situation because the initial idea (mentally broken humans fill the cracks with divine purpose) attracted a huge supply of the worst fan base imaginable.

Tens of thousands of terminally online redditors who see themselves in the characters and talk about how books give them purpose and direction in life. As a result to appeal to this audience like others have said the fantasy portions of the book have taken a backseat to the more mundane, uninteresting mental health adjacent things that this portion of the fan base eat up. "Ooh this person has autism like me!" "This person is afraid to talk to their crush!" "This person is scared of growing up!"

Cool, there are thousands of other properties that deal with that kind of conflict that you can read or experience. I want to read about a broken man getting fantastical powers and defeating evil, not an overwhelmed man wondering if he's a good boss or not. I'm not saying there isn't a place for that in the book, but it's definitely the forefront of this one.

Adolin's parts are, as always, amazing and the best reason to read any Stormlight