Yes. Longtime Sanderson superfan from the very beginning. I rarely comment on this site but I needed some validation on my feelings about WaT. I feel like the quality really slipped in WaT. There's a moment where we find out that thing about Shallan and I don't feel like it was as impactful as what we learned about her in tWoK and WoR, even though it should be. I think he really botched a bunch of arcs in how they played out even if they ended up where I thought they should.
Ironically, I preferred the destination over the journey.
I'm second guessing a ton of his decision making for WaT. The easiest improvement would have been to have Jasnah and Shallan team up together in the Spiritual Realm. Jasnah is the historian she should have been there to see history play out, and would have made much more sense of her going after the Ghostbloods rather than adding Rlain and Renarin to the mix for no apparent reason. He dropped the ball entirely on the fact that the Ghostbloods tried to assassinate Jasnah multiple times and then 0 follow-up on how Jasnah will react to Shallan joining them.
Agree with everyone he needed to cook more, and he didn't and this is the result
I've made that excuse in the past for RoW but for WaT there's less of an excuse. There was just poor character choices. Have Kaladin back on the Shattered Plains again, not in Shinovar. Have Jasnah with Shallan in the spiritual realm. 2 easy fixes immediately more impactful dynamics.