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Originally Posted by Hollow Man
I'm fine with this, but for others, this obfuscation manifests itself as being "complex."
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In most of his books, Sanderson uses his characters as POV for the reader, so that it is clear why we don't know what's going on. E.g. in Mistborn, Vin is just a girl from the streets that doesn't know much about the world, in Warbreaker, the book starts by explaining how the kingdom of the main characters is working, but they travel for spoiler reasons to another kingdom and don't know much about it. In one of his books, the main character simply has amnesia (I think it's in two books, IIRC). And it makes sense.
But in Stormlight, all the different characters already know a lot about the world. Sure, there are a few specifics that they don't know about (e.g. Kaladin), but overall it leaves a different feeling than is other books. It's the only book where I was really frustrated by the storytelling, especially since it is such a long book.