The main character of Mistborn, the girl, to me was dry and predictable. I feel that the characters are purely tropes, sometimes reversed tropes, but that doens't make it enough for me. Regarding storytelling, I don't think the stories he builds are neither unpredictable or satisfying. It makes the ordeal of magic really dry, I feel like im reading videogame characters and that there is no "occult" or "hidden" stuff in Magic, I don't feel it being really MAGICAL, it's more like physics but different. I'm sure some readers love this, as it gives magical characters those limitations in turn and it feels a little less deus-ex-y if you will.īut it takes away all the mystery.
I don't like Magic systems to be all laid out for me in all of their details, limitations, advantages, disadvantages with such precision and accuracy. I've read Mistborn, the first two books, and I feel that his idea was better suited for a videogame than a novel. For some of those same fans of Sanderson who may be aspiring authors themselves, it can be inspiring to see another author receive immense success from working independently.I think he is overrated in this community, in r/fantasy and in general. Sanderson merely seems dedicated to taking that potential risk on the assumption that he has enough fan support to pull it off. Not every established author sees a reason to put extra time and money into producing gift bags for readers or produce these books on fancier paper without the security of a publisher's backing. If that's truly the case, it may even explain why authors in the same league as Brandon Sanderson have yet to take on such a business endeavor. It's even more selfless when weighing out how the cost of perks and swag bag will likely cost Sanderson more than the books themselves and, therefore, he is likely to be making less of a profit than he would if he signed any one of these secret books to his publisher. For a lot of people who are reading about this news, whether they be well-established fans of Sanderson or not, it becomes hard to criticize the author too heavily when the act seems incredibly selfless on the surface. Backers get not only the works themselves, but additional perks and goodies in special limited edition gift boxes as well.
That was the entire point of his Kickstarter campaign. It seems as though Brandon Sanderson's main intention with this campaign was to simply give directly to his fans, putting his works instantly into their palms without a middle man publisher. Apart from the colleagues within his creative team, Brandon Sanderson is strictly doing this independently. However, what puts Sanderson in such a unique situation is because, unlike his authoring peers, there is no publishing company to point the blame at. Even the aforementioned Patterson and both Michelle and Barack Obama's deals were criticized when their respective news first broke. This is far from the first time that a writer's book deal spurred the ire of the general public. By comparison, it's hard to say Sanderson exactly took a gamble on this new business venture. Martin, but his works speak for themselves, as do their successes. This is a sharp contrast from the average Kickstarter user who may be lucky enough to have $84 in their bank account as an aspiring author. Brandon Sanderson's name may not ring as many bells (yet) in mainstream circles as, say, a George R.R. While his reason for not going through his publisher this time (more on that later) can be considered noble on the surface, this is still an immensely successful writer who doesn't necessarily need a Kickstarter. In Sanderson's case, he is still linked to his current publisher Tor and theoretically could have still released these new secret projects through his publisher. For those who are critical of Brandon Sanderson's success on Kickstarter, the most glaring reason is that his popularity and success in the industry are somewhat counterintuitive to what Kickstarter is normally used for. More often than not, the outlet is used for lesser-known creatives in need of crowdfunding for their creative projects who otherwise would not have the sources or means to fund it.