I read Sanderson’s Elantris first, and found it really pedestrian. I reviewed it on a fantasy forum I was a member of at the time, and Sanderson himself responded. He was very nice about it, and basically said that Elantris was the 5th novel he’d written (1st he’d published) while Mistborn was the 11th novel he’d written (2nd he’d published), and he’d learned a lot in between the writing of those two books. So if I was inclined to give him a second chance I might find Mistborn more to my liking. I did give him a second chance, and I really liked Mistborn. Sanderson isn’t the greatest writer on earth, and he still has a lot of tendencies that put me off, but he tells a good story

LOL I’m the reverse. Started with the first Mistborn trilogy when it first came out, and really liked it, though his use of contemporary language really bugged me. Years later, tried the first book of Stormlight Archive and I hated it. So I thought I may have just outgrown Sanderson. Recently, found the first book of the second Mistoborn series in the library and decided to check it out. I absolutely loved it and I’m already going through the third book. His language still bugs me though. Nothing takes you out of a fantasy Western setting faster than seeing the word “micromanage” being used.