great, or the Mistborn trilogy is a perfectly good place to start. You'll find that Mistborn sometimes gets bogged down in exposition--long nuts-and-bolts descriptions of the magic system(s), the history, the physical characteristics of the races. Warbreaker spends about 1/3 of its word count mired in that stuff, along with having highly problematic heroines and some aspects of the magic system just being dumb (hypercolor hair, anyone?). Sanderson knew it was problematic, seeing as he re-wrote it at least once
after it was released. Don't let that warning put you off Sanderson, though--yes, he has his quirks as a writer, but on the whole his work is very original and engaging.
The Way of Kings avoids the failings of some of his earlier work almost entirely, but if you start there you'll be left waiting for the remainder of the series.