It’s very different from Sanderson, I’m going to guess that was a comparison from someone who hasn’t read very broadly in fantasy.
As someone who enjoyed Name of the Wind a lot, even though it’ll never be finished: the big draw is the prose (aka, one of the things Sanderson focuses least on, one of many ways they’re very different authors). Rothfuss’s prose is gorgeous. If you’re halfway through, you’ve been plenty exposed to his prose, and if it isn’t selling the book for you, I recommend quitting.
For books that actually feel like Sanderson, I suggest Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet, which has a lot in common with Mistborn Era 1 (and, in my opinion, has significantly better character work than Mistborn Era 1).
It’s very different from Sanderson, I’m going to guess that was a comparison from someone who hasn’t read very broadly in fantasy.
As someone who enjoyed Name of the Wind a lot, even though it’ll never be finished: the big draw is the prose (aka, one of the things Sanderson focuses least on, one of many ways they’re very different authors). Rothfuss’s prose is gorgeous. If you’re halfway through, you’ve been plenty exposed to his prose, and if it isn’t selling the book for you, I recommend quitting.
For books that actually feel like Sanderson, I suggest Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet, which has a lot in common with Mistborn Era 1 (and, in my opinion, has significantly better character work than Mistborn Era 1).