i think this means that we the reader will have to be more imaginative on our own. i'm rereading tGS right now (third or fourth time through it) and I am trying to not over-analyze every word that seems out of place. my reminders (to myself) to think that the only thing that has changed is that there is a different narrator helps, but i have to actively engage an rj-ish frame of mind to maintain the previous feelings wot has given me.

it seems that you have also read ToM's prologue and i think that galad's part especially reflects what you've said. he is manning the fuck up like nobody's business but the way the climax/confrontation is built up seems so....sterile almost. at least this is just the prologue, where stories can be/have been butchered for brevity's sake (and thankfully, while i like galad, his storyline isn't the most interesting to me at present), but still. this exact scene definitely reflects the soldiering perspective, and rj's expertise would have been superior here. but, the ending is still rj's and i think that will make up for any great shift in perspective in the meantime.

and this is not a criticism of sanderson, just an observation of difference in writing styles. i am sure in twenty years i will still be reading (and liking) this damned story....