Saw that on your blog, I've been considering reading it since.
They are rather in there with Kevin J. Anderson for ability to just spew out second-rate novels that sell well, though I've got a whole shelf worth of Forgotten Realms and Shannara books so that doesn't say much about my tastes. Brooks has definitely improved, I couldn't say about Salvatore, I ditched his stuff after Passage to Dawn came out and I think I've re-read Icewind Dale and tried one other since then, the better part of two decades is plenty of time to improve in and maybe he has.
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