i'm curious what makes you say it is not up to his usual high standards and not as good as the other books.
i will admit that i was meh on it the first time i read it, but ... on reread, i loved it; it's a great meditation on the nature of art and creation. i think it works better if you think of it as story that hoid is telling, like a long form version of one of his stories embedded in the stormlight books.
i'm curious what makes you say it is not up to his usual high standards and not as good as the other books.
i will admit that i was meh on it the first time i read it, but ... on reread, i loved it; it's a great meditation on the nature of art and creation. i think it works better if you think of it as story that hoid is telling, like a long form version of one of his stories embedded in the stormlight books.