Was afraid of that. But considering book 10 got 1500 1 stars out of 2400 reviews, and he is a known padder, it just doesn't make sense for me to waste my time reading 1000s of pages of description just to enjoy more sanderson books.
Oh well.
I don't want to be one of those people who get insulted because someone doesn't like a book that I do, but I think that these books are worth giving a shot. Don't worry about what people say about book 10 because you'll know long before that whether or not this story interests you.
Robert Jordan did a great job of writing a large story that won't overwhelm you. In book 1 your introduced to all the main characters, and they stay together for a few books then gradually separate into their own POV's. Each character then meets other characters and by around book 7 or 8 there are so many POV's that not all the character are in each books. That's about the time that the story appears to slow down a little Brandon talks about the change in writing style and why it was made somewhere, but I have no idea where I read it. Perhaps someone out there knows, and will link to it.
I was able to read books 1-10 straight through, and I didn't notice most of the complaints that people had with the later books. But then I didn't have to wait 3-5 years for the next book either, and I suspect that was the major reason for the complaints. Other than the change in writing style, the story as a whole, moves along pretty smoothly if your able to read all the books one right after the other.
I strongly suggest going to your library and reading a little of Book 1: Eye of the World. It won't take you 1,000's of pages to find out if your interested in the story or not. Actually, the prologue in EotW is what hooked me on the series!
Of course if you're not interested then you're not interest, but I thought I'd post this just in case I could persuade you.