"Stuff happening" is not sufficient to overcome horrible descriptions of it. And judging book 8 of a continuous 12 book series solely on its own merit as a single work s absurd. There are some structural flaws, but not nearly as bad as Sanderson's simple-minded division of aMoL based entirely on geography. Probably because he's infected with that same mental affliction that only permits the reader to notice "stuff happening" and not characterization or themes or atmosphere or parallel character developments.