Not sure what to say to that beyond the fact ACoS suddenly turned into a decent book for me after the third time I read it. Perspective counts for a lot, but I'm sure you have your own reasons for prefering a given book to another, and I can respect that. It's when people act like Jordan can do no wrong and Sanderson is a Randland apostate (or vice versa), or say, "every book before/after x sucks" that I get exasperated. Obviously I can't tell anyone THEIR opinion is "wrong" (what, like it's not REALLY their opinion, they stole it from someone?) but it's generally not worth discussing if they don't base that opinion on any facts.